273. Jack Barsky - Russian Sleeper Agents Infiltrated the US - But their Missions were of Limited Success

In his extraordinary and unique, life Jack Barsky spent 10 years in the
United States spying for the Russians. But his story began in his
birthplace, East Germany, where he became a chemistry professor and was
eventually recruited by the KGB.
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Jack Barsky was born Albrecht Dittrich, on 18th May 1949. He is a German
American author, IT specialist and infamously a former sleeper agent of
the KGB who spied on the United States from 1978 to 1988. He was
exposed after the Cold War and became a resource for U.S.
counterintelligence agencies and was able to remain in the country,
eventually becoming a US citizen. He has now become known as an author,
speaker, and expert on espionage. His autobiography, Deep Undercover,
was published in 2017, and he has appeared in several high-profile
documentaries.
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BOOKS
Deep Undercover: My Secret Life and Tangled Allegiances as a KGB Spy in
America (2017)
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LINKS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Barsky
https://spyscape.com/article/kgb-secrets-how-double-agent-jack-barsky-spied-on-america-and-cheated-death
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/11/thought-smarter-everybody-kgb-spy-jack-barsky
https://www.spyex.com/expert/jack-barsky
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