For decades, the FBI has kept the KGB from infiltrating their ranks. Until now. When FBI agent Richard W. Miller and Russian emigre Svetlana Ogorodnikova are spotted near the Soviet consulate in San Francisco, the news travels all the way to Bureau Headquarters. Within days, a completely unprecedented investigation is launched in order to answer the urgent question: is there a mole in the FBI? 

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The investigation of alleged KGB Spy Richard W. Miller - code named Operation Whipworm - is missing a smoking gun. Hundreds of agents, thousands of man hours, all under absolute secrecy, and still no ironclad proof that Miller is a spy. That changes when Miller and Svetlana buy tickets to Vienna for a meeting with the Soviets. Now, the FBI has 16 days to nail its suspects. But as the Bureau gets ready to close in, Miller does the one thing they never expected. 

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Three months before anyone suspected him of espionage, a phone call changed Richard W. Miller’s life. The caller told Miller she had information on the KGB’s activities. Miller was on the Soviet Counterintelligence squad, but just barely. After years of screwups he wasn’t the most popular agent. This was his chance to turn things around. Miller got approval for the meeting. And nothing -for him or the FBI -would ever be the same. [Contains sensitive content]

On September 27th, 1984, Richard W. Miller did what no one expected: He came clean to the FBI. But according to Miller he was using the KGB for intelligence, not the other way around. Had the FBI really gotten it all wrong? Or was this a cunning move by a dangerous double agent?

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Richard W. Miller is feeling good. After explaining how he infiltrated the KGB, he sees redemption in his future. But the FBI sees something else - a traitor who’s come up with a desperate cover story to try and save his own skin. And as Miller and his interrogators square off, the question is who can prove which version is the truth?

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It’s all been leading to this. A midnight raid to arrest Miller and the Ogorodnikovs before they can do any more damage to national security. All month the FBI has done everything in its power to keep the existence of Operation Whipworm hidden -from Miller and Svetlana, from the KGB, even from the majority of the FBI itself. After tonight, the secret will be out, and there’s no going back. 

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The arrests were only the beginning. Now, U.S. Attorney Robert Bonner must try the biggest espionage case in U.S. history. The prosecution sets its sights on the Ogorodnikovs first; they hope to put them away quickly, so they can turn their attention to the real prize - Miller. To do that, they’ll take a gamble on a key witness with firsthand knowledge of what happened - Richard W. Miller himself.

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If he’s found guilty, Richard W. Miller knows that he’ll never live to see the outside world again. And history is not in his favor. There hasn’t been an acquittal in an espionage case in 40 years. To make matters worse, his lover and alleged co-conspirator has flipped, telling the court that the two of them worked for the KGB. Miller and his defense team need to convince the jury that he’s not the traitor the Prosecution says he is. All that’s at stake is his life. 

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