Brazen
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“The past is never dead. It's not even past.” Silicon Valley is an espionage innovator—it has been since its inception. During the dawn of the high-tech age, an engineer named James Harper begins his industrious climb. But as Silicon Valley blossoms into what it is today, so too does the dark side of all this newfound wealth and ambition—right as the cold war reaches its final crescendo. As Harper works to build his fortune, his ambition endangers his nation’s safety. He sells nuclear secrets to the Soviet Bloc—intelligence that might still help Moscow in a nuclear exchange tod...
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A Cold War spy story where early Silicon Valley and secret loyalties keep colliding.
The episode tracks James Harper, presented as one of the Cold War's most notorious nuclear spies, from a voicemail into a long chain of conversations with the narrator.
This episode introduces James Harper, a Silicon Valley engineer and startup founder who was revealed to be one of the most damaging nuclear spies of the Cold War.
This episode explores the life and work of Mark Lombardi, a conceptual artist who used investigative techniques to create visual charts exposing political conspiracies and corruption, ultimately facing surveillance and an untimely death.
This episode explores the story of engineer James Harper, who sold U.S.
The episode opens with a scorching day in San Francisco, where black smoke from the Russian consulate signals a frantic document-burning spree, triggered by President Trump's expulsion of 60 diplomats, linking to Silicon Valley's long history of espionage and nuclear betrayal.
James Harper hides up to 100 pounds of missile documents in the Sacramento River Delta before selling them to Polish intelligence.
Spy Valley: An Engineer's Nuclear Betrayal presents a panel at the International Spy Museum about James Harper, a Silicon Valley technologist who became a Cold War nuclear spy.
James Harper asks lawyer Bill Doherty to secure immunity after selling classified missile documents to the Soviet bloc, proposing to become a CIA double agent.
Ian Enright and Zach Dorfman discuss how Spy Valley became an audio series about Silicon Valley engineer James Harper and Cold War espionage.
Spy Valley: An Engineer's Nuclear Betrayal, "Crossing the Rubicon" follows prosecutors John Gibbons and Buck Farmer as they build a case against Silicon Valley engineer James Harper in 1983.
Spy Valley: An Engineer's Nuclear Betrayal examines Caribou, the FBI codename for Polish intelligence officer Kory Chinsky, who secretly passed science and technology information to U.S.
Spy Valley presents Agent of Betrayal: The Double Life of Robert Hanssen, a CBS News episode about FBI agent Robert Hanssen's secret espionage for the Kremlin.
This episode explores the life of James Harper, a Silicon Valley engineer who became a nuclear spy for the Soviet Bloc during the Cold War.