{"589554":{"#nid":"589554","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"The Spy Among Us","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKristie Macrakis, professor in the Ivan Allen College School of History and Sociology, wrote \u0026ldquo;The Spy Among Us\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;for\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Washington Times.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEveryone loves a good spy story. But it can be hard to tell if the story is fact or fiction; this is especially the case with spy memoirs.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/jack-barsky\/\u0022\u003EJack Barsky\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026rsquo;s page-turning memoir, \u0026ldquo;Deep Undercover,\u0026rdquo; has a ring of authenticity to it. Most of the book is written using recreated dialogue, but is it true?\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPart of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/jack-barsky\/\u0022\u003EMr. Barsky\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026rsquo;s story was told by \u0026ldquo;60 Minutes\u0026rdquo; and it reads like the best of spy fiction: While he was a prize-winning chemistry student in East Germany, the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/kgb\/\u0022\u003EKGB\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;recruited\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/jack-barsky\/\u0022\u003EMr. Barsky\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to become an illegal agent abroad. An illegal is one of Russia\u0026rsquo;s most secret agents. The spy is sent to the target country under an assumed identity and is told to build a life acquiring all the necessary documentation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article, read\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2017\/mar\/20\/book-review-deep-undercover-my-secret-life-and-tan\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28513","created_gmt":"2017-03-30 18:27:49","changed_gmt":"2017-03-30 18:27:49","author":"Daniel Singer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"postsdocs","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2017\/mar\/20\/book-review-deep-undercover-my-secret-life-and-tan\/","dateline":{"date":"2017-03-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-03-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"402281":{"id":"402281","type":"image","title":"Kristie Macrakis","body":null,"created":"1449252000","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:00:00","changed":"1475895122","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:02","alt":"Kristie Macrakis","file":{"fid":"75923","name":"kristiemacrakisweb.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/kristiemacrakisweb.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/kristiemacrakisweb.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":55636,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/kristiemacrakisweb.jpg?itok=z8jzeTsv"}}},"media_ids":["402281"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}