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Kevin Katke's Double Life
- Kevin Katke lived a double life as a Macy's maintenance engineer and a volunteer intelligence operative for the Reagan administration.
- On a bad day at work, he received a call from the White House connecting him to Oliver North for covert anti-communist missions.
Volunteer Agents Left No Traces
- The Reagan administration used non-government volunteers like Katke since they left no official fingerprints.
- Outsiders' motivation and distance from government made them ideal for covert operations.
Medical Students Trapped in Grenada
- During the 1983 Grenada invasion, U.S. forces rescued about 1,000 American medical students trapped amid a coup.
- Students experienced fear and isolation before the military rescue, which greatly relieved them.