Chasing Chi : the FBI's groundbreaking pursuit of China's most prolific spy family / James E. Gaylord.
"Espionage, betrayal, and the FBI's historic victory-this is the true story of the hunt for Chi Mak and his spy ring. It began as furtive tip, grew to fevered investigation, and climaxed with midnight airport arrests to prevent US military secrets from being lost forever, and it all centered around a diminutive, bespectacled engineer from Kwang-Tung, China. Who was Chi Mak? A brilliant immigrant engineer eager to live in the West and enjoy the fruits of his labor? Or Mao's Marxist soldier, itching to steal US Navy secrets to leapfrog China's navy to parity with, and eventual supremacy over, America's Seventh Fleet?Chasing Chi is a compelling read and first-person account of the trailblazing investigation and prosecution of Chi Mak and his family and friends. For decades, they stole sensitive US military and commercial technologies for the Peoples' Republic of China. FBI Special Agent James Gaylord, who directed the investigation, recounts this mesmerizing tale by drawing upon his eyewitness experiences and notes, case evidence, investigative files, and court records to weave a fascinating spy thriller detailing Chi Mak's betrayal. This incredible true-life story highlights behind-the-curtain intrigues, obstacles, betrayals, and hard-won victories, while pointing out the heroes and villains along the way. Overcoming bureaucratic friction, cowardice, and sabotage jeopardizing their efforts at every turn, Special Agent Gaylord and his squad, call sign "SARA-4," persevered, breaking the FBI's historic string of failures, producing the most successful prosecution of China's spies ever, and re-writing the manual for convicting foreign agents. "-- Provided by publisher.
"This complete, full access, no-holds-barred story of the revolutionary espionage investigations, prosecutions, and convictions of spy Chi Mak, his extended family, and associate "Greg" Dongfan Chung, is told by retired FBI Special Agent James E. Gaylord, who managed them all as case agent from start to finish"-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9781493091966
- ISBN: 1493091964
- Physical Description: xiii, 416 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Essex, Connecticut : Prometheus Books, [2025]
- Copyright: ©2025
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Machine generated contents note: Preface: Why This Book? -- Introduction: Red Storm Rising -- Part I: Probe -- Chapter 1: China Spy?! -- Chapter 2: Setting the Stage -- Chapter 3: A Dark Cloud -- Chapter 4: How Firm a Foundation -- Chapter 5: Strange Subjects, Stranger Trash -- Chapter 6: Promises Made to Be Broken -- Chapter 7: Finding Friends in All the Right Places -- Chapter 8: "Best Ever" -- Chapter 9: SARA-4 Linguists Rock -- Chapter 10: Enter the Dragon -- Chapter 11: Enter the Dragon, Part II -- Chapter 12: My "Go to" Guys -- Chapter 13: The Art of War -- Chapter 14: Diamonds in the Rough -- Chapter 15: Enter the Dragon, Part III -- Part II: Pursue -- Chapter 16: The Die Is Cast -- Chapter 17: D-Day! -- Chapter 18: Two Snakes Caged, One Loosed -- Chapter 19: Denyin' Spyin' -- Chapter 20: Big Needles in a Huge Haystack -- Chapter 21: Bail or No Bail: Is That Really the Question? -- Chapter 22: Witnesses and "Victims" -- Chapter 23: Dazed and Confused: U.S. Attorney's Office at Work -- Chapter 24: Cakes Need Frosting -- Chapter 25: The Creaking Wheels of Justice -- Chapter 26: It's a Bird. It's a Plane. It's a Subject Matter Expert! -- Chapter 27: Setting Up the Chessboard -- Part III: Prosecute -- Chapter 28: Traitor or "Victim"? -- Chapter 29: "MIT has no Keg Parties?" -- Chapter 30: Closing Bang, Opening Whimper -- Chapter 31: "Lies, Lies, Lies, Yea-ah" -- Chapter 32: "Our Pal, Mr. Honesty" -- Chapter 33: Et tu Brute? -- Chapter 34: Closing the Mak Door -- PART IV: After Mak -- Chapter 35: China Spy II? -- Chapter 36: China Spy II! -- Epilogue: China Spies!.
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