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Poison in the barrel. and he expired right before their eyes. i cannot imagine the strength of that man to commit that suicide there with everybody watching him. >> that was devastating. that was like a death in the family. everybody was crying. i was crying. i was crying. i really can't explain to you how profound that moral obligation is that we feel to agents to do everything in our power to protect that person. the kgb found out about trigon in what was probably the worst possible way. we believe that trigon was betrayed by someone who was working for the cia. that's heartbreaking.

Intelligence from a covert agent about that adversary, then you have got the advantage. and he could read what anatoly dobrinyn, the ambassador in washington, d.c., was saying about his meeting with american officials. >> what are the negotiating positions? who're their what are their views on arms control? how much can we trust them? is he reporting correctly back to moscow or isn't he? trigon confirmed that for us. and so we really struck gold with trigon in moscow. >> trigon and i never met. but i remember once i went to put down a package in the woods and i looked up and a long ways

But, i leaned up against the car and i just tucked it in the little front window. when i put the lighter in the car, i heard the lighter fall to the floor and i knew that he would find it. we knew that trigon then could begin to communicate regularly with us. >> there were an awful lot of people who believed that women did not belong in this business, but marty was the perfect choice. she was a tough, disciplined, superb case officer. her trade craft was impeccable, and she was the right person at the right time. before trigon returned to the soviet union, he asked whether we would provide him...

Hot summer of washington, d.c. i took russian language and i learned how to spot surveillance on the street. i took covert pictures. >> she was a natural. she had a real aptitude for clandestine trade craft. >> during my training, i read about trigon. in the file i remember reading that trigon believed he could change his system from within. i think that deep down in my heart, i really believed that i could do that, too. because at that time the men in the cia were the case officers, they were the people in the field. but i knew i could do as well as anyone else. >> she was the first woman tha...

Come pick up the package. i was relieved that we had come through on that promise. now, trigon had the l-pill and the pen with the camera in it, and he could start communicating with us regularly. trigon worked in classified areas in the ministry of foreign affairs where he saw all the telegrams sent from every soviet embassy around the world. and he could photograph the documents right there in his office with this miniature camera. >> it was indescribable when we first got our packages from trigon. he was producing intelligence that went right to the president's desk. it went right to the se...