Naveed Jamali

Naveed Jamali contributes to The Daily Beast on national security matters. He's a former FBI double agent and the author on How to Catch a Russian Spy. Follow him on Twitter @naveedajamali.

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Not Just Trump

Our Russia Problem Isn’t Just Trump

Remember the Georgia invasion? The Donbas aggression? The Malaysian Flight 77? If we don’t put a stop to this, the price will be high.

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Trust

An American Spy on What It Takes to Catch a Russian Spy

A police officer can arrest someone. A counterintelligence officer has many more tools at his disposal.

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EXCERPT

I Was a Double-Agent for Russia and They’re at It Again

For years Naveed Jamali worked for the FBI while pretending to spy for Russia. He says what happened in 2016 was right out of Moscow’s playbook.

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Collecting Intelligence

Russia Recruited Me as a Spy. Here’s What They Wanted.

As Robert Mueller begins indicting Russians, he may be looking to find Americans they recruited to help in their attack on the 2016 elections, writes a former U.S. double-agent.

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The Game

This Is How the Russians Recruit You

In many ways, their job is akin to a job in sales: They must chase down leads and then try to close out a big deal. The meetings were so intense that afterward I would dry heave.

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Our Russia Problem Isn’t Just Trump

An American Spy on What It Takes to Catch a Russian Spy

I Was a Double-Agent for Russia and They’re at It Again

Russia Recruited Me as a Spy. Here’s What They Wanted.

This Is How the Russians Recruit You

Can U.S. Spies Reinvent Themselves After the Russia Hacks?