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WAS A MOLE BEHIND THE STILL-UNEXPLAINED BETRAYALS THE CIA suffered DURING ONE OF ITS MOST CATASTROPHIC YEARS? AND IS HE (OR SHE) STILL OUT THERE? London, May 17, 1985: Oleg [...]

INSIDE THE CIA IS A MUSEUM FILLED WITH RELICS FROM HALF A CENTURY OF CLOAK-AND-DAGGER EXPLOITS. CARE FOR A PRIVATE TOUR? A chill wind whipped off the Warnow as a [...]

One spring night in 1962 a short, stocky Russian walked into the FBI office in Midtown Manhattan and offered his services as a spy for the United States. Aleksei Kulak, [...]

The six CIA officers were sweating. It was almost noon on a June day in the Middle Eastern capital, already in the 90s outside and even hotter inside the black [...]

THOMAS A. DRAKE WAS A SENIOR EXECUTIVE AT THE National Security Agency for seven years. When his efforts to alert his superiors and Congress to what he saw as illegal [...]

The article discusses the counterintelligence works of U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent and Russian spy impersonator Dimitry Droujinski. Topics discussed include Droujinski's life as son of Russian emigrants in Palestine, his stint with the U.S. Marines and his works as "false flag" agent for the FBI. Also mentioned are his covert works in the conviction of spies including Army clerk Robert Lipka, Army warrant officer James W. Hall and Navy officer Craig Dee Kunkle.

The article discusses efforts by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to identify an alleged Soviet agent reported to be working within the FBI's ranks. The mole was reported by Soviet agent Aleksei Kulak in 1962. Details on the roles of FBI counterintelligence agents Joseph J. Hengemuhle and Joseph J. Palguta in the investigation are presented. According to the author, the FBI may have identified the mole but was unwilling to prosecute him or comment on the case.

The article discusses United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employee Douglas Groat, who served in the Special Operations Division, known as the Shop, beginning in 1982. It examines his work as a burglar and lock picker, noting that he participated in operations in Europe, South America, Africa, and the Middle East. The author comments on Groat's issues with the CIA after he alleged poor advance work for a mission in the Middle East in 1990. Groat's negotiations for a retirement package and his trial and imprisonment for extortion are also considered.