About the book: 2012 / In this book, the author tracks cases of betrayal, which, on the one hand, amaze the imagination with the level of financial and material damage caused, on the other hand, are inexplicable from the point of view of ordinary human logic and psychology. The considered incidents took place among the scientific and technical intelligentsia and the elite of the officer corps of special services - the Soviet Union, the Russian Federation and the United States of America in the last third of the 20th - early 21st centuries. Analyzing their criminal acts, the author came to the conclusion that it is not always at the core Even in deafeningly loud cases of betrayal, the interest in money lies. Therefore, it was not so much the event itself that was studied, but the reasons and motives that contributed to its occurrence.…