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role">former army clerk assigned to the <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Agency" title="National Security Agency">National Security Agency</a> and spy for the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Criminal status</th><td class="infobox-data category">Released</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Patricia (div.)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Criminal charge</th><td class="infobox-data">Conspiracy to commit espionage (Violation of the <a href="/wiki/Espionage_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Espionage Act">Espionage Act</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Penalty</th><td class="infobox-data">18 years imprisonment and a $10,000 fine</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Robert Stephen Lipka</b><sup id="cite_ref-LipkaBOP_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LipkaBOP-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (June 16, 1945 – July 5, 2013) was a former army clerk at the <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Agency" title="National Security Agency">National Security Agency</a> (NSA) who, in 1997, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit <a href="/wiki/Espionage" title="Espionage">espionage</a> and was sentenced to 18 years in prison. He was arrested more than 30 years after his betrayal, as there is no <a href="/wiki/Statute_of_limitations" title="Statute of limitations">statute of limitations</a> for <a href="/wiki/Espionage" title="Espionage">espionage</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_career">Early career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Lipka&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Robert Lipka was assigned to the <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Agency" title="National Security Agency">National Security Agency</a> as an intelligence analyst in 1964, when he was a 19-year-old U.S. Army soldier. He worked in the central communications room from 1964 to 1967, where he was responsible for removing and disseminating highly classified documents throughout the agency.<sup id="cite_ref-Polmar_Allen_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Polmar_Allen-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite his junior rank, Lipka held a high security clearance, and had access to a diverse array of highly classified documents.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Espionage">Espionage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Lipka&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Espionage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In September 1965, Lipka presented himself to the Soviet Embassy on 16th Street, as a walk-in or volunteer spy. He announced that he was responsible for shredding highly classified documents, and over the next two years he made contact with the residency around fifty times, using a variety of skilled <a href="/wiki/Tradecraft" title="Tradecraft">tradecraft</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Andrew_&_Mitrokhin_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Andrew_&_Mitrokhin-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> According to his handler at the time, former KGB General <a href="/wiki/Oleg_Kalugin" title="Oleg Kalugin">Oleg Kalugin</a>:</p><blockquote><p>"the young soldier (Lipka) ... was involved in shredding and destroying NSA documents and could supply us with a wealth of material." He goes on to say that Lipka gave him "whatever he got his hands on, often having little idea what he was turning over."</p></blockquote><p>Lipka compromised daily and weekly top-secret reports to the White House, information on US troop movements throughout the world, and communications among <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> allies.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the two years Lipka supplied the KGB top-secret information, he received payment of about $27,000. Kalugin claims that Lipka used the money he received, around $500 to $1,000 per package he delivered, to finance his college education.<sup id="cite_ref-Polmar_Allen_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Polmar_Allen-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Lipka regularly complained that he deserved more money, and threatened to break contact if this demand was not met. In August 1967, Lipka made good on his threat, and left the NSA at the end of his military service in order to attend <a href="/wiki/Millersville_University_of_Pennsylvania" title="Millersville University of Pennsylvania">Millersville University of Pennsylvania</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Andrew_&_Mitrokhin_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Andrew_&_Mitrokhin-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In order to discourage any attempts by the KGB to recontact him, Lipka sent a final message claiming that he had been a <a href="/wiki/Double_agent" title="Double agent">double agent</a> for US intelligence all along. According to <a href="/wiki/Vasili_Mitrokhin" title="Vasili Mitrokhin">Vasili Mitrokhin</a>, the KGB knew this was a lie because of the high importance of the classified documents Lipka provided. Both the residency and illegals (non diplomatic cover handlers) tried to renew contact with Lipka intermittently for at least another 11 years, though without success.<sup id="cite_ref-Andrew_&_Mitrokhin_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Andrew_&_Mitrokhin-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Investigation_and_arrest">Investigation and arrest</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Lipka&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Investigation and arrest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Similar to the <a href="/wiki/John_Anthony_Walker" title="John Anthony Walker">John Anthony Walker</a> case, Lipka's ex-wife made accusations of his treason to the FBI.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Furthermore, after the defection of Vasili Mitrokhin in 1991, MI6 provided the FBI with evidence of Lipka's activities from the <a href="/wiki/Mitrokhin_Archive" title="Mitrokhin Archive">Mitrokhin Archive</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1993, armed with these accusations, revelations from Kalugin's memoir, and information from a separate investigation implicating Lipka, the FBI decided to use a <a href="/wiki/False_flag" title="False flag">false flag</a> operation to catch him.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> FBI agent Dimitry Droujinsky contacted Lipka, posing as a GRU officer based in Washington named "Sergei Nikitin." Lipka told Nikitin that he was still owed money, and over the course of four meetings, "Nikitin" gave Lipka $10,000.<sup id="cite_ref-Andrew_&_Mitrokhin_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Andrew_&_Mitrokhin-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After a lengthy investigation, Lipka admitted to having been a spy while at the NSA, and in February 1996 he was arrested at his home in Millersville, PA, and charged with handing classified documents to the Soviet Union.<sup id="cite_ref-Andrew_&_Mitrokhin_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Andrew_&_Mitrokhin-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As there is no <a href="/wiki/Statute_of_limitations" title="Statute of limitations">statute of limitations</a> in espionage cases, it did not matter that Lipka had ceased spying for the Soviet Union three decades before his arrest. