Spy Wars

Spy WarsGrim headlines on the nation's front pages bore bad news for Western spooks. In the ongoing duel of spies, the Soviet Union seemed to be dealing the United States an embarrassing, if not lethal, series of blows.In 1985, the FBI uncovered a treacherous nest of spies--ex-Navy man John Walker and kin, plus confederate Jerry Whitworth--that had sold top-secret codes to the K.G.B. for 17 years. That same year, a former CIA agent, Edward Lee Howard, eluded an FBI stake-out and stunned the inte...