Felix Bloch

Our very own local spy in residence, Felix Bloch of Chapel Hill, is back on the radar screen.Robert Hanssen, the notorious FBI officer turned Soviet agent, confessed that he was the one who tipped off Bloch in 1991 that US government agents were on to him, giving him time to run as far from the incriminating evidence as possible.You may remember the frantic scene on national TV.Reporters chased Bloch from pillar to post in Paris and Washington after it was leaked that he was to be arrested.

But he wasn't.
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Brian Kelley's interest in the arrest of Felix Bloch goes beyond the revelation that Hanssen, the root cause of his recent travails, tipped off Bloch.
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Brian Kelley's interest in the arrest of Felix Bloch goes beyond the revelation that Hanssen, the root cause of his recent travails, tipped off Bloch.
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And Bloch should not be characterized simply by the publicity created around his two shoplifting convictions in Chapel Hill or by the lowliness of his occupations as a food clerk and bus driver.Bloch cut a Claus von Bulow figure--haughty, accomplished--and had reached the high echelons of the American diplomatic service.He was DCM (Deputy Chief of Mission) in Vienna, serving as acting ambassador on a regular basis, and was privy to high-level secrets.

He is not just the spy amongst us; he is the highest-level known espionage agent since the Alger Hiss days.Yet, while Brian Kelley's life was torn apart, his prey is alive and well in Chapel Hill.After what Kelley went through as the Wrong Man, it is understandable that he wants Bloch, the man he knew to be a high-level Soviet agent--who is a free man due to the machinations of his nemesis Robert Hanssen--brought to justice.So do I.

I was also treated to a tour of the CIA where I walked by a sign with the ominous words: "Robert Hannsen Damage Assessment Unit" which became the subject of conversation that evening at the Spy Museum opening gala as it has now been divulged that Hannsen tipped off our very own local spy Felix Bloch of Chapel Hill who was forced to resign as US Deputy Chief of Mission in Vienna in 1989 over espionage allegations.Certain intelligence officers are vocal in their anger that Bloch has not been prosecuted now that the evidence is clear he was a very high-ranking KGB asset.

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The health fascists, in league with trial lawyers and the gang of states attorney's generals, are at it again after the massive attack on tobacco, this time zeroing in on the diets of Americans.The tobacco attack forced the abandonment of smoking in public (with no evidence, by the way, that passive smoke has any measurable negative effect).So the next stop, after forcing fast-food chains to cough up billions, will be your kitchen.Ironic, isn't it, that government control of our private lives suits insurance companies perfectly.

Our very own local spy in residence, Felix Bloch of Chapel Hill, is back on the radar screen.Robert Hanssen, the notorious FBI officer turned Soviet agent, confessed that he was the one who tipped off Bloch in 1991 that US government agents were on to him, giving him time to run as far from the incriminating evidence as possible.You may remember the frantic scene on national TV.Reporters chased Bloch from pillar to post in Paris and Washington after it was leaked that he was to be arrested.

But he wasn,t.Now, over 10 years later, when I met CIA officer Brian Kelley last July in Washington, DC, at the opening of the International Spy Museum, he still wanted to know why.He even encouraged me to confront the prosecutor in charge of espionage cases (he was there too) and ask him why Bloch has yet to be arraigned.
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Brian Kelley,s interest in the arrest of Felix Bloch goes beyond the revelation that Hanssen, the root cause of his recent travails, tipped off Bloch.
...
Brian Kelley,s interest in the arrest of Felix Bloch goes beyond the revelation that Hanssen, the root cause of his recent travails, tipped off Bloch.
...
And Bloch should not be characterized simply by the publicity created around his two shoplifting convictions in Chapel Hill or by the lowliness of his occupations as a food clerk and bus driver.Bloch cut a Claus von Bulow figure,haughty, accomplished,and had reached the high echelons of the American diplomatic service.He was DCM (Deputy Chief of Mission) in Vienna, serving as acting ambassador on a regular basis, and was privy to high-level secrets.

