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The KGB began in 1917 and ended in 1991. The KGB is the committee of state security, the national security agency for the soviet union. During the cold war the main objective of the KGB was to find info on the western powers especially on the atomic bomb. The recreation of the atomic bomb was suppose to be 8 years but the team named Kroger was able to infiltrate the United states scientific labs and get information about the bomb sooner. If the United States could have picked up on what the Soviet Union was doing early and known about the Kroger team,Russia might not have ever been able to set off an atomic bomb.
Ames was a CIA agent who ended up becoming a double agent for the KGB. Ames agreed to betray the CIA because he got $50,000 every time he revealed CIA plans . The CIA did not suspect Ames because he was with the CIA for so long. Nevertheless when they finally investigated why he had a $540,000 house and a $50,000 Jaguar with a monthly phone bill of $6,000 on a$ 60,000 salary from the CIA. They immediately arrested him and his wife and he is serving life in jail and his wife only served 5 years. Ames also helped kill 10 CIA agents and computerate over a hundred CIA plans. Ultimately you can see that no one was trustworthy even seasoned CIA agents could be bought out.
The KGB was disbanded in 1991 and the FSB has taken there place just in the city not out of the country. The FSB protect the citizen and is a line of defense for the Russians. KGB agent may still exists way undercover to find out about countries most destructive secrets.