alexander koryagin wrote to Roy Witt:  
    
   RW>> Whether the KGB agent returned to the USSR was a traitor or not  
   RW>> would be the opinion of the politburo or the KGB. However, with  
   RW>> that said, I doubt that any KGB agents returned from the USA to the  
   RW>> USSR would have been returned if there was any chance that they  
   RW>> would be considered to be traitors.  
    
   ak>    Naturally, when the USSR and the US made a captured spies exchange  
   ak> they didn't exchange traitors. They rescued only their valuable,  
   ak> staunch agents. Neither the USSR nor the US couldn't get back their  
   ak> traitors, because those people were valuable material for secret  
   ak> services.  
    
  Of course.  
    
   ak>>> If he behaves himself correctly his secrets will guard him. And  
   ak>>> probably the US will understand that it is better to leave him  
   ak>>> alone.  
    
   RW>> He's tried to keep his information from being revealed, but that  
   RW>> may not last, depending on who has that information now.  
    
   ak>    This information is just a scandalous information which tells the  
   ak> world about methods of CIA and other similar organisations. Actually,  
    
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