I read a few weeks ago the story of the "greatest Russian spy ever", but forgot his name. Who knows ?

Question

It is not Alexander Litvinenko.

Answer 1

Nope, not Reily.

And Litvinenko was just a "vertuhai" (a prison guard).

The greatest Russian spy was Richard Sorge/Рихард Зорге (pronounced: Ree-hard Zor-geh).

Answer 2

could it be ?

(CBS) Is George Trofimoff one of the greatest spies ever to betray America, or a loyal army officer who spent a career defending this country?

One thing is sure: Col. Trofimoff, retired from the U.S. Army Reserve, is the highest ranking American officer ever convicted of espionage. Last summer, a federal judge sent him to prison for life. During his trial, prosecutors called Trofimoff the perfect spy. He was perfect, they said, because of the extraordinary crime he managed to pull off without ever getting caught.

Interviewed by 60 Minutes II correspondent Scott Pelley in a Florida prison, Trofimoff, 74, calls himself "a patriot that served this country for 46 years and a half or 47 years."

Then in 1992, a Soviet KGB clerk named Vasili Mitrokhin defected and claimed that one of the U.S. interrogation centers was being looted by a spy. He handed over KGB records that showed the stolen American secrets exceeded 80 volumes - 50,000 pages taken over 25 years.

Christopher Andrew, a Cambridge University professor who helped British intelligence analyze Mitrokhin’s revelations, says the information included military intelligence operations planned and carried out by the United States against the Soviet Union.

so is that the one , i reasearched , that is all i could find .

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/03/2...

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Answer 3

Al Gore Sr.

Answer 4

You could go to Borders books, they have a section with war and spy novels and biographies, Or you can google it. Sorry we cant guess who you think was the worldest greatest..

There was the snowman.. though... hahah!

Answer 5

Yes it is Aleksander Litvinenko, he was poisoned and died in a London hospital.