David Barnett


David Barnett (born 1933), the first agent of the Central Intelligence Agency accused of espionage for the Soviet Union.

In 1955 he graduated from the University of Michigan and three years later (1958) he joined the CIA as an analyst in North Korea, and later in the personnel division of the CIA headquarters in Langley. In 1967 he was transferred to Surabaya, Indonesia, where he had been recruited by Soviet diplomats under a diplomatic cover. In 1970 he withdrew from service, but he occasionally undertook tasks for the CIA. He operated in Indonesia as the owner of a poorly performing shrimp catching company. At that time, in 1976, he contacted the residency of the State Security Committee of the Soviet Union (the KGB USSR) (more briefly, the KGB Chief Executive Office for foreign intelligence) in Jakarta, disclosing information about Habrink's secret operation, which involved retrieving information about Soviet hardware. the military equipment of the Indonesian army. Barnett reported on Habrink between October 31, 1976 and February 27, 1977, meeting with KGB envoys in Vienna and Jakarta. He also disclosed the personalities of 30 secret CIA personnel (including Jerzy Pawłowski) and the names of 7 Soviet consular officials whom the CIA hoped to recruit.

Barnett was arrested in October 1980. His actions were until then the deepest penetration of the CIA by the secret services of the USSR. For the sum of 92 thousand dollars, he sold details of one of the most successful CIA operations against the Soviet Union. He was found guilty of espionage and sentenced on January 8, 1981 to 18 years in prison.

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