The Worst Intelligence Disaster in FBI History | True Life Spy Stories

Ways to support my channel: Buy Me a Coffee: ☕ Donate via PayPal: 💸 In 1986, a chilling revelation sent shockwaves through the FBI’s Soviet counterintelligence section in Washington. Two prized Soviet informants, Valery Martynov and Sergei Motorin, had been compromised. Once exposed, the men were lured back to Moscow, and brutally executed - a bullet in the head for each, the KGB’s grim signature for traitors. The loss of the two agents referred to affectionately within the FBI as ‘M&M’ marked an abrupt end to what had become routine covert meetings and intelligence exchanges. Parallel to this, the CIA, ensconced across the Potomac in Langley, grappled with its own nightmare. Over the years, dozens of their operatives in the Soviet Union had suddenly gone dark, were executed or imprisoned. The FBI scrambled to form an elite investigative team to unravel the mystery. Yet, as the years wore on