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Elizabeth Terrill Bentley (January 1, 1908 – December 3, 1963) was an American NKVD spymaster, who was recruited from within the Communist Party USA (CPUSA). She served the Soviet Union as the primary handler of multiple highly placed moles within both the United States Federal Government and the Office of Strategic Services from ...
Elizabeth Terrill Bentley (New Milford, Connecticut, 1 de enero de 1908 - New Haven, Connecticut, 3 de diciembre de 1963) fue una espía estadounidense que trabajó para la Unión Soviética desde 1938 y hasta 1945.
The only training she ever got as a spy was from her lover. But Elizabeth Bentley managed to manipulate the most feared secret police agency in the world—and intimidate the FBI.
Elizabeth Bentley. Maestra espía estadounidense. Agente de la inteligencia soviética y miembro del partido comunista, luego informante del FBI.
Elizabeth Bentley, unlike many ex-Communists, was a genuine spy whose accusations were largely corroborated. Her defection dealt a near-fatal blow to Soviet espionage in America, achieved with little help from J. Edgar Hoover or HUAC’s inveterate Red-baiters.
Elizabeth T. Bentley, an American who managed a spy ring for the Soviet Union and became a double agent, had a crucial role in what was known as the Red Scare but died in obscurity.
The U.S. Justice Department decided not to bring espionage charges because the cases came down to the word of a single witness, Elizabeth Bentley, a former Soviet spy and ex-Communist, against the denials of those she accused – with no documentary or other direct evidence of espionage.
