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Wednesday, May 7, 2003 at 11:00 AM EDT
Inside the CIA
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Spy wars and turncoats. Thirty year CIA veteran Milt Bearden reveals the untold story of the war between the CIA and KGB during the final days of the Cold War, leading up to the collapse of the Soviet Union. Fighting the last intelligence war–and what it means for the war on terror.

Guests:

Milt Bearden, thirty-year veteran of the CIA (1964 to 1994) and co-author of “The Main Enemy: The Inside Story of the CIA’s Final Showdown with the KGB” with James Risen, Pulitzer Prize-winning national security reporter with The New York Times

Jack Beatty, On Point news analyst and senior editor at The Atlantic Monthly

 
 

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