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cm 3? Even for Soviet defectors, there’s no place like home Escape From the CIA by Ronald Kessler Simon & Schuster, 1991 295 pages Paperback price $5 99 ★ ir ★ • (two* :!••>•* •• •<•(! • •"* motto ir>« 51 "*• • • * • • '■»' !>*+• One of the biggest spy vs spy searvdiiIs dI till) Cold War didn't involve any of the super-ex• ploding, laser bring. radio wave emitting gadgets popular i/ed m the James Bond movies that have entertained millions This spy story involved one average looking man with blonde hair and a bad handle bar mustache, a I'rench restau rant, a quaint two-story house in rural Virginia and .1 trip to Canada in seun h of true love On Aug 1, 1'185. Vitaly Yur chenko, the tilth-ranking agent ot the KCB hierarchy, walked into tin- American embassy in Koine sav ng lie Wanted to tie let ! t ie was mi met) lately Flown to the l nr. : St.i'• \ The t i.\ .inti Till set him. up in a safe house ilild lost no ■ time-debrief mg him- .its .0; hvast know ! edge of Kt .it ojier.i!loiis Yurt heiikti w .ts the highest ranking K(.H 0II111.1I ever to tie let ( to the United Stales Orient ins m.mv |o!>s witlmi the Soviet spy agent y was directing mtel ligem e operations m the Unit eti States With miormation supplied hy Yurchenko tile hill .Knit t.\ would he .title to e:\pose .'anyone spying lor tile Soviets Yurt henko's delft lion was an unbuliesable t oup lor I S intelligent e operations Hut just three months later, on Nov T l evs Yuri henko walked aw,i\ from .. I rent'll restaurant where lie was timing with his (HA gtiarti saying Tin going For a walk it I don't t ome back. it's not your lault On Nov -t. Yurchenko Field a press t (inference at the Soviet embassy Fie told reporters there he had been kidnapped in Rome hv the (HA and brought to the United States where lie was held prisoner anil drugged Speculation about what real Iv happened during Viin lien Li's three month vanishing act snarr.il I! he was a true dcifet lor, vvhv did he go Uiik’ Did the < iA re.itlv kidnap him. und if mi. vvhv did thi’v lid him rs i api’ ’ Was Yuri henko sent liv the Soviets as a plant In (1 is i mitt the ('IA ’ \nd must mi pmtantlv how could tin’ ( IA have lilnvvri one ol the biggest i ases o! the ( old War' In f-.'s. ,1/1 e / real (hr < 7.1 award winning journalist Ron aid Kessler attempts to sort out the entire siirdid affair Kessler is the hist and, to date, th idv W stern journal 1st to 'interview Yunhenko sim e hi letul l.e.i to the Soviet l ia ol Yun henko. ini idental iv vv is stiff in j lov ed by till' Kl.il .n 1'iMii) Die author also draw, on manv -.mu i i’s within the American mleiligeiu e com iMiimtv to fei unslrui t the t ase III the ifeie: liv r delei tol Kessler stria,’Iglv believes Yuri henko was a true tie let tor He even got the Soviet spv to ,u know ledge that d he was to give up Ills kidnapping sl.av and admit lli.it h had detei teii, he would he . vet uted as a tral Kessli : pr IV ides V idem e tfia! :t was tie ( i \ s pi tor hall dhng ol fun henko, and Yur U.S. hockey team ‘bullies’ for gold MHKIBFL, France (A!’) Whether the W S hockey team is bullying ils way through the Olympic tournament or just doing what it takes to win. it keeps driving i loser to its goal of golden glory Scuffles and skirmishes marked another game but didn't prevent the Americans from beating France 4-1 Tuesday mgbt and moving within one victory of the gold-medal game The bottom lirie is we win and people can say whatever they want." 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I -'I die lale-.t m 1 »iv w le t let liniHogy a 114 I llic ill funnily. if|V KC hcutl <J«>wn t«* t \ >11 ins (’>i !c SIm•$* ! name's lick hu ydc <k jIci TREK 6000 $499.95 TREK usA A tradition oj professional sen u e for over f.5 years blurt Hunts; Mini-Krt Vam-Apm Siil Vim 5pm (503) 342-4X7X • 60 K. 11th Avi*. •m 1 llh M Hrlwrrn ( )«k VN iti«m«llr When Yurchenko read about his defection in the Washington Post, he came to the conclusion that the CIA is not a serious organization.’ i hrnko's bring spurned by a lover m ( amida, lh.il led (o his i lunge ot heart .uni sutwetjiient return to the his liomel.ind During the three months Yurt henkn was in the t inted States being debrleled by' the ( i.\ the .igeru v vs is .not able tu provide .1 Russian spenkillg in terpreter lor him Having to i ons!1inilv spe.ik in I nglish added even mi ire strain to .in .do l. IV V erv stressed out nidi v id...il ib t JA guards' habit o! treating 'l mi heitko .is i pris oner they kept him within ev sight a! d 1 times mi hiding steeping m the same room also made Yurchenko ijuestion huvs nun it he was appreciated h -ssler uses the Yurt henko ease to shed light on tile bu team rat v that envelopes the ( 1\ Yurchenko s t l.\ handler knew how the defer tot tell alKHil the guards treatment of him ll.nv ev ei the agent was unable to do anything aixiut it her ause the guards were from a sep.irate department, meaning tic had nu i ontrol over them Ki s.li'f '..un thn biggest blow in Viin henkn *• defection i .mu' wlii'ii ill.' CIA leaked tin- story in ti»i- (if. Wlu'ii ln> defected m Koine, Yurchenko li.nl only one request thiii it In- kt*|>l 11>iii|ill'll*Iv mk rnt so tin' Iannis hi- It• 11 behind wuulil not suiter When 'i im Itenkn rf.i.l about his ili'li i lion in tin- W.ishm^lnn /’list, In- i .ini,' to llii- conclusion tli.11 tin' CIA is not .1 serious organization Kessler lines ,i good job liiak mg itu' stors I’njov.ililt! bv not getting hogged down m ret iting |list the I,n ts He paints i i le.ir picture ul w li.it Yurt httlikp w.is going tliroiigb ,it every stage of the game lie also provides good insight into the CIA s in stitutinli.il lonleilipt lor delei tors and how that attitude led *1 mi hi-nko to question his del c sion to lrs life ill the United States By Pat Malach • ' . 1 V i i i ; ■ ' ' ‘ Swede off hook for hit Ml.KIUKL. 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