William H. Martin
William Hamilton Martin (born May 27, 1931 in Columbus ; Georgia , † January 17, 1987 in Tijuana , Baja California ) was an American employee of the National Security Agency and a defector. He fled to the Soviet Union in 1960 with Bernon F. Mitchell (see defection of Martin and Mitchell ) and, from Moscow, informed the public about the extensive and up to now strictly secret actions and wiretapping measures of the NSA.
Martin was fluent in Russian . After defection, he studied at Leningrad University. He married and was divorced again in 1963. His Russian alias was Vladimir Sokolodsky. His subsequent application for reintroduction to the United States was denied. He died of lung cancer in Mexico in 1987 in Tijuana Del Mar Hospital .
Web links
- Johanna Lutteroth: NSA scandal 1960: secret striptease in Moscow , Spiegel Geschichte , August 16, 2013.
Individual evidence
- ↑ James Bamford, The Puzzle Palace: Inside the National Security Agency, America's Most Secret Security Organization. Penguin Books, 1982, pp. 177-178
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Martin, William H. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sokolodsky, Vladimir; Martin, William Hamilton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American NSA defector |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 27, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Columbus , Georgia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th January 1987 |
| Place of death | Tijuana , Baja California |