Ruse (book)

Ruse: Undercover with FBI Counterintelligence
AuthorRobert Eringer
GenreCreative nonfiction, autobiography
Published2008
Media typeHardcover
Pages215
ISBN9781597973175
OCLC755573094
327.1273 B
LC ClassHV
Preceded byAn Ear in Provence: Listening to the French 
Followed byReunion-Sunset Romance,Two Novellas 

Ruse is an autobiographical account written by investigative journalist and FBI counterintelligence operative, Robert Eringer.[1] Ruse covers the author's covert interactions with CIA defector, Edward Lee Howard in the late years of his life. The primary objective is to convince Howard to travel outside of Russia, to a jurisdiction where he could be arrested and extradited. Eringer's cover as a literary agent also allows him to gain the confidence of the 23 year fugitive, Unicorn Killer (Ira Einhorn).[2] Frustrated with extradition negotiations, the FBI approved Eringer's plan to keep tabs on Einhorn in case that he would attempt to flee from France during extradition negotiations. Activities described in Ruse also expose Cuban intelligence (DGI) operatives in Washington D.C.,[3] and preemptively exposed a Cuban plot to disenfranchise Senator Bob Menendez.[4] When allegations were made against the Senator in 2012, a short passage from Ruse, reported in The Record in 2008,[5] caused Alex Seitz-Wald (Salon) to Tweet his theory.[6]

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