Paul Bearer 6,101 Posted October 17, 2020 3 minutes ago, Bentrovato said: My mate Dave says he was a spy. Not seen him for a bit. My mate Iain says he was a spy too, come to think of it, I haven't seen him for a few days. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,517 Posted October 17, 2020 6 minutes ago, Paul Bearer said: My mate Iain says he was a spy too, come to think of it, I haven't seen him for a few days. Not "a spy", "aspie". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,133 Posted October 17, 2020 2 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said: Not "a spy", "aspie". Nice as pie? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,942 Posted December 26, 2020 On 17/10/2020 at 16:33, drol said: I want this thread to be used only for announce George Blake's death! Damn you all! A-hem 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,966 Posted December 26, 2020 Hit no. 271...so 5 more. Which is doable in the remaining days. Especially if the BBC "In memoriam" page adds a name or two. Charles Campion's death hasn't been picked up so far. Okay, it's christmas, but that might be bad timing for him. I wondered if the news might have been wrong, but the source seems very solid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,966 Posted December 26, 2020 Interestingly, Blake had just been honored as the "patriarch of Russian intelligence" a couple of days ago: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13543649/british-traitor-george-blake-spies-bbc-russia/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted December 26, 2020 Second massive death from the spy world inside a fortnight following the death of John Le Carre! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Exu 250 Posted December 26, 2020 George Blake: Soviet Cold War spy and former MI6 officer dies in Russia - BBC News BBC obit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,966 Posted December 30, 2020 Jonathan Pollard enters the Holy Land: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/30/former-spy-jonathan-pollard-arrives-in-israel-from-us Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salmon Mousse 473 Posted January 31, 2022 In yet another last minute blow to my Deathlist Cup team, Esther Pollard, wife of spy Jonathan Pollard, dead after being rushed to hospital yesterday. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted January 31, 2022 53 minutes ago, Salmon Mousse said: In yet another last minute blow to my Deathlist Cup team, Esther Pollard, wife of spy Jonathan Pollard, dead after being rushed to hospital yesterday. Looks very unfamous at a glance Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,583 Posted February 1, 2022 18 hours ago, Joey Russ said: Looks very unfamous at a glance She was reasonably well known for campaigning for his release. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,709 Posted April 6, 2022 Russian Illegals Program spy Mikhail Vasenkov aka. Juan Lazaro reportedly dead at 79. https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5294924 The real Juan Lazaro died in Uruguay in 1947 aged 3 from respiratory failure. Vasenkov, a Soviet agent since 1966, used the toddler's birth certificate to build a persona and asked Francisco Morales Bermúdez's junta to give him Peruvian citizenship, that he was granted. He married Peruvian tv reporter Vicky Peláez in 1983 and wrote articles praising Abimael Guzman's Shining Path guerrilla movement and Hugo Chavez. Vasenkov and Pelaez moved to New York in the mid-1980s, where Pelaez wrote articles praising Chavez and Castro. Vasenkov and Pelaez were arrested in 2010 on charges of conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government. The US traded Vasenkov, Pelaez and eight other Russian sleeper agents for four prisoners held by Russia in 2010. One of those four was Sergei Skripal. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,709 Posted April 18, 2022 Vyacheslav Trubnikov, KGB officer, Director of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service 1996-2000 dead at 77: https://www.kommersant.ru/amp/5316259 Putin met with him, George Blake, Vladimir Kryuchkov, Leonid Sherbashin and Yevgeny Primakov around 2000 as a part of the 80th anniversary of SVR and its preceding agencies. All five dead now, waiting for Putin to join them. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CastAway 488 Posted April 27, 2022 Nikolai Leonov, KGB officer, former Duma member, and mentor to one Vladimir Putin, dead at 93: https://vz.ru/news/2022/4/27/1155869.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,709 Posted April 27, 2022 By the way, Putin's former KGB boss Lazar Matveev is still alive at 95. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,709 Posted June 15, 2022 Retired Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Major General Lev Sotskov dead at 90, according to media shot himself in the head with a prize pistol: https://lenta.ru/news/2022/06/15/sozkovv/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,966 Posted July 14, 2022 Angus Southwood, British spy who confronted the Soviet Union, dies at 92: https://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/20278695.taunton-born-cold-war-spy-angus-southwood-dies-aged-92/ 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,709 Posted August 1, 2022 Last KGB boss Vadim Bakatin (wiki) being reported dead at 84. Russian source: https://rg.ru/2022/07/31/v-moskve-umer-poslednij-predsedatel-kgb-sssr-vadim-bakatin.html 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Summer in Transylvania 2,175 Posted August 6, 2022 Gary Schroen no longer alive and well. He was a spy sent to kill bin Laden in 2001, and thus one of the first United States officers in Afghanistan for the war. He was told to have bin Laden and his inner circle's "heads up on pikes". He saw less than 24 hours following the death of Ayman al-Zawahiri, succumbing to a Stroke on 1st August 2022. He was 80. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,585 Posted August 6, 2022 19 minutes ago, Summer in Transylvania said: Gary Schroen no longer alive and well. He was a spy sent to kill bin Laden in 2001, and thus one of the first United States soldiers in Afghanistan for the war. He was told to have bin Laden and his inner circle's "heads up on pikes". He saw less than 24 hours following the death of Ayman al-Zawahiri, succumbing to a Stroke on 1st August 2022. He was 80. In other words, a massive failure. Incompetence allowed bin Laden's escape and ensured his safety for a decade. Also, a CIA field officer is not a soldier. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,439 Posted August 6, 2022 1 hour ago, Ulitzer95 said: In other words, a massive failure. Incompetence allowed bin Laden's escape and ensured his safety for a decade. Also, a CIA field officer is not a soldier. To be fair, the Americans tracked down Osama and his cronies to the exact cave system, but when the request to go in for the kill came, there was a sudden caution/delay from the top brass that gave Bin Laden the precious time to escape. That's when the troops were there. It is however fair to point out Schroens job was to find Bin Laden in the late 90s and take him out before the September 11 attacks and he utterly failed that one. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,709 Posted February 12, 2023 Norwegian-born Russian KGB and Iraqi Intelligence Service agent Arne Treholt who was convicted of treason on behalf of the Soviet Union against Norway in the 80s and later a Russian propagandist dead at 80 in Moscow. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
