Marti Peterson spent her thirty-year career in the Central Intelligence Agency as an operations officer, earning both the prestigious Donovan Award and the George W. Bush Award for Excellence in Counterterrorism. She began professional service on the CIA's front line in Moscow, USSR, during the Cold War. Her contribution to her country originated in Pakse, Laos, during the Vietnam War, where she accompanied her husband, John, a CIA Paramilitary officer. After he was killed in a helicopter crash in 1972, Marti returned to the U.S. and entered the CIA. The story told here appears in many books about spying acitivies in the Cold War, but in the Widow Spy, she tells it as she experienced it.
About the Author
Colonel Stuart A. Herrington is a retired U.S. Army officer known for his significant contributions to military intelligence, particularly in counterintelligence and interrogation practices. He served in various capacities, including as the Director of the Army's Foreign Counterintelligence Activity from 1988 to 1992. During his military career, Herrington was involved in key operations, notably in Vietnam, Panama, and Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War. He has emphasized the importance of ethical interrogation methods, rejecting the use of torture and advocating for rapport-building techniques to gather intelligence effectively
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