List of American spies

This is a list of spies who engaged in direct espionage. It includes Americans spying against their own country and people spying on behalf of America.

American Revolution spies

See also:

pied for the American Revolution

* Daniel Bissell (spy)
* Pierre Douville, french sailor who spied for Washington
* Margaret Kemble Gage, spied for the revolution, against her husband who led the British Army during the American Revolutionary War.
* Nathan Hale, America's first spy, hanged by the British; "I only regret that I have but one life to give my country."
* Moses Hazen, arrested by both the United States and later the British as a spy during 1775. Later Brigadier General in the Continental Army.
* John Honeyman
* John the Painter
* Thomas Knowlton
* Saul Matthews, spied on the British, obtaining valuable information for the revolution. As a result of his heroism, given his full freedom from slavery by the Virginia legislature in 1792.
* François Henri de la Motte, executed by the British

Culper Ring

The Ring was formed by Benjamin Tallmadge and tasked to infiltrate British-controlled New York City and report troop dispositions and intentions. The Ring conducted covert operations until the end of the American Revolutionary War, though its heyday was between 1778 and 1781.
* Benjamin Tallmadge
* Agent 355
* Abraham Woodhull

pied for the Crown

* Benjamin Church

Double agents

* Edward Bancroft

American Civil War spies

American spies

* April Fool (spy)
* Sylvanus Morley
* John Birch (missionary)

Defectors from the Eastern Block

* Arkady Shevchenko

Americans convicted of spying for foreign countries

* Michael H. Allen, retired Navy, gave classified information to the Philippines. Arrested 1986, eight year sentence, $10,000 fine, lost retirement benefits.
* Aldrich Ames
* Stephen Baba, 1981, attempted to sell classified information to the South African Embassy. Baba was turned in by South Africa, was court marshaled and received eighth years.
* David H. Barnett, passed on identities of thirty CIA agents. Sold information to the KGB for $92,000. Caught 1980, eighteen year sentence.
* William H. Bell, provided radar secrets to Marian Zacharski. Bell received eight years, Zacharski life.
* David Sheldon Boone
* Christopher John Boyce
* Robert E. Cordrey, Marine, in 1984 tried to sell classified information to eastern block countries. Twelve years hard labor, served two.
* Ludwig Forbrich, attempted to pass information to the East Germans in 1984. Caught by FBI undercover operation. Fifteen year sentence.
* William Kampiles, 1978, sold information to the Soviets.
* Andrew Daulton Lee
* Clayton John Lonetree
* Samuel L. Morrison, sent some classified images to "Janes Defense Weekly". Two year prison term.
* Harold James Nicholson
* Ronald Pelton
* Earl Edwin Pitts
* Jonathan Pollard
* Sharon M. Scranage, support assistant for the CIA. Along with her boyfriend, turned over agent and informant identities to the Ghanaian intelligence. Two year prison sentence.
* Albert Sombolay , 1991, spied for Iraq and Jordon while serving the in the US Army. Thirty-four years hard labor.

FBI agents convicted of spying

* Robert Hanssen
* Richard Miller (agent), first FBI agent convicted of espionage. Seduced by Russian KGB double agent Svetlana Ogorodnikova (see below).
* Earl Edwin Pitts

Double agents

* Nicholay Ogorodnikova and his wife Svetlana, emigrants to the US. Both were KGB agents. Svetlana was recruited by the FBI to spy on the Los Angeles Russian community and seduced several FBI agents, turning one, Richard Miller (see above), to spy for the Soviets. The Ogorodnikova's received eight years and Miller, the first FBI agent ever convicted of espionage received 20. One document was passed to the KGB.

External links

* [http://www.fbi.gov/hq/ci/cases.htm FBI timeline of cases]