In a Nutshell : Ronald Pelton, KGB Mole

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Full Name	Ronald Willam Pelton
Agency	NSA
Operation Compromised	Ivy Bells (tapping of Soviet undersea cables)
Born	Nov 18, 1940
Birthplace	Benton Harbor, MI
Pre-crime stressor(s)	Increasing homeowner's taxes, home repair costs (burden of 4 children, 1979 salary of $24.5k/yr)
Handler	Vitaly Yurchenko
Collaboration session duration	Up to eight hours
Payoff	$40,000
Sentence	3x Life, $100 fine
Time served	30 years
How caught	Soviet handler defected to USA
Evidence	Cooperating witness, tape recording, confession
Incarceration facility	Allenwood, PA. Medium security