[Fornlist] FORNL / Dick Smyser Community Lecture Series @ American Museum of Science & Energy

[Bob Costner]

America's "Q" to Discuss "Spycraft" at Dick Smyser / FORNL Community Lecture Tuesday October 14

Robert Wallace, former director of the CIA's Office of Technical Service, and author of
SPYCRAFT: The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs from Communism to Al-Qaeda, will
trace the history of U.S. spy gizmos on Tuesday October 14, 2008 at the American Museum of
Science and Energy (AMSE) in Oak Ridge beginning at 5:30 pm as a part of Friends of ORNL
/ Dick Smyser Community Lecture Series. 

Since the beginning of the CIA after World War II, teams of engineers and scientists have
worked in secret to develop a remarkable array of devices used by the real life spies of U.S.
intelligence, spies whose cleverness and successes rival those of their big-screen counterparts
"Q" and "James Bond." 

Working behind the veil of a common-sounding name, the Office of Technical Services, these
officers and their spy gear have played critical roles in the CIA's most dangerous and successful
espionage operations against the Soviet Union, terrorists and military targets. 


You can find more information at the "Spycraft Website:

Spycraft: The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs, from Communism to al-Qaeda
http://ciaspycraft.com/index.html


Once at the website visit the following links in this order "TV/Radio/News" and then "Video
on ABC Good Morning America." 

A reception, sponsored by Information International Associates, will begin at 5:30 pm during
which Robert Wallace will be signing his book (which is available at The Museum Gift shop,
Barnes and Noble and Books-A-Million). 

The lecture (6:30) and reception(5:30) are free and open to the public. The AMSE is located at
300 South Tulane Avenue in Oak Ridge.

[Additional information will be sent later today.]

- 
Robert Costner
http://www.fornl.org