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X-WR-CALDESC:25 November 1986: Ronald Pelton\, former NSA analyst\, was arr
 ested for spying for the Soviets.\n\nBorn 1942\, attended Indiana Universi
 ty. Joined the U.S. Air Force and was assigned to the Signal Intelligence 
 division in Pakistan. After leaving the Air Force\, joined the NSA in 1965
 . Worked in a minor capacity for the NSA until he resigned his position as
  an intelligence analyst in 1979.\n\nContacted the Soviet Embassy in Washi
 ngton\, DC on January 14\, 1980. Explained to the diplomat that he was a m
 ember of the U.S. Government and arranged for a meeting at the embassy. Th
 e FBI had surveillance on the embassy and had tapped the phone. Although t
 hey anticipated the arrival of the caller\, the FBI was unable to observe 
 him in time to determine his identity. The investigation seemingly died ou
 t there.\n\nPelton met with KGB officer Vitaly Yurchenko and provided him 
 with detailed reports of U.S. activity\, to include the details of five SI
 GINT operations\, from his photographic memory. Most notably\, the informa
 tion Pelton passed disrupted Operation Ivy Bells\, a joint NSA\, Navy\, an
 d CIA mission that tapped Soviet deep sea communications cables. Yurchenko
  accepted Pelton as a legitimate walk-in.\n\nIn 1985\, Yurchenko defected 
 to the United States. Among other things\, he recalled he had met with a f
 ormer NSA analyst in 1980 and described him as red-haired (Yurchenko subse
 quently defected back to the Soviet Union). The FBI scoured through NSA pe
 rsonnel files until it had a pool of red-haired male analysts.They were th
 us able to identify Pelton’s voice and began surveillance on him in Octobe
 r 1985. Despite bugging his car and his home\, they were unable to turn up
  any incriminating evidence against Pelton.\n\nSeemingly at a dead-end\, t
 he FBI decided to gamble and confront Pelton directly\, playing the tape o
 f his conversation with the Soviet embassy. Eventually Pelton revealed tha
 t he had provided answers to questions from the Soviets in return for $35\
 ,000.00. Pelton was tried and convicted of espionage in 1986 and sentenced
  to three concurrent life sentences\, plus 10 years\, and a $100 fine.\n\n
 On 23 November 2015\, Pelton was released from federal custody after servi
 ng nearly 30 years for espionage. He had been transferred to a halfway hou
 se in 2014 and then served the last few months of his sentence on home con
 finement.\n
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DESCRIPTION:25 November 1986: Ronald Pelton\, former NSA analyst\, was arre
 sted for spying for the Soviets.\n\nBorn 1942\, attended Indiana Universit
 y. Joined the U.S. Air Force and was assigned to the Signal Intelligence d
 ivision in Pakistan. After leaving the Air Force\, joined the NSA in 1965.
  Worked in a minor capacity for the NSA until he resigned his position as 
 an intelligence analyst in 1979.\n\nContacted the Soviet Embassy in Washin
 gton\, DC on January 14\, 1980. Explained to the diplomat that he was a me
 mber of the U.S. Government and arranged for a meeting at the embassy. The
  FBI had surveillance on the embassy and had tapped the phone. Although th
 ey anticipated the arrival of the caller\, the FBI was unable to observe h
 im in time to determine his identity. The investigation seemingly died out
  there.\n\nPelton met with KGB officer Vitaly Yurchenko and provided him w
 ith detailed reports of U.S. activity\, to include the details of five SIG
 INT operations\, from his photographic memory. Most notably\, the informat
 ion Pelton passed disrupted Operation Ivy Bells\, a joint NSA\, Navy\, and
  CIA mission that tapped Soviet deep sea communications cables. Yurchenko 
 accepted Pelton as a legitimate walk-in.\n\nIn 1985\, Yurchenko defected t
 o the United States. Among other things\, he recalled he had met with a fo
 rmer NSA analyst in 1980 and described him as red-haired (Yurchenko subseq
 uently defected back to the Soviet Union). The FBI scoured through NSA per
 sonnel files until it had a pool of red-haired male analysts.They were thu
 s able to identify Pelton’s voice and began surveillance on him in October
  1985. Despite bugging his car and his home\, they were unable to turn up 
 any incriminating evidence against Pelton.\n\nSeemingly at a dead-end\, th
 e FBI decided to gamble and confront Pelton directly\, playing the tape of
  his conversation with the Soviet embassy. Eventually Pelton revealed that
  he had provided answers to questions from the Soviets in return for $35\,
 000.00. Pelton was tried and convicted of espionage in 1986 and sentenced 
 to three concurrent life sentences\, plus 10 years\, and a $100 fine.\n\nO
 n 23 November 2015\, Pelton was released from federal custody after servin
 g nearly 30 years for espionage. He had been transferred to a halfway hous
 e in 2014 and then served the last few months of his sentence on home conf
 inement.\n
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SUMMARY:1986: Ronald Pelton\, former NSA analyst\, arrested for spying.
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