
Catch a Spy, Stolen Art
Constant Wonder - Season 2022, Episode 386
- Mar 16, 2020 6:00 am
- 50:36
The Art of Counterintelligence Guest: James M. Olson, former Chief of CIA Counterintelligence, and Professor, Counterintelligence, Bush School of Government & Public Service, Texas A&M University Someone must spy on the enemy's spies. This is the role of counterintelligence agents, who track down and identify spies in their midst, and try to prevent them from getting there in the first place. Chasing Cultural Crooks Guest: Robert K. Wittman, former Senior Investigator and founder, FBI's National Art Crime Team, and author, "Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures" Art heists aren't always like the movies. In fact, it's the cops who are usually dressed up as the slick, debonaire characters. How they think on their feet to trip up criminals and return priceless treasures to the public.