num_pages: 292
description: For decades while America obsessed over Soviet spies China quietly penetrated the highest levels of government. Now for the first time based on numerous interviews with key insiders at the FBI and CIA as well as with Chinese agents and people close to them David Wise tells the full story of Chinas many victories and defeats in its American spy wars.Two key cases interweave Katrina Leung code-named Parlor Maid worked for the FBI for years even after she became a secret double agent for China aided by love affairs with both of her FBI handlers. Here too is the inside story of the case code-named Tiger Trap of a key Chinese-American scientist suspected of stealing nuclear weapons secrets. These two cases led to many others involving famous names from Wen Ho Lee to Richard Nixon stunning national security leaks and sophisticated cyberspying. The story takes us up to the present with a West Coast spy ring whose members were sentenced in 2010b
language: English
title: Tiger Trap: America's Secret Spy War with China
publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt