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Review

Richard Craig Smith was a good agent: a highly trained CIA operative in an undercover operation designed to penetrate the highest levls of the Soviet KGB. He was effective, until he was double-crossed.

A CIA operational front in Honolulu was suddenly in trouble. Illegal and clandestine operations affecting every hemisphere of the globe were about to be exposed, and there was only one thing left to do--pull the plug and dissappear. Without warning, Craig Smith was abruptly cut off from all his case officers. His contacts disappeared. He was left out in the cold.

In an effort to discover what had gone wrong, Smith committed a serious error--he used an FBI contact to look for the man who had surpervised the CIA undercover operation. Told to "keep his mouth shut" by a bitter CIA official, the angered and confused Smith spent the next eight months walking a precariously thin line, torn between his CIA loyalty and the increasingly apparent need for self preservation. On April 4th, 1984, he was arrested by the FBI and charged with espionage against the very country for which he had risked his life.

The U.S. Government intended to convict him as a traitor and repeatedly used its awesome power against him. Laws were reinterpreted, evidence withheld, witnesses who could tell the truth were intimidated and threatened. Almost every shred of evidence Smith could muster was re-classified as top-secret and ruled inadmissible as the government exerted its clout. For two years Smith battled for court permission to present the evidence that would exonerate him. Against incredible odds, with two attorneys who refused to bow to government pressure, the case was finally brought to trial. And when the final gravel dropped, a victory was won for justice.

A though-provoking example of misused and unrestrained governmental power, this book raises significant questions about the fragile nature of America's freedom.

Table of Contents

Foreword, 7

Photo Credits, 12

1 The Verdict, 13

2 My Background, Early Years, and Marriage

3 A Career in Intelligence

4 Recruited by the CIA

5 A New Business Career

6 The First CIA Mission to Tokyo

7 My Wife Susan

8 The Second CIA Mission to Tokyo

9 Left Out in the Cold

10 The FBI Investigation

11 My Arrest and Imprisonment

12 My Attorneys are Selected

13 Freed on $500,000 Bond

14 The Search for the Truth

15 The Fight to Have the Truth Admitted

16 Preparing for the Trial

17 The Trial Begins

18 Our Defense Bogs Down

19 Our Defense is Resurrected

20 Closing Arguments

21 My Faith is Tested

22 The Verdict

23 The Aftermath

24 My Feelings

25 Did God Work a Miracle?

26 How Can We Prevent This From Happening Again?

Order Information

Title:

Accused--R. Craig Smith:
The Spy Left Out in the Cold

Author:

Norman R. Hamilton

Retail Price:

$ 17.98

Available:

Now

ISBN:

0-88290-290-3

Order Number (SKU):

2010

Pages:

240

Size:

6" x 9"

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