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Counterintelligence: George Trofimoff, Army

Counterintelligence can be described as activities designed to prevent or thwart spying, intelligence gathering, and sabotage by an enemy or other foreign entity. This guide provides books, articles, reports, websites, and videos on the subject.

George Trofimoff

George Trofimoff is a retired U.S. Army Reserve colonel who was arrested June 2000 on the count of spying for Russia for over 25 years. He provided classified information to Russia from 1959-1994, while working a civilian job after retiring from the military. It is believed he turned over more than 50,000 documents to the Russians. Trofimoff, who is the highest ranking U.S. officer ever accused of spying, was convicted of espionage and sentenced to life in prison in 2001.

 

(From: https://www.dhra.mil/PERSEREC/Espionage-Cases/army2/)

Books

Video-- The Perfect Spy ( George Trofimoff)

                                                 

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Online Resources