Smart enough to be earning a big salary at a legitimate job, but crooked enough to prefer making a living as a con man, Sammy Sanford had done very well for himself. In time he came to the attention of a spy who had been forced into early retirement because of a drinking problem; bitter and revengeful, the man had found a way of selling the talents that the government had made him an expert in. Always on the lookout for people he could use, he had spotted Sammy the first time they met. Sammy had found it easy, and very profitable, to shift his focus from lifting people's money to lifting company secrets.