The First Female CIA Officer in Moscow, The Widow Spy | Marti Peterson (throwback episode)

Original airdate 7/16/2021<br /><br />In this episode, the team sits down with legendary CIA case officer Marty Peterson, whose Cold War mission in Moscow led to one of the most dramatic KGB arrests of the era. Marty walks through running a top Soviet asset, the night of the failed dead drop, her capture at Lubyanka Prison, and what she later learned about her agent’s tragic fate. It’s a firsthand look inside real espionage, tradecraft, and the cost of intelligence work at the highest level.<br /><br />00:00 – CIA Widow Spy: Marty Peterson Intro<br />12:40 – Moscow Tradecraft: Dead Drops &amp; Surveillance<br />27:15 – Running Soviet Assets Under KGB Pressure<br />44:10 – Psychological Toll of Life as a CIA Spy<br />1:05:30 – Losing “Trigon”: Top Cold War Asset Compromised<br />1:22:45 – Was There a Mole? Suspecting CIA Compromise<br />1:33:15 – The Failed Dead Drop: Something Is Wrong<br />1:42:02 – KGB Ambush on the Bridge: Marty Is Taken<br />1:46:37 – Inside Lubyanka: Interrogation...