by Craig Unger
active measures, 17, 23, 75, 88, 92
Active Measures directive, 23, 92
agents, types of, 36, 44, 87, 218
American asset recruitment campaign, 51
asset development (See KGB assets)
bugging Moscow tourist hotels, 35
developing Trump as Soviet asset, 17
exploiting American loopholes, 17
First Chief Directorate (See First Chief Directorate (FCD))
ideal recruit, definition of, 44
infiltrating Western banking system, 158
initiating Trump surveillance, 38
Jewish refugees as assets for, 30–32
Joy-Lud Electronics and, 32–33
losing aging assets, 86–87
MK article to conceal ties with Trump, 79
modus operandi, 73
operating within the law, 12–13
penetration agents, 218
in plain sight, 68–69
Service A, 23
spotter agents, 17, 35–36
spy schools for, 74
StB reporting to, 39
Trump personality evaluation by, 85–86
Khashoggi, Adnan, 153–154
Khashoggi, Emad, 153
Khashoggi, Jamal, 186–187
Khuzami, Robert, 247
Kilimnik, Kontantin, 13
Kirkland & Ellis
attorney earnings, 248
attorneys joining White House team, 245–247
Barr joining firm, 238
conflicts of interest, 248–249
Trump–Russia relationship and, 245
working both sides of Epstein deal, 241–242
Kislin, Semyon. See also Joy-Lud Electronics; Sapir, Tamir
background of, 28
Chernoy brothers and, 161
denying Russian mob ties, 46
donating to Giuliani’s mayoral campaigns, 46
as Joy-Lud Electronics owner, 26
as rags-to-riches immigrant, 45
Shvets discussing, 29–30
as Soviet émigré, 34
as spotter agent, 17, 35–36
Trans Commodities Inc., 45
United States arrival, 32
Kislyak, Sergey, 19
Kissinger, Henry, 77–78, 215
Knapp, Ronald, 90
Knauss, Melania, 201–202
Koeppel, Lynne, 171
kompromat
as asset leverage, 47
definition of, 5
Dougan and, 231–232
Epstein’s tapes, 170, 209, 219–220, 229
on a grand scale, 209
Listerman and, 207
on Putin, 226
Trump at Mayflower hotel, 15
Kornbluth, Jesse, 173, 181, 193
Korzhakov, Alexander, 207
Krischer, Barry, 236–237
Kryuchkov, Vladimir
creating KGB-infiltrated companies, 158
Gorbachev and, 89, 149
imprisonment of, 162
KGB promotion, 90
Maxwell, Robert and, 152, 157–158
money laundering, 158
recruiting American assets, 51–54
Kudlow, Larry, 127–128
Kushner, Jared, 244–245
Lafayette Square, clearing of, 270–273, 275–276, 279
LaPierre, Wayne, 104
Lauder, Leonard, 73
Laurie, Greg, 296–297
Lavrov, Sergei, 16, 19, 280
Lechtman, Vladimir, 245
Lee, Mike, 296–297
Leese, Douglas, 174–175
Lefcourt, Gerald, 236
Lefkowitz, Jay, 236, 238
Lenin, Vladimir, 7
Leningrad Trump Towers, 71
Leo, Leonard, 123, 128–129, 141
Lerner, Alexander, 31
Lesiovsky, Viktor M., 53
Levchenko, Stanislav, 93
Lewinsky, Monica, 237
Lewis, Guy, 236
“the lies of necessity,” 140–141
Listerman, Peter “Petya,” 204–207, 210, 218, 220
“Little Odessa.” See Brighton Beach,Brooklyn
Little Saint James, 170, 189, 195, 203, 210, 212
Litvinenko, Alexander, 42, 75
Living Theatre, 130–131
“Look of the Year” modeling competition, 198
López de Lamela, Carlos, 167
Lorber, Howard, 255
Lown, Bernard, 67–68
Lubyanka building, 81
Macron, Emmanuel, 283
Mafia Commission Trial, 55
Maison de l’Amitié (House of Friendship), 202–203
Malova, Anna, 188–189
Manafort, Paul, 13, 57, 91, 265
The Manchurian Candidate (film), 8
Manhattan, Inc. (magazine), 66–67
Maples, Marla, 188, 189
Marcinkova, Nadia, 196–197, 210, 239
Marine Corps–Law Enforcement Foundation, 56
Martynov, Valery, 112
Mashkevich, Alexander, 162, 165
Mason, Christopher, 169, 201
Matthews, Herbert L., 121
Mattis, James, 276, 283
Maxwell, Elisabeth, 166
Maxwell, Ghislaine. See also Epstein, Jeffrey
ambitions of, 182
arrest of, 251
Cicogna and, 176
corporate skulduggery, 183
courting the media, 194
creating Epstein’s brand, 191–192
decamped to New York, 168
documenting guests’ sexual escapades, 209, 219–220
Epstein relationship, 169, 182–183
fulfilling Epstein’s sexual appetite, 192, 195–196
Giuffre and, 193
human trafficking business, 193–194
Oxenberg and, 190–191
putting Trump and Epstein together, 184
“pyramid abuse” scheme, 197
saving compromising material, 195–196
shredding father’s papers, 146
tending to father’s death, 145–146
