The KGB Spy Who Exposed Russia’s Secret Plan to Attack The West - Richard Kerbaj

Connect with top talent ready to help your business grow: https://www.upwork.com/ This is an unbelievable true story of a KGB defector who helped MI5 blow apart the Soviet spy network in Britain, and why British intelligence decided it couldn’t trust the CIA with the secret. It’s a story about espionage, paranoia and betrayal during the Cold War, but as Richard explains, the lessons about Russia, China and the shadow war against the West couldn’t be more relevant today. Richard Kerbaj is an espionage historian, BAFTA-winning and twice Emmy-nominated filmmaker, known for specializing in research on intelligence agencies and national security. Get a copy of his brilliant new book "The Defector: The Untold Story of the KGB Agent Who Saved MI5 and Changed the Cold War" here: https://amzn.to/4chMHGf Anthony Scaramucci is the founder and managing partner of SkyBridge, a global alternative investment firm, and founder and chairman of SALT, a global thought leadership forum and venture studio. Pre-order my next book, All the Wrong Moves: How Three Catastrophic Decisions Led to the Rise of Trump, out on the 17th of September in the UK and the 22nd of September in the US: ⁠https://www.scaramucci.net/allthewron... Timestamps 0:00 Richard Kerbaj Introduction 1:23 The KGB agent who changed the Cold War 3:39 How Oleg Lyalin became an unlikely double agent 7:03 How CIA paranoia compromised Western intelligence 11:46 The KGB’s secret plan to attack Britain 14:12 What intelligence really looks like inside government 19:09 How paranoia consumed the CIA 23:36 MI5 takes down 105 Soviet spies 25:20 Russia, China & the modern espionage threat 28:28 Five Words