List of American spies

This is a list of spies who engaged in direct espionage. It includes Americans spying against their own country and people spying on behalf of the United States.

American Revolution era spies

Spied for the Patriots

Culper Ring

Spied for the Crown

Double agents

American Civil War era spies

Union spies

Confederate spies

American World War One era spies

American World War Two era spies

American Cold War era spies

Spied for America

Spied for USSR

Spied for Vietnam

• David Truong
• Ronald Humphrey

Spied for Israel

• Jonathan Pollard

Post-Cold War spies

Spied on Iran for America

• Shahram Amiri

Spied on Russia for America

• Valery Mikhailov
• Col. Vladimir Lazar

Spied on America for Russia

• The Russian 10 from the Illegals Program - included: Richard and Cynthia Murphy, Juan Lazaro, Vicky Peláez and Anna Chapman

Spied on America for China

• Katrina Leung
• Chi Mak
• Glenn Duffie Shriver
• Noshir Gowadia

Spied on America for Israel

• Johnathan Pollard
• Stewart Nozette
• Ben-Ami Kadish

Spied on America for Cuba

• Carlos Alvarez
• Elsa Alvarez
• Ana Montes
• Kendall Myers
• Gwendolyn Myers
• Victor Manuel Rocha (US ambassador)
• Wasp Network

Spied on America for South Africa

• Theresa Squillacote

Spied on Cuba for America

• Rolando Sarraff Trujillo

American Gulf War era spies

Americans who spied for foreign countries

CIA

NSA

FBI

Defense Intelligence Agency

• Ana Belén Montes

Armed Forces

Federal contractors

House Committee on Armed Services

• Theresa Squillacote

References

Further reading

• Mashbir, Colonel Sidney (2019). I Was an American Spy - 65th Anniversary Edition. California: Horizon Productions. pp. This autobiography is like a course in military intelligence. ISBN 978-0-9903349-9-6.

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