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NY Post
Brief memoir column:
nypost.com/p/news/local/become_spy_no_skanks_5Qkkt2xmt8GhKhAcYTbFGJ
Excerpt:
Barbara’s days of espionage began in the early '70s, when she was 18, married and learned that anti-Vietnam War protesters planned to bomb sites near Buffalo. Born in Germany, she harbored a passionate hatred of communists, who’d murdered an uncle. “The FBI asked if I’d help catch” a bomber. "I said, ‘sure.’ "
The KGB liked her, too, and she moved easily between the two countries. “I did not look like the Che Guevara type. I wore makeup. I did my nails.”
What she discovered saved lives. “What Americans don’t know is that the peace movement was funded by the Soviets to the tune of millions of dollars. The money would come in a diplomatic black bag.”
But by the late '80s, the job grew sinister. At meetings, Russians plied Barbara with cognac, her favorite, then asked questions about her loyalties. Upstate, a 6-foot-4 bruiser (Barbara is 5 feet even), ran his hand over her wrist, then grabbed it in a vise-like grip. "I could snap your neck …
Read more: nypost.com/p/news/local/become_spy_no_skanks_5Qkkt2xmt8GhKhAcYTbFGJ#ixzz0trrr2xXS
Brief memoir column:
nypost.com/p/news/local/become_spy_no_skanks_5Qkkt2xmt8GhKhAcYTbFGJ
Excerpt:
Barbara’s days of espionage began in the early '70s, when she was 18, married and learned that anti-Vietnam War protesters planned to bomb sites near Buffalo. Born in Germany, she harbored a passionate hatred of communists, who’d murdered an uncle. “The FBI asked if I’d help catch” a bomber. "I said, ‘sure.’ "
The KGB liked her, too, and she moved easily between the two countries. “I did not look like the Che Guevara type. I wore makeup. I did my nails.”
What she discovered saved lives. “What Americans don’t know is that the peace movement was funded by the Soviets to the tune of millions of dollars. The money would come in a diplomatic black bag.”
But by the late '80s, the job grew sinister. At meetings, Russians plied Barbara with cognac, her favorite, then asked questions about her loyalties. Upstate, a 6-foot-4 bruiser (Barbara is 5 feet even), ran his hand over her wrist, then grabbed it in a vise-like grip. "I could snap your neck …
Read more: nypost.com/p/news/local/become_spy_no_skanks_5Qkkt2xmt8GhKhAcYTbFGJ#ixzz0trrr2xXS