Tennent Harrington Bagley, author and former C.I.A. officer, passed away on Feb. 20, 2014, in Brussels at the age of 88. While working for the C.I.A., Bagley assisted a Soviet spy, Yuri Nosenko, turn against Russia, only to believe this spy was a double-agent. Bagley spent many years trying to prove his suspicions.Bagley was born in Annapolis, Maryland on Nov. 11, 1925. Coming from a military family, his father was a Navy Admiral and his brothers followed suit. Indeed, his uncle was the first American officer killed in the Spanish-American war. According to the Independent, this background was typical for those joining the Agency in its early years. Bagley spent his youth in France, California, Washington, and Hawaii.While studying at Princeton, Bagley left to join the Marine Corps during WWII. After the war, he graduated with a degree in Political Science from the University of Southern California, and later, a doctorate in Geneva at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies.Books in order of publication:
Spy Wars: Moles, Mysteries, and Deadly Games – 2007Spymaster: Startling Cold War Revelations of a Soviet KGB Chief – 2013
Tennent Harrington Bagley, author and former C.I.A. officer, passed away on Feb. 20, 2014, in Brussels at the age of 88. While working for the C.I.A., Bagley assisted a Soviet spy, Yuri Nosenko, turn against Russia, only to believe this spy was a double-agent. Bagley spent many years trying to prove his suspicions.
Bagley was born in Annapolis, Maryland on Nov. 11, 1925. Coming from a military family, his father was a Navy Admiral and his brothers followed suit. Indeed, his uncle was the first American officer killed in the Spanish-American war. According to the Independent, this background was typical for those joining the Agency in its early years. Bagley spent his youth in France, California, Washington, and Hawaii.
While studying at Princeton, Bagley left to join the Marine Corps during WWII. After the war, he graduated with a degree in Political Science from the University of Southern California, and later, a doctorate in Geneva at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies.
Books in order of publication:
Spy Wars: Moles, Mysteries, and Deadly Games – 2007
Spymaster: Startling Cold War Revelations of a Soviet KGB Chief – 2013
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