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. ---------- SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- 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. ---------- BOOKS Deep Undercover: My Secret Life and Tangled Allegiances as a KGB Spy in America (2017) ---------- 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 ----------