The Cardinal of the Kremlin

Or: Space Lasers, CIA Jacks in the Box and Mujaheddin Missileers

In early October, 1985 FBI agents in Tucson Arizona were desperate to find actor Lee Marvin, star of The Dirty Dozen and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence. The FBI knew that on September 22, 1985, Marvin flew TWA Flight 594/388 from Tucson to St. Louis.

Unbeknownst to actor Lee Marvin, the charming man the next seat over in the third row of first class …