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[[Robert Lamphere]] (1918-2002) was an [[FBI]] officer working in counterintelligence in the 1940s and 1950s.<ref>Douglas Martin, [http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/11/obituaries/11LAMP.html Robert J. Lamphere, 83, Spy Chaser for the F.B.I., Dies], ''New York Times'', 11 February 2002.</ref> | [[Robert Lamphere]] (1918-2002) was an [[FBI]] officer working in counterintelligence in the 1940s and 1950s.<ref>Douglas Martin, [http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/11/obituaries/11LAMP.html Robert J. Lamphere, 83, Spy Chaser for the F.B.I., Dies], ''New York Times'', 11 February 2002.</ref> | ||
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| + | In the late 1940s, he was responsible for liaison with the [[Army Security Agency]] and the [[Armed Forces Security Agency]] on [[VENONA]] decryption. He was also in charge of sharing VENONA material with [[MI5]] and [[MI6]] liaison officers. [[Dick Thistlethwaite of [[MI5]] regarded him as 'exceptionally friendly and able'.<ref name="Andrew374">Christopher Andrew, ''Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5'', Allen Lane, 2009, p.374.</ref> | ||
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| + | Along with fellow [[FBI]] officer [[Hugh Clegg]], Lamphere interviewed [[Klaus Fuchs]] in England on 19 May 1950.<ref name="Andrew464">Christopher Andrew, ''Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5'', Allen Lane, 2009, p.389.</ref> | ||
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| + | Lamphere believed that [[Roger Hollis]] was responsible for tipping off the Soviets about the VENONA decrypts.<ref>Chapman Pincher, ''Treachery: Betrayals, Blunders and Cover-Ups: Six Decades of espionage'', Mainstream Publishing, 2012, p.173.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 18:44, 21 December 2013
Robert Lamphere (1918-2002) was an FBI officer working in counterintelligence in the 1940s and 1950s.[1]
In the late 1940s, he was responsible for liaison with the Army Security Agency and the Armed Forces Security Agency on VENONA decryption. He was also in charge of sharing VENONA material with MI5 and MI6 liaison officers. [[Dick Thistlethwaite of MI5 regarded him as 'exceptionally friendly and able'.[2]
Along with fellow FBI officer Hugh Clegg, Lamphere interviewed Klaus Fuchs in England on 19 May 1950.[3]
Lamphere believed that Roger Hollis was responsible for tipping off the Soviets about the VENONA decrypts.[4]
Notes
- ↑ Douglas Martin, Robert J. Lamphere, 83, Spy Chaser for the F.B.I., Dies, New York Times, 11 February 2002.
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.374.
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.389.
- ↑ Chapman Pincher, Treachery: Betrayals, Blunders and Cover-Ups: Six Decades of espionage, Mainstream Publishing, 2012, p.173.
