Summary of H. K. Roy's American Spy

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#1 I was selected to be the CIA’s first chief of station in Sarajevo in mid-1995. The Bosnian Serbs were shelling the city around the clock from the surrounding hilltops, and random sniper fire made it impossible to walk down its cobblestone streets in safety.

#2 I was required to stop off at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, to plan the operation’s specifics and update my lapsed medical clearances. I knew the country and the language, and I had a family who loved me. I was confident that I would be able to infiltrate Sarajevo.

#3 In Split, we met up with two US military special operators who drove over from Zagreb in a brand-new armored Jeep Cherokee. We thought we'd decrease our odds of being shot by inserting our vehicle into a UN convoy that was scheduled to bring relief supplies to the isolated city of Sarajevo.

#4 The final leg of my journey to Sarajevo began when I left Split in the early morning hours of July 10 for the sleepy farming village of Tarčin, on the Bosnian-controlled side of Mount Igman.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 8, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822535053

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Contents

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Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

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#1

I was selected to be the CIA’s first chief of station in Sarajevo in mid-1995. The Bosnian Serbs were shelling the city around the clock from the surrounding hilltops, and random sniper fire made it impossible to walk down its cobblestone streets in safety.

#2

I was required to stop off at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, to plan the operation’s specifics and update my lapsed medical clearances. I knew the country and the language, and I had a family who loved me. I was confident that I would be able to infiltrate Sarajevo.

#3

In Split, we met up with two US military special operators who drove over from Zagreb in a brand-new armored Jeep Cherokee. We thought we'd decrease our odds of being shot by inserting our vehicle into a UN convoy that was scheduled to bring relief supplies to the isolated city of Sarajevo.

#4

The final leg of my journey to Sarajevo began when I left Split in the early morning hours of July 10 for the sleepy farming village of Tarčin, on the Bosnian-controlled side of Mount Igman.

#5

I was tasked to perform an operational survey to determine whether or not the CIA could securely handle agents inside Sarajevo, using denied area tradecraft. I quickly determined that we could not handle or meet agents inside Sarajevo, at least not during summer months.

#6

I initially believed Serb assertions that the Bosnians were exaggerating or fabricating their tales of Serb torture and murder. But over time, I became convinced of the veracity of the Bosnian Muslims’ seemingly implausible claims.

#7

The Bosnians pleaded with me to relay to Washington their request for US military intervention. Their arguments were compelling, but my job was to obtain as much intelligence as possible, without promising any action in return.

#8

The Iranian threat in Sarajevo was a concern, but the American refusal to directly intervene in Bosnia to protect the Bosnian Muslims from Serb slaughter convinced bin Laden that the United States did not care and was, in effect, complicit through its inaction.

#9

I learned that the head of Iran’s intelligence office in Sarajevo was planning an operation to kidnap, torture, interrogate, and kill me. I knew that the Iranians were planning an operation against me, and I knew that Marko and his Bosnian colleagues followed