Meet Mr Long: The KGB’s Throwaway Spy | True Life Spy Stories
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Primary sources and further reading (afiiliate links):
📕 Escape from the CIA: How the CIA Won and Lost the Most Important KGB Spy Ever to Defect to the U.S., Ronald Pelton - amzn.to/3SAVid6
📘 American Spies: Espionage Against the United States from the Cold War to the Present, Michael J. Sulick - amzn.to/3WR6XqM
📕 Spies: The Secret Agents Who Changed the Course of History, Ernest Volkman - amzn.to/3AeGaMj
🌐 The Death of Ronald W Pelton, Jacob Silverman - www.jacobsilve...
🌐 Ronald Pelton Tribute - www.ronaldpelt...
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In October 1971, American nuclear-powered submarine USS Halibut slipped into the frigid waters of the Sea of Okhotsk.
Navy divers emerged from the vessel, descending 400 feet below the water's surface where they located their target - an undersea communications cable transmitting mostly unencrypted messages between two key Soviet naval bases.
The divers proceeded to attach a 20-foot long recording device to the cable. Once they completed their mission, they returned to the Halibut which shrunk back into the shadowy depths of the sea.
For the next 10 years, American intelligence listened in to all Soviet communications transmitted along the undersea cable. Considered by many as the most important intelligence-gathering operation of the Cold War, the US learned of Soviet submarine and missile technology, its state of military preparedness, and its nuclear first-strike capabilities.
But then suddenly, in 1980, the messages stopped. Operation Ivy Bells, a joint Navy, NSA and CIA operation, was over.
That the undersea wiretap had been discovered by the Soviets by chance was highly unlikely - the compromise of Operation Ivy Bells must have been an inside job. It would only be years later that American intelligence would discover the man behind the compromise.
Mr Long, real name Ronald W. Pelton, was an NSA agent turned Soviet spy and traitor. It is believed however that he was just a throwaway spy - discarded by the KGB to protect their more valuable asset...
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Yochenko was a crazy spy for defecting twice. Interesting man
excellent video. It is great that certain people from different videos make reappearance in newer videos. It speaks volumes of how intertwined and closed off the world of espionage is.
You make no sense
@@nathanworthington4451he's right. I'm the resident cat in the Rezidents office and embassy apartment in DC. It's one big happy family, Comrade. Now give me some of OUR gourmet chicken chunks
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The fact a former NSA employee called the Soviet Embassy, is just wild. He of all people would know the embassy phone was tapped, yet he was so sure of himself, that he somehow just didn't bother to think of it. Or if he did, he decided he could get away with. Without that, all the FBI would know is it was a man with red hair.
Not even fluffy hair, either.
Good point. Considering he must've know what capabilities NSA had, it was madness to just phone them up. Unless he was so far down the food-chain at NSA. Tradecraft only a munchkin would use.
High ego (Narcissist). He was convinced he knew better than the "stupid amateurs" who tried before him.
You have become one of my favorite channels 😊 great work!
This is the second video I am watching from this channel, but I can see it becoming one of my favourites too!
I find it interesting how spies often defect for reasons related to their country's reputation. The Soviets were all about their communistic ideology, and Soviets often defected for ideological reasons. The Americans were all about capitalism, and Americans usually defected because they wanted more money. I don't know if any Canadians have ever defected, but it wouldn't surprise me if it was for maple-syrup related reasons...
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That's so funny as a Canadian😂😂😂😂
There are American spies that is influenced by communistic ideology too
We have had the great maple syrup heist. That might be a story worth covering…
Or to become a Russian Lumberjack. 🇨🇦
new Philip Thompson just dropped 🙌🏼
Another excellent video. Well done Philip. 1985 was quite some year for spies. Looking forward to your next video.
Its a dirty game and for just 35k thats crazy
The kgb knew he was weak and acted accordingly
sounds like they just interviewed him and payed him. what're you referring to?
ah... you mean they knew his information wasn't as valuable as the other spy the supposed triple agent was protecting?
"weak" is just your value judgement - "everyone" likes money and our politicians routinely sell their influence to foreign interests so yeah traitors FS but weak? lol they weren't being tortured and broke, they just valued the money more than avoiding the consequences. 🤭 drugs will do that
@@JimmyMatis-h9y the man got life without parole for less than a regular job yearly pay
I am continually amazed at the production quality and depth of research that goes into these videos.
Keep up the good work!
A brilliant and factual summary. I began to expand on this, but it is really disturbing/difficult. This and other similar actions, to the top, can only leave you empty...and for what - a dollar, power. I've read this story and others. Video appreciated.
Financial constraints played great roles in making Americans spies against their own country.
meh...why not get in on it? our politicians have been selling their country out for generations. oh wait, I forgot it's only wrong when the little guy does it 😜
I've been trying to watch this for three days, finally!
Really fascinating to hear about all the spies, including lesser known ones who still did great harm. Thanks for another fab video!
All of that security damage, risking other people’s lives, and getting life sentence… for only 35k$? What a loser smh
awesome episode keep it up Phil! you can and have so far done it!
Was he Air Force or navy? You said he enlisted jn the Air Force but then was discharged from the navy…
Navy
Another splendid video. Excellent work!
Triple agent! Wow
Fantastic video as always
I always find true spy stories fascinating . The bottom line is greed as motivation and money as reward .
It's the Captain Kangaroo haircut.
That's NSA's A Group what is now cyber but used to be part of signals intelligence.
Yuchenko was taking quite a risk returning to the USSR . He would have needed to be very sure of his legend . Usually these guys ended up with a bullet in the back of their neck .
Great channel! Have you considered Rutland of Jutland as a subject? There is a recent well-researched book "Beverly Hills Spy" and his story rivals that of Eddie Chapman, Agent Zigzag,.
@@exvan3571 thanks for the tip, I have a long list of spy stories I plan to cover. I will add Rutland to it!
Thanks for another interesting video!
I was in a meeting but then they saw Philip Thompson uploaded
Thanks!
@@dillonsawyer9377 thank you so much Dillon!
nicely done, sir. 👍
Who is this AI saffa? I like him and his work very much. Great video mate
Excellent video! I thought he died in prison.
Nor the Americans nor the Russians paid him enough
True. I guess both sides did him dirty.
Asking for my own learning. How can content creators avoid the 'fade in' effect in their voiceover/commentary? Whenever a new line starts, the volume jumps from low to high (I know a thing or two about Sony Vegas at least from twenty years ago and the 'fade types' option it had. How come in 2024, we're still seeing videos where the VO isn't smooth? I complained to Mark Felton too about this severely annoying sound.
Hmmm odd that. I don't hear it when listening back on my end. The volume should be fairly uniform as I have a compressor and a limiter applied to the VO to smooth out the dynamic range and boost the overall volume.
@PhilipThompson are you listening to the original file or RUclips? I have noticed this in so many videos where the last second of ending line fades out and first second of the opening line fading in.
Trust me, it gets really annoying. I hope I'm able to explain the problem 😢
Can you provide timeframes of when it happens please? It’ll be very helpful to understand an example
Is it really that “super annoying”? Asking for a friend.
@@djquinn11 Stay out of this sensible convo if you're going to act like a child.
3:08. That's quite the hairstyle. Goofball.
No relation to Edward Howard. He gives us howards a bad name
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Promotion in the middle of the video sucks!
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He was in the Air Force ...correct. Your video needs to be edited. You said he left the Navy in 1964. He wasn't in the Navy.
History will remember him as a hero.
Unlikely!
is this a repost Philip😢
First time I've covered the Ronald Pelton story, so no.
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