In the United States and Canada: The erudite Honorable Edward Bayda, retired Chief Justice, Saskatchewan; Norman Solomon, noted journalist and author, whose support has been invaluable; Daniel Ellsberg, whistle-blower icon; Ray McGovern, veteran intelligence analyst and former CIA officer; Sean Penn, actor–peace activist; Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, whistle-blower and dedicated activist; Robert Lutz, highly successful corporate executive and former Marine attack pilot; Dr Peter O. Whitmer, author, clinical psychologist, keen observer of human behaviour; Patricia Lebrun, educator and fine reviewer; Lorraine and Judd Horbaly, supporters and organizers of a focus group to review the partial manuscript; Peggy Adler, energetic supporter, organizer, and intelligence researcher; Mary Yost, agent and friend.
In getting the manuscript ready for publication, thanks go to Tom Killingbeck and Eleanor Bishop at HarperCollins; and Benjamin Arden and Richard Huffman for legal support. This Second Edition was inspired by the making of Official Secrets, the feature film made from this volume. The production team included producers Ged Doherty and Elizabeth Fowler, director Gavin Hood, screenwriters Gregory Bernstein and Sara Bernstein, and distributors EntertainmentOne and IFC. The First Edition was published with PoliPoint Press: Scott Jordan, Peter Richardson, Melissa Edeburn; BookMatters, Dave Peattie; and masterful copyeditor Edith Gladstone.
Close to home, which makes them last but certainly not least, Kristin Donnan, ever faithful and dedicated editor and agent of her mother’s work; Lynn Eyermann, invaluable in First Edition support; and Judy Duhamel and Ann Thompson, for reasons they know.
– Marcia and Tom Mitchell, 20 February 2008 (with additions by Marcia, exactly eleven years later)
About the Authors
MARCIA MITCHELL is a former associate director of the American Film Institute, and a former senior executive for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. She was the first female member of the South Dakota Governor’s Cabinet, serving as Secretary of Labor. She began her career as a journalist and won both state and national press awards for writing and editing. She has received critical acclaim for her non-fiction books. Her recent work in mystery fiction is an exciting new literary adventure for her. She has served on numerous boards and commissions concerned with women’s issues, the arts, and the humanities.
TOM MITCHELL served as a Special Agent of the FBI for seventeen years, during which time he supervised counterintelligence investigations in New York. During his later years in the Bureau, he worked closely with FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. Throughout his career in intelligence, Tom was associated with some of the country’s most famous espionage and criminal cases. He transitioned from the world of intrigue to the world of commerce and retired as a vice president of Georgia-Pacific Corporation. Tom died on 15 March 2010.
Tom’s extensive background in intelligence and Marcia’s background in writing and research led to the Mitchells’ first book together, The Spy Who Seduced America: Lies and Betrayal in the Heat of the Cold War. Through Tom’s contacts, the Mitchells twice travelled to Moscow to meet with KGB (now FSB) contacts. From there, the couple travelled to the United Kingdom in search of the truth surrounding the Katharine Gun story. Over the years, the Mitchells addressed audiences throughout the United States and were honoured to speak at an intelligence seminar at Cambridge University. Their work in the area of intelligence has resulted in continuing relationships with former and present members of US, UK, Canadian, and Russian intelligence services, as well as with other intelligence ‘insiders’.
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