Trump, Donald and, 251
understanding father’s dark side, 183–184
Waitt and, 197
at YIVO annual benefit dinner, 166–167
Maxwell, Ian, 167
Maxwell, Kevin, 167
Maxwell, Robert
background of, 147
Ben-Menashe and, 176
as “the Bouncing Czech,” 147
British Printing Corporation, 152
business practices, 149
cause of death questions, 146, 167
death of, 145–146
Epstein and, 179–180
FBI monitoring, 151
as Israeli agent, 148
Kryuchov and, 152, 157–158
Lady Ghislaine yacht, 153
Macmillan Publishers purchase, 160
media holdings, 147
Mirror Group Newspapers, 152
Mogilevich and, 158–159
money laundering, 185
Mossad and, 149–150, 154
New York Daily News purchase, 160
as organized crime and KGB intermediary, 159–160
Pergamon Press, 150, 152
sexual appetite, 184–185
as Soviet asset, 147–148, 151
Trump and, 153, 160–161
welcome at Kremlin, 156–157
MC2 Model Management agency, 179–180, 199–200
McCabe, Andrew, 20, 21, 285
McCallion, Kenneth, 44<
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McCloskey, C. John, 127–128
McConnell, Mitch, 165, 297
McEnany, Kayleigh, 269, 272, 296–297
McGahn, Don, 244, 245
McNulty, Paul, 100
MD International Holdings, 226
Melcher, James, 65
“Memorandum in Response to the March 1993 Report of Special Counsel Nicholas J. Bua,” 155–156
“mental reservation” doctrine, 140–141
Messner, Tom, 93
Michot, Emily, 234
Milley, Mark, 269, 273, 276
Minksy, Marvin, 212
Mirror Group Newspapers, 152, 182
Miss Teen Ukraine pageant, 204
Miss Universe pageant, 12–13, 188
model espionage, 206–207
Mogilevich, Semion, 158–159, 185
Monster Plot, 9–10
Montgomery, David, 123
Morell, Michael, 7
Moreno, Javier Sainz, 120
mortification rituals, 117–118
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), 74, 215
Moskovsky Kimsomolets (newspaper), 70–73, 74–75, 79
Mossad, 149–150, 154, 184–185
Motorin, Sergei, 112
Mowatt-Larssen, Rolf, 36, 86, 163
Mueller, Robert
Alfa Bank investigation, 246
appointment of, 19–20
as Democrats’ last best hope, 259
investigation mandate, 261
Iraqgate scandal, 136
as special counsel, 256
steered toward criminal investigation, 262
Mueller Report
Barr’s presentation of, 259, 263
conspiracy to sway 2016 election finding, 260
convictions from, 21
counterintelligence investigation, 12, 21–23, 261–262
lacking Trump’s relationship with Russian Mafia, 22
president’s justice obstruction finding, 18, 259–260
Russian Mafia and, 22
Simes and, 13–14
Murdoch, Lachlan, 247
Musk, Kimbal, 213
Múzquiz, Joseph, 107–108
National Security Threat List (NSTL) Unit, 164
NATO, 281–283, 284–285
Nemtsov, Boris, 205–206
NeuroTV, 213
New York Daily News purchase, 160
New York rezidentura. See also KGB intelligence; Washington, DC, rezidentura
amassing reports on Trump, 46
Czechoslovakian secret service (StB) and, 39
DOR file on Trump, 46–47
Joy-Lud Electronics and, 33
United Nations Soviet spies reporting to, 59
Washington, DC, as rival, 61
watching Donald Trump, 29
Newsham, Peter, 274
non-prosecution agreement, 239–240
Nowak, Martin A., 212
Nunes, Devin, 242
Obamacare, 297
“the Octopus” network, 155
Office of Legislative Counsel, 131–133
O’Neill, John P., 160
Opus Dei. See also Catholic Information Center; Catholic right
background of, 102–104
Barr’s ties with, 6, 100, 139–141
board of directors, 104
book banning, 125–126
commerce, 120–121
exotic rituals, 117–118
Federalist Society and, 100, 123
fellow travelers, 121
Franco and, 119–120, 255
Hanssen, Bonnie and, 109
Hanssen, Robert, as member of, 54
intellectual aspirations of, 125
learning of Hanssen’s espionage, 99
member categories, 140
member loyalty, 141
“mental reservation” doctrine, 140–141
Múzquiz, Joseph, 107–108
origins of, 118
recruiting disciples, 124
role in Trump administration, 254
secret membership of, 127
self-mortification and, 117–118
sexual harassment claim, 127–128n
Spain government ministries, 121
spreading through America, 107–108
structure of, 253
supporting Hitler’s policies, 108
Supreme Court takeover goal, 122
targeting Harvard, 124–125
values of, 119
The Way, 117, 119, 125
Opus Dei Awareness Network (ODAN), 125
