From 1979 until 1985, the CIA ran an immensely productive spy in the heart of the Soviet military-industrial complex in Moscow. Author David E. Hoffman described this singularly-important operation, based on declassified CIA cables and his new book, The Billion Dollar Spy, and argued that despite the many achievements of technology in espionage, human sources are still vital.

The Washington History Seminar is sponsored jointly by the National History Center of the American Historical Association and the Wilson Center's History and Public Policy Program.

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