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H. Keith Melton is a graduate of the
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, is an intelligence historian and a specialist in clandestine technology and espionage
tradecraft Tradecraft, within the intelligence community, refers to the techniques, methods and technologies used in modern espionage (spying) and generally, as part of the activity of intelligence assessment. This includes general topics or techniques ( ...
. Melton is the author of many
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books. He also is a founding member of the Board of Directors for the
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in Washington, D.C. Melton is the holder of the largest collection of privately held espionage artifacts with thousands of items.
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has a temporary exhibit of his more important pieces from his collection on display beginning May 18, 2012. In 2019 Melton contributed to the script for
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spy drama '' The Sleepers'', an
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project.


Publications

Melton has additionally authored many books with Jim Wiese. * ''The Ultimate Spy Book''. London: DK, 1996. * ''Ultimate Spy''. London: DK, 2002. * ''Spycraft: The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs, from Communism to Al-Qaeda''. New York: Dutton, 2008
Audiobook available.
*''The Spy's Guide to Escape and Evasion''. New York: Scholastic, 2003. * ''The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception.'' New York: William Morrow, 2009. ::"The manuals reprinted in this work represent the only known complete copy of Mulholland's instructions for CIA officers on the magician's art of deception and secret communications written to counter Soviet mind-control and interrogation techniques."''The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception.''
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