372:: "Although Lamphere clearly admires Hoover, and praises his political acumen, it is evident that Hoover’s fondness for draconian punishments of underlings, his encouragement of excessive flattery, and his often petty demands sometimes prevented the FBI from making full use of its resources."
247:. Transferred in 1942 to New York City, he arrested more than 400 people over the next three and a half years. Transferred in 1945 to Washington, DC, to work on the Soviet espionage squad, he helped investigate Soviet atomic espionage into the top-secret
251:. In 1947, he became a supervisory special agent and worked with other FBI agents in analyzing Soviet code and other intelligence involving the USSR and its satellites in the
825:
543:
887:
699:
892:
917:
902:
897:
227:
321:
opposed the death penalty for Ethel
Rosenberg because (1) she had acted under her husband's direction and (2) her death would draw sympathy.
303:
882:
791:
223:
95:
31:
179:
124:
105:
475:
263:
full-time. At that point, Gardner began decoding specific messages for
Lamphere to investigate. In 1949, Lamphere briefed
831:
271:, attached to research at Los Alamos and later the British atomic energy research center. Fuchs confessed, which led to
843:
284:
576:
765:
514:
672:
612:
299:
336:
819:
858:
In the enemy's house: the secret saga of the FBI agent and the code breaker who caught the
Russian spies
715:
414:
351:
290:(FBI historian John F. Fox Jr. provides a detailed account of Lamphere's FBI career, available online.)
256:
202:. "He had a hand in every major Soviet spy case from the end of World War II through the mid-1950s."
912:
907:
394:
244:
219:
85:
325:
861:
837:
404:
399:
248:
434:
276:
191:
143:
728:
439:
389:
369:
340:
318:
280:
195:
147:
73:
641:
267:
about VENONA. In 1950, deciphered code led
Lamphere to interview German-born physicist
849:
409:
260:
211:
159:
54:
876:
215:
365:
329:
302:, where he became a deputy administrator. In 1961, he became an executive at the
700:"In the Enemy's House: Venona and the Maturation of American Counterintelligence"
332:
proceedings, his lies, and overstatements hurt our counterintelligence efforts."
551:. National Security Agency - Center for Cryptologic History. pp. 10, 11, 61
424:
268:
252:
183:
135:
429:
419:
272:
264:
199:
187:
139:
742:
361:
360:, Lamphere's book (written with Tom Shachtman) on his involvement in the
243:
In
September 1941, Lamphere joined the FBI and worked for half a year in
30:
865:
178:(February 14, 1918 - January 7, 2002) was a former agent of the
335:
Lamphere died age 83 in Tucson, Arizona, from a combination of
222:
and attended its law school before finishing his degree at the
364:, is an oft-cited source, deemed "very readable." Historian
218:, where his father had mining rights. He graduated from the
792:"The FBI-KGB War, by Robert J. Lamphere and Tom Shachtman"
515:"Robert Lamphere, 83; Soviet Espionage Specialist for FBI"
476:"Robert J. Lamphere, 83, Spy Chaser for the F.B.I., Dies"
210:
Robert Joseph
Lamphere was born on February 14, 1918, in
368:, reviewing the book, noted Lamphere's criticism of
165:
153:
130:
120:
112:
101:
91:
81:
62:
40:
21:
667:
665:
663:
661:
659:
570:
568:
566:
298:In 1955, Lamphere left the FBI to work in the
275:in the US, which led to more spies including
8:
607:
605:
603:
601:
599:
597:
537:
535:
182:(FBI) involved in the cases of atomic spies
317:In 1996, Lamphere stated that both he and
29:
18:
508:
506:
504:
502:
500:
498:
496:
469:
467:
465:
463:
461:
459:
457:
455:
888:National University School of Law alumni
377:The FBI-KGB War: A Special Agent's Story
834:: Robert Lamphere's Interview - Part 1
451:
255:. By October 1948, he was working with
228:George Washington University Law School
893:Federal Bureau of Investigation agents
724:
713:
636:
634:
632:
630:
615:. Georgetown University. 31 July 2002
542:Benson, Robert L. (15 January 2004).
513:McLellan, Dennis (26 February 2002).
304:John Hancock Mutual Insurance Company
7:
698:Fox Jr., John F. (27 October 2005).
575:Jackson, Harold (12 February 2002).
474:Martin, Douglas (11 February 2002).
