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Elizabeth Terrill Bentley (January 1, 1908 – December 3, 1963) was an American NKVD spymaster, who was recruited from within the Communist Party USA (CPUSA). She served the Soviet Union as the primary handler of multiple highly placed moles within both the United States Federal Government and the Office of Strategic Services from ...
Elizabeth Bentley (1908-1963) was an American communist and Soviet spy. She worked closely with Jacob Goros to manage the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) network of KGB sources and spies. In 1945, she defected and confessed her involvement with the KGB to the FBI.
Apr 13, 2019 · How We Got Here: Elizabeth Bentley, Queen of the Red Scare. In August 1945, a nondescript thirty-seven year old woman entered the FBI office in New Haven, Connecticut. It was, or should have been, a momentous occasion. The Second World War was finally ending, with Germany obliterated and occupied and Imperial Japan on the verge of ...
The only training she ever got as a spy was from her lover. But Elizabeth Bentley managed to manipulate the most feared secret police agency in the world—and intimidate the FBI.
- Christopher Dickey
- World News Editor
Jun 5, 2012 · The U.S. Justice Department decided not to bring espionage charges because the cases came down to the word of a single witness, Elizabeth Bentley, a former Soviet spy and ex-Communist, against the denials of those she accused – with no documentary or other direct evidence of espionage.
- John Earl Haynes, Harvey Klehr
- 2006
During her years as an ex-communist Elizabeth Bentley published an autobiography, Inside the Russian Spy Organization, detailing her experiences in espionage.
Elizabeth Bentley's decision to visit the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the fall of 1945 and recount her several years as liaison between Soviet intelligence agencies and scores of sources within the U.S. government ignited an internal security firestorm.
