The Sleeper Agent

I Spy

Foreign Policy

History, News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, we talk to Albrecht Dittrich—aka Jack Barsky—who was born in East Germany, recruited by the KGB, and sent to the United States to influence U.S. policymaking. Barsky began his mission in 1978. He was one of hundreds of sleeper agents the Soviets planted in the United States over the years. Check out I Spy's merch by going to https://store.dftba.com/collections/i-spy Save 15% on FP subscriptions. Visit https://foreignpolicy.com/subscribe/ and enter code ISPY at checkout to claim this offer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Stream your favorite crime all the time on Pluto TV.
0:04.0	The investigation is ongoing.
0:06.0	Uncover true crime documentaries.
0:08.0	Well, this is interesting.
0:09.0	Do some serious time with bingable dramas.
0:12.0	My name's Gil Grissom.
0:13.0	I'm with the Las Vegas Crime Law.
0:15.0	Everything from CSI.
0:16.0	We got you.
0:17.0	To police intercepts.
0:18.0	Police in the dog.
0:19.0	There are loads of channels
0:21.0	dedicated to the crime shows you love.
0:23.4	That's what I do.
0:25.2	I will be easy.
0:26.2	Stream all day with nothing to pay.
0:28.8	Pluto TV.
0:30.3	This is I Spy. the show from foreign policy where spies tell their stories. All right. My name is Jack Barsky. I came here in 1978 on behalf of the KGB as a undercover sleeper illegal agent and then 10
0:59.3	years later I decided to stay here and another like 15 years I became an American citizen so that's my
1:06.2	background.
1:09.2	From foreign policy welcome to I-SPI real-life spy stories told by the people who were there.
1:17.0	Each week we feature one former intelligence operative from somewhere around the world describing one operation.
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