Michael Bettaney
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Michael Bettaney
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Michael John Bettaney, also known as Michael Malkin, was a British intelligence officer who worked in the counter-espionage branch of the Security Service often known as MI5. He was convicted at the Old Bailey in 1984 of offences under section 1 of the Official Secrets Act 1911 after passing sensitive documents to the Soviet Embassy in London and attempting to act as an agent-in-place for the Soviet Union. His trial was conducted in camera but some of the press reporting is available.
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British intelligence officer
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bettaney
date created:
2005-08-09T16:53:55Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T18:11:53Z
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