NSA Is Looking For A Russian Mole

NSA Headquarters, Fort Meade, Maryland

NSA Mole Hunt -- Washington Times

The National Security Agency (NSA) is conducting a counterintelligence probe at its Fort Meade, Md., headquarters in a top-secret hunt for a Russian agent, according to a former intelligence official close to the agency.

The former official said the probe grew out of the case of 10 Russian "illegals," or deep-cover spies, who were uncovered last summer and sent back to Moscow after the defection of Col. Alexander Poteyev, a former SVR foreign intelligence officer who reportedly fled to the U.S. shortly before Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visited here in June.

Col. Poteyev is believed to be the source who disclosed the U.S.-based agent network.

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My Comment: Reading about Russian spies in the U.S. intelligence community is not a surprise for me .... but this posting is rather informative, and gives a small insight into U.S. counter intelligence operations.