He is not just the spy amongst us; he is the highest-level known espionage agent since the Alger Hiss days.

I was also treated to a tour of the CIA where I walked by a sign with the ominous words: "Robert Hannsen Damage Assessment Unit" which became the subject of conversation that evening at the Spy Museum opening gala as it has now been divulged that Hannsen tipped off our very own local spy Felix Bloch of Chapel Hill who was forced to resign as US Deputy Chief of Mission in Vienna in 1989 over espionage allegations.Certain intelligence officers are vocal in their anger that Bloch has not been prosecuted now that the evidence is clear he was a very high-ranking KGB asset.

Our very own local spy in residence, Felix Bloch of Chapel Hill, is back on the radar screen.Robert Hanssen, the notorious FBI officer turned Soviet agent, confessed that he was the one who tipped off Bloch in 1991 that US government agents were on to him, giving him time to run as far from the incriminating evidence as possible.You may remember the frantic scene on national TV.Reporters chased Bloch from pillar to post in Paris and Washington after it was leaked that he was to be arrested.

But he wasn't.Now, over 10 years later, when I met CIA officer Brian Kelley last July in Washington, DC, at the opening of the International Spy Museum, he still wanted to know why.He even encouraged me to confront the prosecutor in charge of espionage cases (he was there too) and ask him why Bloch has yet to be arraigned.
...
Brian Kelley's interest in the arrest of Felix Bloch goes beyond the revelation that Hanssen, the root cause of his recent travails, tipped off Bloch.
...
Brian Kelley's interest in the arrest of Felix Bloch goes beyond the revelation that Hanssen, the root cause of his recent travails, tipped off Bloch.
...
And Bloch should not be characterized simply by the publicity created around his two shoplifting convictions in Chapel Hill or by the lowliness of his occupations as a food clerk and bus driver.Bloch cut a Claus von Bulow figure-haughty, accomplished-and had reached the high echelons of the American diplomatic service.He was DCM (Deputy Chief of Mission) in Vienna, serving as acting ambassador on a regular basis, and was privy to high-level secrets.

He is not just the spy amongst us; he is the highest-level known espionage agent since the Alger Hiss days.Yet, while Brian Kelley's life was torn apart, his prey is alive and well in Chapel Hill.After what Kelley went through as the Wrong Man, it is understandable that he wants Bloch, the man he knew to be a high-level Soviet agent-who is a free man due to the machinations of his nemesis Robert Hanssen-brought to justice.

Our very own local spy in residence, Felix Bloch of Chapel Hill, is back on the radar screen.Robert Hanssen, the notorious FBI officer turned Soviet agent, confessed that he was the one who tipped off Bloch in 1991 that US government agents were on to him, giving him time to run as far from the incriminating evidence as possible.You may remember the frantic scene on national TV.Reporters chased Bloch from pillar to post in Paris and Washington after it was leaked that he was to be arrested.

But he wasn't.Now, over 10 years later, when I met CIA officer Brian Kelley last July in Washington, DC, at the opening of the International Spy Museum, he still wanted to know why.He even encouraged me to confront the prosecutor in charge of espionage cases (he was there too) and ask him why Bloch has yet to be arraigned.
...
Brian Kelley's interest in the arrest of Felix Bloch goes beyond the revelation that Hanssen, the root cause of his recent travails, tipped off Bloch.
...
Brian Kelley's interest in the arrest of Felix Bloch goes beyond the revelation that Hanssen, the root cause of his recent travails, tipped off Bloch.
...
And Bloch should not be characterized simply by the publicity created around his two shoplifting convictions in Chapel Hill or by the lowliness of his occupations as a food clerk and bus driver.Bloch cut a Claus von Bulow figure--haughty, accomplished--and had reached the high echelons of the American diplomatic service.He was DCM (Deputy Chief of Mission) in Vienna, serving as acting ambassador on a regular basis, and was privy to high-level secrets.

He is not just the spy amongst us; he is the highest-level known espionage agent since the Alger Hiss days.Yet, while Brian Kelley's life was torn apart, his prey is alive and well in Chapel Hill.