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Guilty_Plea_and_Sentence">Guilty Plea and Sentence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Lipka&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Guilty Plea and Sentence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In May 1997, Lipka accepted a plea deal to avoid trial, which could have resulted in a life sentence. In the courtroom, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Philadelphia_Inquirer" title="The Philadelphia Inquirer">The Philadelphia Inquirer</a></i> reported, Lipka "exploded into tears as he confessed that he had handed over classified information to KGB agents." He was sentenced in September 1997 to 18 years in prison, a $10,000 fine, and additional reimbursement to the FBI of the $10,000 given to him by "Nikitin."<sup id="cite_ref-Andrew_&_Mitrokhin_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Andrew_&_Mitrokhin-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Prison_and_death">Prison and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Lipka&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Prison and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Prisons" title="Federal Bureau of Prisons">Federal Bureau of Prisons</a>, Lipka was released on December 8, 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-LipkaBOP_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LipkaBOP-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 5, 2013, Robert Lipka died in <a href="/wiki/Meadville,_Pennsylvania" title="Meadville, Pennsylvania">Meadville</a>, PA at the age of 68.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Lipka&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mitrokhin_Archive" title="Mitrokhin Archive">Mitrokhin Archive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_government_security_breaches" title="United States government security breaches">United States government security breaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Chief_Directorate" title="First Chief Directorate">First Chief Directorate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Agency" title="National Security Agency">National Security Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tradecraft" title="Tradecraft">Tradecraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Hall_III" title="James Hall III">James Hall III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hanssen" title="Robert Hanssen">Robert Hanssen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Edwin_Pitts" title="Earl Edwin Pitts">Earl Edwin Pitts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_James_Nicholson" title="Harold James Nicholson">Harold James Nicholson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Trofimoff" title="George Trofimoff">George Trofimoff</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Lipka&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-LipkaBOP-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-LipkaBOP_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LipkaBOP_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=Robert&Middle=&LastName=Lipka&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=0&y=0">Robert Stephen Lipka</a>." (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140715161937/http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction%3DNameSearch%26needingMoreList%3Dfalse%26FirstName%3DRobert%26Middle%3D%26LastName%3DLipka%26Race%3DU%26Sex%3DU%26Age%3D%26x%3D0%26y%3D0">Archive</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130706045556/http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=Robert&Middle=&LastName=Lipka&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=0&y=0">Archive #2</a>) <a href="/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Prisons" title="Federal Bureau of Prisons">Federal Bureau of Prisons</a>. Retrieved on July 5, 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Polmar_Allen-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Polmar_Allen_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Polmar_Allen_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Norman Polmar and Thomas B. Allen, Spy Book: The Encyclopedia of Espionage</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFJohnston1996" class="citation news cs1">Johnston, David (24 February 1996). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/24/us/ex-gi-arrested-on-charges-of-spying-for-soviet-union.html">"Ex-G.I. Arrested on Charges Of Spying for Soviet Union"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i> – via NYTimes.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Ex-G.I.+Arrested+on+Charges+Of+Spying+for+Soviet+Union&rft.date=1996-02-24&rft.aulast=Johnston&rft.aufirst=David&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1996%2F02%2F24%2Fus%2Fex-gi-arrested-on-charges-of-spying-for-soviet-union.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARobert+Lipka" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Andrew_&_Mitrokhin-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Andrew_&_Mitrokhin_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Andrew_&_Mitrokhin_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Andrew_&_Mitrokhin_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Andrew_&_Mitrokhin_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Andrew_&_Mitrokhin_4-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Andrew_&_Mitrokhin_4-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Christopher Andrew and Vasili Mitrokhin, <i>The Sword and the Shield</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Fen Montaigne and Oleg Kalugin, <i>The First Directorate: My 32 years in Intelligence and Espionage Against the West</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090114133033/http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/ospp/securityguide/Spystory/Lipka.htm">"Robert Lipka"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/ospp/securityguide/Spystory/Lipka.htm">the original</a> on 2009-01-14<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2010-02-19</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Robert+Lipka&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hq.nasa.gov%2Foffice%2Fospp%2Fsecurityguide%2FSpystory%2FLipka.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARobert+Lipka" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>KGB in Europe</i>, page 23–24</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://philadelphia.fbi.gov/lipka.htm">"Philadelphia"</a>. <i>Federal Bureau of Investigation</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Federal+Bureau+of+Investigation&rft.atitle=Philadelphia&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fphiladelphia.fbi.gov%2Flipka.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARobert+Lipka" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <p>John W. Whiteside, III, <i>"FOOL'S MATE - A True Story of Espionage at the National Security Agency - 2014</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Lipka&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://philadelphia.fbi.gov/lipka.htm">Famous Cases: Robert Lipka, An American Spy</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/24/us/ex-gi-arrested-on-charges-of-spying-for-soviet-union.html?pagewanted=all">Ex-G.I. 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Cambridge_Five" title="Cambridge Five">Cambridge Five</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Blunt" title="Anthony Blunt">Anthony Blunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Burgess" title="Guy Burgess">Guy Burgess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Cairncross" title="John Cairncross">John Cairncross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Maclean_(spy)" title="Donald Maclean (spy)">Donald Maclean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Philby" title="Kim Philby">Kim Philby</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Portland_spy_ring" title="Portland spy ring">Portland spy 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