Professional opinion is split on the issue. Many feel that Yurchenko
was a false defector who gave up Pelton and Howard because these two no
longer had access, and their exposure might satisfy the CIA as to why their
spies in the USSR had fared so poorly. In other words, throw the CIA a
couple of crumbs so that they stop looking for the rest of the loaf. The
1994 arrest of CIA mole Aldrich Ames has added considerable currency to
this view. Others feel that Yurchenko was genuine, but couldn't put up with
the shabby treatment he experienced at the hands of the CIA. Certainly the
CIA was less professional than the FBI in this regard. In any event,
Yurchenko and the KGB seem content to keep us all guessing.
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