‘Perfect spy' betrayed US for 25 years

A retired United States Army Reserve officer was today convicted of smuggling military documents to the former Soviet Union over 25 years, becoming one of the Cold War’s most prolific master spies.

‘Perfect spy' betrayed US for 25 years

A retired United States Army Reserve officer was today convicted of smuggling military documents to the former Soviet Union over 25 years, becoming one of the Cold War’s most prolific master spies.

The jury in Tampa, Florida, deliberated for just two hours before finding George Trofimoff, 74, guilty of a single federal espionage charge.

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