Tuesday, September 17, 2002

Lindsey, Robert: The Falcon and the Snowman

Based on a true story, the Falcon and the Snowman tells the story of Christopher Boyce, an idealistic young man who gets a job at a top secret TRW facility near Los Angeles and becomes disillusioned with what he learns. Boyce’s job involved downloading data from the supersecret Pine Gap satellite tracking station in Australia. He soon learns that America’s spy satellites are spying not only on enemies, but also allies. Indeed, he finds the CIA involved in removing the elected Gough Whitlam government in Australia because of their failure to support the US war in Vietnam and military actions elsewhere in Asia.

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Disgusted, Boyce decides to offer information to the Russians, via a schoolmate. Eventually the pair are caught, but Boyce remains unrepentant to the end.

This book was eventually made into the 1984 movie of the same name. After sentencing, Boyce escaped from prison. Lindsey details Boyce’s time on the run in his sequel, The Flight of the Falcon. He was later recaptured.

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