THE SCIENCE OF SPYING: HOW THE CIA SECRETLY RECRUITS SCIENTISTS
To recruit nuclear scientists from countries such as Iran and North Korea and persuade them to flee to the US, us intelligence agencies regularly send agents to scientific events — or even organize their own dummy conferences. A CIA agent quietly knocked on the door of the hotel room. Speeches,discussions and dinner were over, and the conference participants went to bed. Wiretapping and visual observation showed that people from the Islamic revolutionary guard Corps, overseeing the nuclear scientist, went to bed, but he was still awake. And he was alone in the room when he opened the door. …
