Jinnik is based on the true story of an 8 man HUMINT team (Human Intelligence team - feet on the ground in hostile territory) who worked behind the Iron Curtain between 1979 and 1989. It has been fictionalized to appease the powers that were less than enthusiastic for the story to be told. Set in a time and place remembered only by those who survived and a row of upside down shot glasses behind an old bar; this exhilarating and previously untold tale of the Cold War is relayed to us by the only Operator to ever return from hell and drink from his own overturned glass. Sacrifice, strategy, trust, honor, teamwork, training, poise, ignorance, arrogance, quick wit, luck (good and bad), and a network of sacred alliances and allegiances brought “The Wall” down. "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this Wall" may have grabbed the headlines, but the tale of Jinnik and his compatriots, contacts, and sleepers is the astonishing story of some of those who got the job done.