918:20th-century American male writers
903:People from Shoshone County, Idaho
14:
764:Smith, Gaddis (1 December 1986).
224:National University School of Law
96:National University School of Law
898:20th-century American memoirists
822:: Interview with Robert Lamphere
832:Voices of the Manhattan Project
790:Klehr, Harvey (November 1986).
324:Lamphere criticized US Senator
180:Federal Bureau of Investigation
125:Federal Bureau of Investigation
1:
846:Lamphere, Robert J. 1918-2002
35:Robert J. Lamphere of the FBI
644:. Atomic Heritage Foundation
354:archives Lamphere's papers.
259:on what became known as the
860:. HarperCollinsPublishers.
934:
883:University of Idaho alumni
613:"Robert J. Lamphere paper"
379:(1986) with Tom Shachtman
314:Lamphere married Martha.
198:, as well as British spy
28:
852:: FBI Robert J. Lamphere
838:Encyclopædia Britannica
310:Personal life and death
300:Veterans Administration
840:Robert Joseph Lamphere
723:Cite journal requires
856:Blum, Howard (2018).
415:Meredith Knox Gardner
352:Georgetown University
306:and retired in 1981.
257:Meredith Knox Gardner
230:) in Washington, DC.
395:William C. Sullivan
337:Parkinson's disease
245:Birmingham, Alabama
220:University of Idaho
86:University of Idaho
828:: The Venona Story
326:Joseph R. McCarthy
176:Robert J. Lamphere
23:Robert J. Lamphere
766:"The FBI-KGB War"
743:"The FBI-KGB War"
673:"Robert Lamphere"
642:"Robert Lamphere"
577:"Robert Lamphere"
519:Los Angeles Times
405:Manhattan Project
400:James J. Angleton
249:Manhattan Project
173:
172:
116:1940s–1970s
113:Years active
51:February 14, 1918
925:
869:
850:Internet Archive
844:Encyclopedia.com
807:
806:
804:
802:
787:
781:
780:
778:
776:
761:
755:
754:
752:
750:
739:
733:
732:
726:
721:
719:
711:
709:
707:
695:
689:
688:
686:
684:
669:
654:
653:
651:
649:
638:
625:
624:
622:
620:
609:
592:
591:
589:
587:
572:
561:
560:
558:
556:
550:
545:The Venona Story
539:
530:
529:
527:
525:
510:
491:
490:
488:
486:
471:
435:Julius Rosenberg
277:David Greenglass
192:Julius Rosenberg
156:
144:Julius Rosenberg
69:
50:
48:
33:
19:
933:
932:
928:
927:
926:
924:
923:
922:
873:
872:
855:
816:
811:
810:
800:
798:
789:
788:
784:
774:
772:
770:Foreign Affairs
763:
762:
758:
748:
746:
745:. Tom Shachtman
741:
740:
736:
722:
712:
705:
703:
697:
696:
692:
682:
680:
677:The Independent
671:
670:
657:
647:
645:
640:
639:
628:
618:
616:
611:
610:
595:
585:
583:
574:
573:
564:
554:
552:
548:
541:
540:
533:
523:
521:
512:
511:
494:
484:
482:
473:
472:
453:
448:
440:Ethel Rosenberg
390:J. Edgar Hoover
386:
370:J. Edgar Hoover
358:The FBI-KGB War
349:
341:prostate cancer
328:: "McCarthy's
319:J. Edgar Hoover
312:
296:
281:Ruth Greenglass
241:
236:
214:and grew up in
208:
196:Ethel Rosenberg
154:
148:Ethel Rosenberg
92:Alma mater
77:
74:Tucson, Arizona
71:
67:
66:January 7, 2002
58:
52:
46:
44:
36:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
931:
929:
921:
920:
915:
910:
905:
900:
895:
890:
885:
875:
874:
871:
870:
853:
847:
841:
835:
829:
823:
815:
814:External links
812:
809:
808:
782:
756:
734:
725:|journal=
690:
679:. 9 March 2002
655:
626:
593:
562:
531:
492:
480:New York Times
450:
449:
447:
444:
