Ion Mihai Pacepa
Ion Mihai Pacepa was born on October 28, 1928. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Ion Mihai Pacepa
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 are the books Disinformation and Red Horizons. He was also a columnist for the Internet conservative blog site PJ Media. He also wrote articles for The Wall Street Journal and American conservative publications, such as National Review Online, The Washington Times, and the online newspaper FrontPage Magazine, and the far-right WorldNetDaily. At the time of his defection, Pacepa simultaneously had the rank of advisor to President Nicolae Ceaușescu, acting chief of his foreign intelligence service, and a parliamentary undersecretary at Romania's Ministry of Interior. Subsequently, he worked with the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to bring down Communism for more than 10 years. The CIA described his cooperation as "an important and unique contribution to the United States".