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| NSA Analyst Who Sold Secrets Dies 'With Many Regrets' |
| 2022-09-14 |
| [NEWSER] A former National Security Agency analyst who sold secrets to the Soviet Union has died almost seven years after his release from federal custody. Ronald William Pelton served nearly 30 years in prison after his arrest in 1985. The FBI said Pelton, who worked for the NSA for 14 years and resigned in 1979, sold intelligence secrets to the Soviets after leaving the agency because he was having financial problems. He was convicted and sentenced to three life sentences plus 10 years after he was turned in by a KGB agent who defected. The Guardian describes Pelton as arguably the NSA's "most damaging traitor." An obituary of the 80-year-old on the website of a Maryland funeral home doesn't mention the espionage or decades in prison but describes him as an Air Force veteran and gifted musician who worked for the NSA and sold luxury boats "later in his career." In a comment, daughter Pamela Wright described her relationship with him as complicated. "When I was nineteen, he left and didn’t return until I was nearly fifty. During that span of time there was almost no communication. I grew up," she wrote. "Had a family. Went to college and gained a professional career. Had grandchildren. I lived my life without him. When he came back, he was quieter. More mellow. With many regrets." (Read more National Security Agency stories.) |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #9 I can only imagine how many secrets Hunter gave the Chinese. Oh, wait, but his father didn't know anything about his extracurricular activities. Never mind. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2022-09-14 17:05 |
| #8 many regrets "I lived for years in guilt. And watched my weewee wilt. For what? Virtue is worth fucko! And I'll tell you this, bucko, Traitors are living it to the hilt!" |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2022-09-14 17:02 |
| #7 Some things can never be forgiven! This is one of them. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2022-09-14 13:05 |
| #6 He made his own bad luck. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-09-14 11:11 |
| #5 He was convicted and sentenced to three life sentences plus 10 years after he was turned in by a KGB agent who defected It is bad luck to be somebody else's Get Out of Jail Free card. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2022-09-14 11:11 |
| #4 As somebody else noted about Gorbachev: "NOW he's a good communist" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2022-09-14 10:58 |
| #3 Regrets he was caught. Regrets his perfidy did not result in world-wide communist hegemony. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-09-14 10:11 |
| #2 Died-not soon enough |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-09-14 10:08 |
| #1 Pelton should have left the Agency and ran for congress. He could have retained his clandestine hobby, died a free man, and very wealthy. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-09-14 09:28 |