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2619 Wisconsin Ave NW
Locals told of a three-story building with permanently drawn shutters that no one had lived in for years and where no mail was ever delivered. The house, located across from the main gate of the Russian Embassy, has three skylights on the roof which concealed cameras pointed at the Russian Embassy's...
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Edwin Moore’s Home
In December 1976, retired CIA employee Edwin Moore “decided to go to the other side.” Moore stole enough classified documents to fill several boxes and tried to sell them to the Soviet Union. He wrapped up a sample of the secret documents with a note and threw the bundle over the fence of the Soviet...
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Former Soviet Embassy
From 1967 to 1985, when his drunk and embittered ex-wife ratted him out to the Feds, naval officer John Walker went from a low-level asset looking to make quick cash to what some have called “one of the most damaging spies” in US history. His run started when he dropped by the former Soviet Embassy ...
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Au Pied De Cochon
The lone plaque memorializing Washington's spy history is at the Georgetown restaurant Au Pied de Cochon, stating "Yurchenko's Last Supper in the USA...Nov. 2, 1985." It commemorates KGB spymaster Vitali Yurchenko, who defected, then had second thoughts over dinner with a CIA agent. He slipped out t...