Serbian spy's trial lifts cloak on his CIA alliance

As Milosevic's intelligence chief, Jovica Stanisic is accused of setting up genocidal death squads. But as a valuable source for the CIA, an agency veteran says, he also 'did a whole lot of good.'

At night, when the lawns are empty and the lamps along the walking paths are the only source of light, Topcider Park on the outskirts of Belgrade is a perfect meeting place for spies.

It was here in 1992, as the former Yugoslavia was erupting in ethnic violence, that a wary CIA agent made his way toward the park's gazebo and shook hands with a Serbian intelligence officer. Full Story »

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Kenneth Sibbett
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by Kenneth Sibbett - Mar. 2, 2009

If you like CIA books of intrigue, you'll love this article. How often does the public get a chance to see how the CIA goes about it's business. Even better, writing a letter of recommendation for a murderer. This takes the cake.

Maybe Stanisic has a fake tooth filled with arsenic, wouldn't that be cool as hell?

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