443:
442:
437:
432:
427:
422:
417:
412:
410:Venona Project
407:
402:
397:
392:
385:
382:
381:
380:
348:
345:
311:
308:
295:
292:
261:VENONA project
240:
237:
235:
232:
212:Wardner, Idaho
207:
204:
171:
170:
167:
163:
162:
160:Venona Project
157:
151:
150:
132:
131:Known for
128:
127:
122:
118:
117:
114:
110:
109:
103:
99:
98:
93:
89:
88:
83:
79:
78:
72:
70:(aged 83)
64:
60:
59:
55:Wardner, Idaho
53:
42:
38:
37:
34:
26:
25:
22:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
930:
919:
916:
914:
911:
909:
906:
904:
901:
899:
896:
894:
891:
889:
886:
884:
881:
880:
878:
867:
863:
859:
854:
851:
848:
845:
842:
839:
836:
833:
830:
827:
824:
821:
820:PBS Red Files
818:
817:
813:
797:
793:
786:
783:
771:
767:
760:
757:
744:
738:
735:
730:
717:
701:
694:
691:
678:
674:
668:
666:
664:
662:
660:
656:
643:
637:
635:
633:
631:
627:
614:
608:
606:
604:
602:
600:
598:
594:
582:
578:
571:
569:
567:
563:
547:
546:
538:
536:
532:
520:
516:
509:
507:
505:
503:
501:
499:
497:
493:
481:
477:
470:
468:
466:
464:
462:
460:
458:
456:
452:
445:
441:
438:
436:
433:
431:
428:
426:
423:
421:
418:
416:
413:
411:
408:
406:
403:
401:
398:
396:
393:
391:
388:
387:
383:
378:
375:
374:
373:
371:
367:
363:
359:
355:
353:
346:
344:
342:
338:
333:
331:
327:
322:
320:
315:
309:
307:
305:
301:
293:
291:
288:
286:
282:
278:
274:
270:
266:
262:
258:
254:
250:
246:
238:
233:
231:
229:
225:
221:
217:
216:Mullan, Idaho
213:
205:
203:
201:
197:
193:
189:
185:
181:
177:
168:
164:
161:
158:
152:
149:
145:
141:
137:
133:
129:
126:
123:
119:
115:
111:
107:
104:
100:
97:
94:
90:
87:
84:
80:
75:
65:
61:
56:
43:
39:
32:
27:
20:
857:
799:. Retrieved
795:
785:
773:. Retrieved
769:
759:
747:. Retrieved
737:
716:cite journal
704:. Retrieved
693:
681:. Retrieved
676:
646:. Retrieved
617:. Retrieved
584:. Retrieved
581:The Guardian
580:
553:. Retrieved
544:
522:. Retrieved
518:
483:. Retrieved
479:
376:
366:Harvey Klehr
357:
356:
350:
334:
330:star chamber
323:
316:
313:
297:
289:
242:
209:
175:
174:
155:Notable work
68:(2002-01-07)
913:2002 deaths
908:1918 births
425:Klaus Fuchs
279:, his wife
269:Klaus Fuchs
253:Soviet Bloc
184:Klaus Fuchs
136:Klaus Fuchs
134:Arrests of
877:Categories
866:2018303253
796:Commentary
446:References
430:Harry Gold
420:Kim Philby
294:Later life
285:Rosenbergs
283:, and the
273:Harry Gold
265:Kim Philby
206:Background
200:Kim Philby
188:Harry Gold
140:Harry Gold
102:Occupation
47:1918-02-14
702:. FBI.gov
82:Education
16:FBI agent
384:See also
362:Cold War
121:Employer
864:
234:Career
194:, and
169:Martha
166:Spouse
801:4 May
775:4 May
749:4 May
706:4 May
683:4 May
648:4 May
619:4 May
586:4 May
555:2 May
549:(PDF)
524:2 May
485:2 May
347:Works
226:(now
108:agent
862:LCCN
803:2019
777:2019
751:2019
729:help
708:2019
685:2019
650:2019
621:2019
588:2019
557:2019
526:2019
487:2019
339:and
76:, US
63:Died
57:, US
41:Born
826:NSA
239:FBI
106:FBI
879::
794:.
768:.
720::
718:}}
714:{{
675:.
658:^
629:^
596:^
579:.
565:^
534:^
517:.
495:^
478:.
454:^
343:.
287:.
190:,
186:,
146:,
142:,
138:,
868:.
805:.
779:.
753:.
731:)
727:(
710:.
687:.
652:.
623:.
590:.
559:.
528:.
489:.
49:)
45:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
