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Extraction Summary
7
People
6
Organizations
2
Locations
3
Events
3
Relationships
3
Quotes
Document Information
Type:
Book excerpt / congressional exhibit
File Size:
1.73 MB
Summary
This document is page 224 from the book 'How America Lost Its Secrets' (likely by Edward Jay Epstein, given the file code 'Epst' and ISBN), marked as a House Oversight exhibit. It details historical KGB infiltration of the NSA during the Cold War, focusing on the 'MICE' recruitment acronym and specific spies including Dunlap (a driver for NSA generals), Robert Lipka, Ronald Pelton, and David Sheldon Boone. It discusses how Dunlap used his 'no inspection' status to smuggle documents and mentions financial payments for espionage, specifically $60,000 paid to Boone.
People (7)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Dunlap | NSA Driver / Spy |
Compromised by KGB via money; used his position as a driver for Generals to smuggle secrets.
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| Major General Garrison Coverdale | NSA Chief of Staff |
Dunlap was his personal driver.
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| General Thomas Watlington | NSA General |
Successor to Coverdale; Dunlap was his driver.
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| Angleton | Intelligence Official (Implied) |
Suspected Dunlap was murdered by the KGB.
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| Robert Lipka | NSA Clerk / Spy |
Recruited in mid-1960s, caught by FBI sting, sentenced to 18 years.
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| Ronald Pelton | NSA Analyst / Spy |
Recruited after retirement, betrayed in 1985, sentenced to life imprisonment.
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| David Sheldon Boone | NSA Code Clerk / Spy |
Provided documents 1988-1992, sentenced to 24 years.
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Organizations (6)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| NSA |
National Security Agency; target of espionage.
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| KGB |
Soviet intelligence agency; recruited the spies mentioned.
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| FBI |
Conducted sting operation on Robert Lipka.
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| Russian intelligence services |
Continued recruiting spies during Cold War.
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| United Nations |
Used as cover for Russian intelligence officers.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Source of the document stamp (HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019712).
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Timeline (3 events)
Locations (2)
| Location | Context |
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Location where documents were stolen from.
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Where Lipka, Pelton, and Boone were sentenced.
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Relationships (3)
Dunlap was personal driver to Coverdale.
Dunlap was driver for Watlington.
Provided NSA documents in return for $60,000.
Key Quotes (3)
"was called MICE. It stood for Money, Ideology, Compromise, and Ego."Source
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Quote #1
"Angleton suspected Dunlap was murdered by the KGB in what he termed a surreptitiously assisted death, to prevent Dunlap from talking to investigators."Source
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Quote #2
"Boone, sentenced to twenty-four years in prison, was the last known KGB recruitment of the Cold War."Source
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Quote #3
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