Ion Mihai Pacepa

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Ion Mihai Pacepa (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈon miˈhaj paˈt͡ʃepa]; 28 October 1928 – 14 February 2021) was a Romanian lieutenant general in the Securitate, the secret police of the Socialist Republic of Romania, who defected to the United States in July 1978 following President Jimmy Carter's approval of his request for political asylum. Pacepa was the highest-ranking defector from the former Eastern Bloc, and wrote books and articles on the inner workings of Communist intelligence services. His best-known works include Red Horizons, Programmed to Kill, and Disinformation. His accounts have been influential in interpretations of the Ceaușescu regime and Soviet-bloc intelligence, although scholars have cautioned that some of his claims, particularly reconstructed conversations and allegations not independently corroborated, should not be accepted uncritically. Pacepa was also a columnist for the conservative website PJ Media. He wrote articles for The Wall Street Journal, National Review...

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