[Milsurplus] Retired KGB spy in UK passes away

[Hue Miller]

>From "The Economist",  2 July 2005:

"Melita Norwood, the KGB's top female agent in Britain,
has died.

"Mrs Norwood was the proud holder of the Order of the
Red Banner, and even received a KGB pension....

"Her controllers saw her as very important: at one point
they had too few intelligence officers in Britain to handle
all their spies, so they dumped Kim Philby and kept 
contact with her. 

"...when Melita Norwood...was unmasked by a defector
at the age of 87, the British authorities did nothing. They
did not want to be seen as unkind to old ladies.

"...it does seem odd that even the most enthusiastic 
accomplices of Europe's other totalitarian empire should
face not the the slightest official displeasure. "I thought
I'd got away with it," said Mrs. Norwood, when reporters
first came to her door.  She had."

(end quotes.)

I think it's questionable  had this occurred in the USA, 
she would have spent her remaining years in the Bar Hotel.
But I'm quite sure she would have at least be hauled 
before a court. Oh well - "Live and let live" ??
-Hue Miller