Spy Schools: How the CIA, FBI and Foreign Intelligence Secretly Exploit America’s Universities is a 2017 book by Daniel Golden, published by Henry Holt and Company. It describes relations between American tertiary institutions and the U.S. intelligence community.
Golden stated that he was inspired to write this book after he learned of how the FBI tried to persuade a Chinese-American academic to do espionage against China, and how he learned such situations were more common than Golden realized.
The book examines particular instances of spying in the initial section and on foreign intelligence agencies intervention in tertiary institutions and their students from outside of the United States in the second part.[2] Operations by both the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are documented in this book.[3] The book also includes the Glenn Duffie Shriver case.[1]
Ed J. Hagerty of American Public University System criticized the "overall quality of the research" as the book mainly used popular journalism and other sources that the public could access as its primary sources, but praised the interview material that Hagerty stated "elevates the book to a higher level".[4]
Kirkus Reviews described the book as "provocative".[5]
Glenn Duffie Shriver (born November 23, 1981) is an American convicted of conspiracy to spy for China. He was depicted in the FBI-commissioned film Game of Pawns.
Shriver was born in Henrico County, Virginia, near Richmond. When his parents separated in 1983, he moved with his mother to the Jenison area of Michigan.[1] He was a resident of Georgetown Township, Michigan.[2] He attended middle school through his second (sophomore) year in Wyoming, Michigan,[3] and then Jenison High School.[4]
He attended Grand Valley State University (GVSU) in Allendale, Michigan. In 2001, he took part in a 45-day summer study program in Shanghai, China. He subsequently spent his junior year at East China Normal University, also in Shanghai. After graduating from GVSU in 2004 with a bachelor's in International Relations, Shriver returned to Shanghai to work and to study the Chinese language, in which he eventually became proficient.[5][6] He had a few acting jobs in the Chinese film industry.[1]
In about 2004 Shriver answered an ad to write a paper about U.S.–China relations with regard to Taiwan and North Korea. A Chinese woman calling herself "Amanda" praised his paper and paid him US$120. This was a type of low-key initial approach, common while recruiting intelligence operatives.[1] Amanda eventually introduced Shriver to a "Mr. Wu" and "Mr. Wang".[7] Amanda, Wu, and Wang, all operatives of the Chinese Ministry of State Security, encouraged him to apply for jobs with the United States government or law enforcement, rather than the more common approach of recruiting an existing agent.[1][8]
Soon they told him they were interested in obtaining classified material, and paid him $10,000 to take the United States Foreign Service Exam in Shanghai in 2005, though he failed to pass.[9][10] He was paid $20,000 for a second attempt at the exam in 2006 which also failed. Shriver next applied for a position as a clandestine officer with the National Clandestine Service branch of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in 2007. This time he requested and received payment of $40,000 from the Chinese. He took the money to the United States, but failed to report it, as required by law.[a][10]
Shriver enjoyed China so much that he returned there as an English teacher and then lived in South Korea, where he became the fiancé of Yumi Kim. Kim was so impressed with Shriver's love of America that she nicknamed him "Mr. Patriot."[1] In February 2010, when he was in the final stages of processing for a position with the CIA, he lied in order to conceal his involvement with Chinese intelligence operatives.[5][8] His CIA interviews took place June 7 through June 14 of that year, and he lied during these interviews.[11] Unbeknownst to Shriver, the CIA had learned of his connections early on in the hiring process.[9][12] The CIA and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have not subsequently disclosed how they discovered Shriver had been recruited by the Chinese government, but stated it was not through normal background investigations.[1]
The FBI detained him after his CIA interviews. Employees in the agencies debated on whether to use him as a double agent.[13]