Orr, Joseph Ben, 155
O’Toole, Fintan, 5
Oxenberg, Christina, 190–191, 209
Page, Lisa, 285
Painter, Richard, 248
Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office, 220–222
Parnas, Lev, 288
PBSOtalk.org, 221, 223
Pelosi, Nancy, 275
Pelton, Ronald, 54
Pence, Mike, 272–273
penetration agents, 218
People of Praise, 294
Pergamon Press, 150, 152
Petrovich, Shtemler Ilya, 34–35
Pillersdorf, Stephanie, 174
Pinker, Steven, 213
Pivar, Stuart, 208
Polyakov, Dmitri, 101–102
Polymeropoulos, Marc, 284
Poroshenko, Petro, 289–290
Posse Comitatus Act, 270
Potanin, Vladimir, 205
Pozhidaeva, Svetlana, 215, 217–218
Praetorian Guard, 101, 103, 110, 129
presidential campaigns, 4, 20, 246
presidential election of 2020, 297, 298–299, 299–302
Primakov, Yevgeny, 157n
Program for Evolutionary Dynamics (PED), 211
PROMIS (Prosecutors Management Information System) software, 154, 155–156, 176
Proud Boys, 4, 295
Putin, Vladimir
Borodin and, 225–226
in Courchevel, 205–206
as Federal Security Service chief, 226
forging new Mafia state, 159–160
Listerman and, 205–206
Trump and, 6, 269
Putinjugend, 216
Pyes, Craig, 197
“pyramid abuse” scheme, 197
racial justice movement, 274, 277, 279, 291
racism, systemic, 279–280
Ratcliffe, John, 285, 286
Recarey, Joseph, 222–224, 233
Red Daisy gas tax scam, 50, 161
Red Terror, 120
Reiter, Michael, 223, 233, 237, 239
religious authoritarianism. See theocratic authoritarianism
Res, Barbara, 40
Richardson, Elliot, 155, 156, 178–179
Rodriguez, Alfredo, 186, 196
Roe v. Wade, 297. See also abortion
Romano, Lois, 65–66
Rosen, Jeffrey, 247
Rosenberg, Julius and Ethel, 151
Rosenstein, Rod, 20, 256, 260
Ross, Adriana, 196–197, 210
Royal Blue (Oxenberg), 191
Royce, Knute, 45
Russian assets. See KGB assets
Russian Federation. See also KGB intelligence; Russian Mafia; Soviet Union
Foreign Intelligence Service, 33n
money laundering in United States, 43, 45
National Strategy for the Development of Artificial Intelligence, 214
offering bounties for American troops, 283–284
Putin, Vladimir, 6, 159–160, 205–206, 225–226, 269
ties to Ep
stein, 211
Yeltsin, Boris, 162
Russian intelligence community, 75
Russian Mafia
Balagula, Marat, 50
money laundering through Trump’s real estate, 50, 161
Mueller Report and, 22
as Russian government branch, 31–32
Trump’s involvement with, 37–38
Russia/Trump collusion investigation, 246. See also Mueller Report
Rybolovlev, Dmitry, 202–203
Safire, William, 135, 136
Saguy, Yehoshua, 178
Saint Catherine of Siena Church, 104
Saint John’s Episcopal Church, 270–272, 274
Salman, Mohammed bin, 186–187
Salygin, Vasily, 57
The Samson Option (Hersh), 148, 177
Santorum, Rick, 104
Sapir, Tamir. See also Joy-Lud Electronics; Kislin, Semyon
background of, 33–34
bailing out Trump, 57
as Joy-Lud Electronics owner, 26
as oil and gas distributor, 35
as Soviet émigré, 34
ties to intelligence services, 34
winning over Soviet bigwigs, 27–28
Scalia, Antonin “Nino,” 104
Schiff, Adam, 22, 261–262
Schoen, David, 251
Seabeco commodities firm, 162
secularism, 124, 142, 253, 254–255
self-mortification, 117
Semenovskaia, Kristina, 205
Senate Intelligence Committee, 15, 85n, 258, 264
Seroush, Babeck, 45
Service A, 23, 91. See also active measures
Sessions, Jeff, 247, 256
sex trafficking
Bayrock Group, 185
Brunel, Jean-Luc, 197–199
Dershowitz, Alan, 234
Epstein, Jeffrey, 180, 233–234, 237, 249–250
Listerman, Peter “Petya,” 204–207
Maxwell, Ghislaine, 251
Trump as role model for, 200
Shamir, Yitzhak, 176
Shannon, Elaine, 59
Sherman, Gabriel, 213
Shevardnadze, Eduard, 28
Shevchenko, Arkady N., 59
Shnaider, Alexander, 162, 165
Shokin, Viktor, 289
Shugerman, Jed, 256
Shvets, Yuri
background, 42–43
on cultivating Trump as prospective asset, 25
disillusioned by KGB, 62
on joining KGB, 61
KGB assignments, 52–53, 61–62
KGB tenure, 29–30
on KGB’s patience, 11
on Kislin’s recruitment, 29–30
Litvinenko and, 42
as major in KGB, 61
political asylum for, 42
post-graduate studies, 60
recruiting American spies, 29
Simes and, 14
Socrates and, 84
on StB report, 39
at TASS news agency journalist, 51
