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In November 1945 a courier from a very large CPUSA underground apparatus which had operated in numerous federal agencies throughout [[World War II]], including the [[White House]], in fear for her life defected to the [[FBI]]. The [[KGB]] had removed [[Elizabeth Bentley]] from overseeing at least 80 KGB sources late in the war. When she realized she knew too much, and was no longer of use to the KGB, she told her story to the FBI in a deposition.
In November 1945 a courier from a very large CPUSA underground apparatus which had operated in numerous federal agencies throughout [[World War II]], including the [[White House]], in fear for her life defected to the [[FBI]]. The [[KGB]] had removed [[Elizabeth Bentley]] from overseeing at least 80 KGB sources late in the war. When she realized she knew too much, and was no longer of use to the KGB, she told her story to the FBI in a deposition.
The FBI knew of 5 Soviet agents throughout the war, Bentley added at least another 80, some of which were still employed in the US government at that time. Here story at first was incredible, but the FBI soon determined Bentley’s allegations regarding Communist Party sympathies, personal acquaintances and contacts between individuals named and their access to certain types of Government information has been born out by data already in Bureau files. <ref>FBI Silvermaster file, Ladd to the Director, November 12, 1945, [http://education-research.org/PDFs/Silvermaster008.pdf Vol. 8, pg. 3] pdf.</ref> By December, no fewer that 227 FBI agents were involved in the case. <ref>FBI Silvermaster file, Ladd to the Director, November 12, 1945, Vol. 8, pg. 6 pdf.</ref>
The FBI knew of 5 Soviet agents throughout the war, Bentley added at least another 80, some of which were still employed in the US government at that time. Her story at first was incredible, but the FBI soon determined Bentley’s allegations regarding Communist Party sympathies, personal acquaintances and contacts between individuals named and their access to certain types of Government information has been born out by data already in Bureau files. <ref>FBI Silvermaster file, Ladd to the Director, November 12, 1945, [http://education-research.org/PDFs/Silvermaster008.pdf Vol. 8, pg. 3] pdf.</ref> By December, no fewer that 227 FBI agents were involved in the case. <ref>FBI Silvermaster file, Ladd to the Director, November 12, 1945, Vol. 8, pg. 6 pdf.</ref>
==Failure to discharge security risks==
==Failure to discharge security risks==