About the Author

Mikhail Kryzhanovsky was born in Kolomiya, Ukraine in 1958. Education: Chernovtsy State University (languages, military school); KGB Counterintelligence School (counter-espionage, crime investigation, forensic science); KGB Intelligence Institute (espionage) Career: KGB counter-espionage officer, KGB "Nabat" anti-terror group sniper, KGB intelligence officer, SBU (Ukrainian Security) illegal intelligence officer, CIA/FBI/US Secret Service secret source "Filament" Kryzhanovsky is also the author of the White House Special Handbook, (Algora 2007), and Espionage and Counter-Espionage Handbook, (PublishAmerica 2012).