Dinner with a Spy

For three nerve-wracking years, Naveed Jamali spied on the United States for the Russians – or so the Russians believed. By trading thumb drives of sensitive technical data for envelopes of cash, he pretended to sell out his own country across noisy restaurant tables and in quiet parking lots. Although he had no formal espionage training, with the help of an initially reluctant FBI duo he ended up at the center of a highly successful counterintelligence operation that targeted Russian espionage in New York City. With Putin’s latest moves a frequent headline and political hot topic, Jamali, author ofHow to Catch a Russian Spy, will share how his unbelievable but true post-college adventure became a real-life US counterintelligence coup and the subject of an upcoming film. Over a quiet restaurant table, International Spy Museum historian Vince Houghton will debrief Jamali about his unlikely espionage exploits and how it feels to have your true story named one of the Washington Post’s funniest books of 2015.  You will be one of only twenty guests at Rosa Mexicano for this festive four-course dinner including “the best guacamole in the world.”

REGISTRATION:

Call Shana Oltmans at 202.654.0985 to register.

*includes four-course modern Mexican dinner with margaritas, sangria, wine, and beer.