Spy Handler

Ever wondered how the KGB turned America’s own agents into its most effective spies? Get ready to learn the secrets of psychological manipulation and recruitment directly from a master spy handler, discovering the tactics used to compromise even the most senior intelligence officers. You’ll go inside the mind of Victor Cherkashin, the KGB officer who successfully recruited notorious double agents Robert Hanssen and Aldrich Ames. Uncover his step-by-step methods for identifying vulnerabilities, building trust, and exploiting human weaknesses to turn assets and run clandestine operations from behind the Iron Curtain.

Victor Cherkashin was a legendary KGB counterintelligence officer who personally recruited and ran America's most damaging Cold War spies, Robert Hanssen and Aldrich Ames. His thirty-year career inside the Soviet intelligence apparatus provided him with unparalleled, firsthand knowledge of the secret war between the superpowers. Collaborating with journalist Gregory Feifer, Cherkashin broke his silence to offer this definitive insider’s account, revealing the strategies and mindset that defined a generation of espionage from behind the Iron Curtain.