Serge "Peter" Karlow was born circa 1921 in
New York, NY
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and died November 3, 2005 in
Montclair, NJ
He was a CIA Technical Officer from 1947-1963 who was falsely accused of treason and forced to resign. The allegations against Karlow were made by KGB defector
Anatoliy Golitsyn
Anatoliy Mikhaylovich Golitsyn CBE (Russian: Анатолий Михайлович Голицын; August 25, 1926 – December 29, 2008) was a Soviet KGB defector and author of two books about the long-term deception strategy of the KGB leaders ...
who described a CIA Officer of Slavic background who had bugged a building in Europe. Golitsyn said that he thought that
the "Mole's" name began with a "K." In 1988,
Director of Central Intelligence
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William Webster determined that the charges against Karlow had no merit. He was given an apology, medal and compensation.
Karlow served with distinction as a U.S. Navy Intelligence officer in
World War II
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where he lost a leg in a mining explosion.
Karlow authored, "Targeted by the C.I.A.: An Intelligence Professional Speaks Out on the Scandal that Turned the C.I.A. Upside down."
References
Further reading
* Karlow, Serge. ''Targeted by the CIA: an intelligence professional speaks out on the scandal that turned the CIA upside down'' (2002),
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1920s births
2005 deaths
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