Spies: Penkovski (2 of 2)

[@michaelrowsell1160]

The USA should have statues for this man

[@RomeoMike22]

Seems like he did it for personal reasons not ideological ones, not for the greater good

[@dmmchugh3714]

At 1:12, why wouldn't Penkovsky have been more careful about storing incriminating material in his apartment?

[@WizardOfTheKremlin]

Its not a question of being more careful, its why did he ever store them there in the first place. You would think a former GRU colonel would have known better... and is why I refuse to believe this version. Considering how he was the patsy from the very beginning of a well executed orchestrated deception operation with the involvement and cooperation of German, Russian, USA and British intelligence services. The KGB knew all along, and had to wait on instructions to bring it to a close by breaking and entering into his place and PLANTING the "evidence" when the others got what they needed. Now keep in mind that in those days especially in Russia no one is going to advocate your freedom no matter how much you profess it for espionage and spying lest they wind up in a prison cell with him. Think about it, Yes he was a colonel that ran a network of spies, so really he did not have all that much access to highly classified information apart from whatever he got from the spies he ran, which at the best of times was not really of a life and death significance and at worse chicken feed. Supposing one of his spies was a double, got to know him over the years...understood him and his desires, gauge his personality and likelihood of committing espionage. When the KGB were passed intel on his father and his career ruined because of this, it "created" a "perfect" opportunity to spy. People are often motivated to spy for revenge this was his case, because he was still infuriated having be replaced by a General that over took his spy ring. He was of the type where he thought himself to be the boss, the best, ya know like..how dare they?! I run this shit! So yeah, that could've motivated his spying and as I said it was not at all random or by "chance" he was placed into a highly sensitive/restricted area by a man he called his "friend" that gave him access to the archives without any resistance or questions. Yeah..that is not how security protocol works within the KGB, even if your friend is in change... but IT IS how it works, when two of them are spies and one knows the other is but the other does not suspect his friend is. In the end he was too much a risk to extract and bring back to the west. With all those involved there be far too much embarrassment and public outcry if he ever decided "to talk" and knowing him as intimately as they did it was a risk they deemed "not worth pursuing" and so gave the go ahead for the KGB to take 'em down

[@RamZar50]

Code name: HERO