mr. lou mehrer, retired cia officer who served in senior assignments in washington and abroad. most recently featured in the production "spies beneath berlin." scheduled for commercial release later this summer. he holds a bachelor of arts in modern european history and continued his education at the university of frankfurt. later he earned a master's of arts degree in history. he's currently senior review officer at the cia classification center. dr. hope harrison is associate professor of history at george washington university. she's on leave from gw and is at the woodrow wilson international center for scholars here in washington. she's author of driving soviets up the wall, among other things. published by princeton university press in 2003 and recently published in german this year. dr. gregory w. pedlow has been chief of the historical office nato supreme headquarters, allied powers europe since 1989. previous positions have included staff historian for the cia and assistant professor of history at the university of nebraska. he received his ph.d. from the johns hopkins