List of American spies

This is a list of spies who engaged in direct espionage. It includes Americans spying against their own country and people spying on behalf of the United States.

American Revolution era spies edit

Spied for the Patriots edit

Culper Ring edit

Spied for the Crown edit

Double agents edit

American Civil War era spies edit

Union spies edit

Confederate spies edit

American World War One era spies edit

American World War Two era spies edit

American Cold War era spies edit

Spied for America edit

Spied for USSR edit

Spied for Vietnam edit

Spied for Israel edit

Post-Cold War spies edit

Spied on Iran for America edit

Spied on Russia for America edit

Spied on America for Russia edit

Spied on America for China edit

Spied on America for Israel edit

Spied on America for Cuba edit

Spied on America for South Africa edit

Spied on Cuba for America edit

American Gulf War era spies edit

Americans who spied for foreign countries edit

CIA edit

NSA edit

FBI edit

Defense Intelligence Agency edit

Armed Forces edit

Federal contractors edit

House Committee on Armed Services edit

References edit

  1. ^ Fitzpatrick, John C. (January 1939). The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources 1745-1799 Volume 12 June 1, 1778-September 30, 1778. p. 182. ISBN 162376422X.
  2. ^ Franklin Ben; and Morris, Robert (1776-07-08). "The Committee of Secret Correspondence to [Silas Deane]". "Philadelphia, July 8th, 1776." "Reprinted from The North American and United States Gazette (Philadelphia), October 12, 1855." Retrieved from http://franklinpapers.org/franklin/framedVolumes.jsp?vol=22&page=665a.
  3. ^ "Anna Elinor Jones Imprisoned on Confederate Spy Accusations".
  4. ^ Confederate Veteran, Volume 24. S.A. Cunningham, 1916. p. 328.
  5. ^ Swanson, James L., Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer. New York, HarperCollins, 2006, pp.167, 256.
  6. ^ Tonia J. Smith. "Sarah Slater". osu.edu.
  7. ^ Swanson, James L., Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer. New York, HarperCollins, 2006, p. 258f.
  8. ^ a b c d Cochran, John (14 August 2008). "Julia Child Dished Out ... Spy Secrets?". abcnews.go.com.
  9. ^ "Swiss-born WWII hero to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery". nydailynews.com. March 11, 2013.
  10. ^ a b "The day we discovered our parents were Russian spies". 7 May 2016 – via The Guardian.
  11. ^ The Jonathan Pollard Case. http://www.crimelibrary.com/terrorists_spies/spies/pollard/11.html Retrieved August 14, 2014. Archived January 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ 4spiritoftruthsays (7 June 2012). "Russian colonel was 'most successful CIA spy' in recent years". intelnews.org.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ "Russian colonel convicted of spying for U.S." cbsnews.com.
  14. ^ "FBI: 10 Russian Spies Arrested in U.S." cbsnews.com.
  15. ^ https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/ex-u-s-ambassador-charged-as-secret-agent-for-cuba-08c06b2f
  16. ^ "Ana Montes: Cuban Spy". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 2016-12-05.

Further reading edit

  • Mashbir, Colonel Sidney (2019). I Was an American Spy - 65th Anniversary Edition. California: Horizon Productions. pp. This autobiography is like a course in military intelligence. ISBN 978-0-9903349-9-6.