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by Norman R. Hamilton

Accused, R. Craig Smith: The Spy Left Out in the Cold. Richard Craig Smith was a good agent: a highly trained CIA operative in an undercover operation designed to penetrate the highest levels of the Soviet KGB. He was effective—until he was double-crossed. A CIA operational front in Honolulu was suddenly in trouble. Illegal and clandestine operations affecting every hemisphere of the globe were about to be exposed, and there was only one thing to do—pull the plug and disappear. Without warning, Craig Smith was abruptly cut off from all his case officers. His contacts disappeared. He was left out in the cold. In an effort to discover what had gone wrong, Smith committed a serious error—he used an FBI contact to look for the man who had supervised the CIA undercover operation. Told to “keep his mouth shut” by a bitter CIA official, the angered and confused Smith spent the next eight months walking a precariously thin line, torn between his CIA loyalty and the increasingly apparent need for self-preservation. On April 4^th, 1984, he was arrested by the FBI and charged with espionage against the very country for which he had risked his life.

The U.S. Government intended to convict him as a traitor and repeatedly used its awesome power against him. Laws were reinterpreted, evidence withheld, witnesses who could tell the truth were intimidated and threatened. Almost every shred of evidence Smith could muster was re-classified as top-secret. For two years Smith battled for court permission to present the evidence that would exonerate him. Against incredible odds, with two attorneys who refused to bow to government pressure, the case was finally brought to trial. And when the final gavel dropped, a victory was won for justice.

A thought-provoking example of misused and unrestrained governmental power, this book raises significant questions about the fragile nature of America’s freedom.

Chapters include:

1. The Verdict
2. My Background, Early Years, and Marriage
3. A Career in Intelligence
4. Recruited by the CIA
5. A New Business Career
6. The First CIA Mission to Tokyo
7. My Wife Susan
8. The Second CIA Mission to Tokyo
9. Left Out in the Cold
10. The FBI Investigation
11. My Arrest and Imprisonment
12. My Attorneys are Selected
13. Freed on $500,000 Bond
14. The Search for Truth
15. The Fight to Have the Truth Admitted
16. Preparing for the Trial
17. The Trial Begins
18. Our Defense Bogs Down
19. Our Defense is Resurrected
20. Closing Arguments
21. My Faith is Tested
22. The Verdict
23. The Aftermath
24. My Feelings
25. Did God Work a Miracle?
26. How Can We Prevent This from Happening Again?

6” x 9” hardback

232 pages