The spy who couldn't spell : a dyslexic traitor, an unbreakable code, and the FBI's hunt for America's stolen secrets

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The spy who couldn't spell : a dyslexic traitor, an unbreakable code, and the FBI's hunt for America's stolen secrets

Title remainder

a dyslexic traitor, an unbreakable code, and the FBI's hunt for America's stolen secrets

Statement of responsibility

Yudhijit Bhattacharjee

Title variation

Spy who could not spell

Title variation remainder

a dyslexic traitor, an unbreakable code, and the FBIs hunt for Americas stolen secrets

Creator

• trueBhattacharjee, Yudhijit

Author

• trueBhattacharjee, Yudhijit

Subject

• trueEspionage
• Espionage, American -- History -- 21st century
• trueIntelligence service -- United States -- History -- 21st century
• trueLeaks (Disclosure of information)
• trueCodes (Communication)
• trueDyslexia
• Dyslexics -- United States -- Biography
• Regan, Brian, 1962-
• trueSpies -- United States -- Biography
• trueTraitors -- United States -- Biography
• United States, Federal Bureau of Investigation
• United States, National Reconnaissance Office
• trueMen with dyslexia
• trueNational security -- United States

Genre

• trueBiography

Language

eng

Summary

• "The thrilling, true-life account of the FBI's hunt for the ingenious traitor Brian Regan--known as The Spy Who Couldn't Spell. Before Edward Snowden's infamous data breach, the largest theft of government secrets was committed by an ingenious traitor whose intricate espionage scheme and complex system of coded messages were made even more baffling by his dyslexia. His name is Brian Regan, but he came to be known as The Spy Who Couldn't Spell. In December of 2000, FBI Special Agent Steven Carr of the bureau's Washington, D.C., office received a package from FBI New York: a series of coded letters from an anonymous sender to the Libyan consulate, offering to sell classified United States intelligence. The offer, and the threat, were all too real. A self-proclaimed CIA analyst with top secret clearance had information about U.S. reconnaissance satellites, air defense systems, weapons depots, munitions factories, and underground bunkers throughout the Middle East. Rooting out the traitor would not be easy, but certain clues suggested a government agent with a military background, a family, and a dire need for money. Leading a diligent team of investigators and code breakers, Carr spent years hunting down a dangerous spy and his cache of stolen secrets. In this fast-paced true-life spy thriller, Yudhijit Bhattacharjee reveals how the FBI unraveled Regan's strange web of codes to build a case against a man who nearly collapsed America's military security"--
• "Before Edward Snowden's infamous data breach, the largest theft of government secrets was committed by an ingenious traitor whose intricate espionage scheme and complex system of coded messages were made even more baffling by his dyslexia. His name is Brian Regan, but he came to be known as the "Spy Who Couldn't Spell." In December 2000,] FBI special agent Steven Carr of the bureau's Washington, D.C, office received a package from FBI New York: a series of coded letters offering to sell classified United States intelligence from an anonymous sender to the Libyan consulate. The offer and the threat were all too real. A self-proclaimed CIA analyst with top secret clearance had information about US reconnaissance satellites, air defense systems, weapons depots, munitions factories, and underground bunkers throughout the Middle East. Routing out the traitor would not be easy, but certain clues suggested a government agent with a military background, a family, and a dire need for money. Leading a diligent team of investigators and code breakers, Carr spent years hunting down a dangerous spy and his cache of stolen secrets. In this fast-paced, true-life spy thriller, Yudhijit Bhattacharjee reveals how the FBI unraveled Regan's strange web of codes to build a case against a man who nearly collapsed America's military security"--

Pace

• trueFast-paced

Writing style

• trueCompelling

Assigning source

• Provided by publisher
• Provided by publisher

Biography type

individual biography

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

• 364.1/31
• B

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

JK468.I6

LC item number

B48 2016

Literary form

non fiction