Christopher Boyce and Andrew Daulton Lee, childhood friends from the affluent suburbs of Southern California, became unlikely spies for the Soviet Union during the turbulent 1970s. Boyce, a disillusioned college dropout working at a defense contractor, connected with Lee, a drug addict. Amid political dissent and a lack of oversight in the defense industry, Boyce gained access to sensitive information. Their story reflects the collision of Cold War-era tensions with a counterculture movement in California, demonstrating how a combination of personal rebellion and inadequate security led to espionage.
“Flying a falcon in exactly the same way that men had done centuries before Christ transplanted Chris into their time,” Lindsey wrote.
Everyone agrees it should never have been possible.
Boyce made $140 a week at the defense plant and held down a second job tending bar.
In the summer of 1974, Boyce, a bright but disaffected 21-year-old college dropout, got a job as a clerk at the TRW Defense and Space Systems complex.
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