New Documents Reveal Truth on NATO's 'Most Damaging' Spy

SpiegelOnline ^ | 04/30/2010 | Fidelius Schmid and Andreas Ulrich

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For years, from his senior position in Estonia's Defense Ministry, Herman Simm leaked highly sensitive NATO intelligence and the names of Western spies to Russia's foreign intelligence service. In a classified damage analysis, NATO concludes that the former KGB colonel was one of the "most damaging" spies in the history of the alliance.

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Four pages at the link.

Simm was eventually caught and sentenced to over 12.5 years in prison. Even the hope of spending his golden years as a retired general in Russia proved to be an illusion. At their last meeting, Jakovlev, his handler, had informed him that his rank and the medals never existed -- and that he was nothing but a paid traitor.

[hoosierham]

Hang the dumba**

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It’s a wonder we have any secrets at all. All the NATO countries seem to be riddled with spies.

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At the conference held in the Dutch town of Brunssum in 2006, a CD containing the names of all known and suspected Russian NATO spies, as well as detailed information on double agents, was distributed to attendees. The CD "landed directly on Putin's desk" and "caused quite a stir" in Moscow, Jakovlev says, clearly in praise of the master spy

What spy came up with that idea? Good lord.

[SuperLuminal]

bttt

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Right after hanging those that gave a Russian spy access to those secrets. He was a Russian spy for decades before getting the NATO job.

Plus, WTH does Estonia with 12 inhabitants need to know all those secrets?