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Sasha (espionage)

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Sasha was an alleged Soviet mole in the Central Intelligence Agency during the Cold War.

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Reparations

Under Public Law 96-450, or the "Mole Relief Act",C.I.A. employees accused of being Sasha and who had their careers subsequently ruined were allowed to receive government compensation.

List of accused CIA employees

This is a partial list of CIA employees accused of being Sasha. All were later cleared.

  • Serge Karlow
  • Richard Kovich
  • Alexander ″Sasha″ Sogolow
  • Others CIA employees, though not suspected to be ″Sasha″, were suspected to be moles in the course of the Sasha molehunt :

  • Paul Garbler
  • George Goldberg
  • David Murphy
  • Vasia C. Gmirkin
  • In Robert Littell's novel The Company, the alleged existence of Sasha is an important plot point.
  • References

    Sasha (espionage) Wikipedia