No Cloak, No Dagger: A Professor’s Secret Life Inside the CIA

No Cloak, No Dagger: A Professor’s Secret Life Inside the CIA
Author: by Lester Paldy (Author)
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publication Date: 2024-03-19
Language: English
Print Length: 300 pages
ISBN-10: 1538182149
ISBN-13: 9781538182147


Book Description

Lester Paldy, a distinguished professor, was tapped by the CIA in 1988 to join the Agency for a “trial run” as they faced a troubling new situation in Russia. That “temporary” assignment would last for 25 years, during which he would find himself tested by a shifting set of responsibilities, his ability to penetrate secret sites, his expertise in approaching and assessing targets for potential value to the Agency, and his personal commitment to breaking down long-held barriers between the CIA and the FBI. He achieved this by demonstrating to CIA officers and FBI special agents how to approach scientists in ways that fit smoothly into their research and organizational cultures. As long as Les Paldy remained at the CIA, officers and special agents from both intelligence bases would benefit from this unexpected opportunity.

Even today, years after his official departure from the Agency, Les Paldy is invited to brief intelligence officers and special agents. And now, the author extends an invitation to every reader to join him on his life-changing journey as the professor with “No Cloak, No Dagger.”

Review

This captivating memoir follows a professor’s journey from lecture hall deep into the hidden passages of espionage. Les Paldy’s eloquent prose and insider’s perspective pulls you into his covert life of camaraderie, intrigue, and courage. If you are an espionage fan, No Cloak, No Dagger opens a door into an undisclosed side of the business!

— Mike Mears, Retired CIA Chief of Human Capital (HR)

Les Paldy is one of a kind. His scientific and academic credentials gave him entrée to America’s most intractable enemies. His intellectual prowess and ability to engage foreign scientists provided CIA with eyes and ears in places others could not reach. His bravery and enthusiasm in planning and undertaking dangerous and difficult missions produced stunning results.

— Elinor Houghton Kelly, former senior CIA official and innovator

Les Paldy contributed to our national security for well over 24 years by going to places where US intelligence officers were forbidden to go to identify the vulnerabilities of some of our foreign adversaries’ top weapons scientists. He worked with my team to sensitize our officers and FBI special agents to ways to approach foreign scientists for recruitment as clandestine sources. This was a crucial skill that heretofore had been missing in intelligence community training.

— James Lawler, former chief, CIA Counterproliferation Division

Les served for many years as a teacher, mentor, traveling companion, and sounding board for myself and countless others in CIA’s Russia House. His knowledge and boundless enthusiasm made us smarter and more effective in countering Russia’s efforts.

— Laura Vollenweider, former CIA Intelligence Officer

As an FBI detailee, I found the CIA culture very different from the FBI’s. No one did more to facilitate trust between the FBI and CIA than Les Paldy. Through his brilliance, kindness, and authenticity, he made a seismic difference. Les is the real deal, and this book is an amazing peek into his extraordinary life and career.

— Martin Gilvary, SSA FBI-retired


Book Description

An inside look at the double life of a university professor turned CIA contract intelligence officer.

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