Aleksandr Ogorodnik

In this new position, he was able to photograph a great deal of secret diplomatic cables, many of which were sent daily to the White House.His chief CIA handler in Bogotá, KGB double agent Aldrich Ames, was able to supply him with one.After much discussion in the CIA headquarters regarding this request, it was eventually approved and his Moscow handler, Martha Peterson, delivered the pen through a dead drop.[2][3] Ogorodnik's espionage activity was revealed to the KGB by Karl Koecher,[4] a Czechoslovakian double-agent working as a translator for the CIA, and he was arrested in 1977.When the interrogator handed him the pen with the hidden cyanide pill in the cap, Ogorodnik bit on it and died soon after.
Eastern Slavic naming customspatronymicfamily nameSevastopolSoviet UnionMoscowdoctorSovietBogotáAdministrative Department of SecurityCentral Intelligence Agencycode nameSoviet Foreign Ministrydiplomatic cablesWhite Housesuicide pillhandlerdouble agentAldrich AmesMartha Petersondead dropKarl KoecherCzechoslovakian