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'''Christopher John Boyce''' (born February 16, 1953) was convicted of spying for the [[KGB]] against the U.S. He worked for a U.S. military contractor in California. He was arrested in January 1977 along with his accomplice Daulton Lee, a drug dealer, for passing spy satellite information to the [[Soviet Union]]. | '''Christopher John Boyce''' (born February 16, 1953) was convicted of spying for the [[KGB]] against the U.S. He worked for a U.S. military contractor in California. He was arrested in January 1977 along with his accomplice Daulton Lee, a drug dealer, for passing spy satellite information to the [[Soviet Union]]. | ||
| − | In 1979 a fictionalized account of the incident was written, ''The Falcon and the Snowman,'' and later put to film starring [[Sean Penn]] and [[Timothy Hutton]].[ | + | In 1979 a fictionalized account of the incident was written, ''The Falcon and the Snowman,'' and later put to film starring [[Sean Penn]] and [[Timothy Hutton]].[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087231/] |
{{DEFAULTSORT:Boyce, Christopher John}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Boyce, Christopher John}} | ||
[[Category:Espionage]] | [[Category:Espionage]] | ||
[[Category:KGB Agents and Sources]] | [[Category:KGB Agents and Sources]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:46, September 26, 2018
Christopher John Boyce (born February 16, 1953) was convicted of spying for the KGB against the U.S. He worked for a U.S. military contractor in California. He was arrested in January 1977 along with his accomplice Daulton Lee, a drug dealer, for passing spy satellite information to the Soviet Union.
In 1979 a fictionalized account of the incident was written, The Falcon and the Snowman, and later put to film starring Sean Penn and Timothy Hutton.[1]