How the CIA Staged Sham Academic Conferences to Thwart Iran’s Nuclear Program — ProPublica
A decade ago, the CIA secretly funded conferences to lure Iranian scientists to defect. If President Trump scuttles the Iranian nuclear agreement, the agency may seek more defectors — and orchestrate more such “conferences.”
This is an edited excerpt from “ Spy Schools: How the CIA, FBI, and Foreign Intelligence Secretly Exploit America's Universities ,” by senior editor Daniel Golden. The excerpt was co-published with The Guardian . The CIA agent tapped softly on the hotel room door. After the keynote speeches, panel discussions and dinner, the conference attendees had retired for the night. Audio and visual surveillance of the room showed that the nuclear scientist’s minders from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps were sleeping but he was still awake. Sure enough, he opened the door, alone. According to a per
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