'God Forbid You Cross Putin!' Jack Barsky On Lies, Sex and Spying | Real KGB Agent

Many people have told their stories on Piers Morgan Uncensored, but none have had a story to tell quite like Jack Barsky. Born Albrecht Dittrich in East Germany in 1949, he became a Russian spy who defected to America and now has a lifetime of secrets and close calls sitting in his past.

Today, Jack reveals how flattery drew him into the KGB, the missions he carried out against the west, and the morbid lies he told to keep the FBI, and his handlers, off his back.

Now a naturalised American citizen, Jack is frequently called upon as an expert in soviet espionage, but overall enjoys his life at a slower pace. Russia may no longer consider him to be worth their time, but Piers Morgan certainly does.

00:00 - Introduction
01:20 - Life growing up in East Germany
06:00 - How did the KGB make first contact?
11:36 - When did Barsky abandon his birth name?
14:12 - Who was the original Jack Barsky?
17:10 - How did he claim someone else’s name?
20:32 - What was KGB training really like?
23:20 - The reality of being a KGB agent in a Cold War USA
29:50 - Does Barsky think he was a good spy for Russia?
31:13 - The private life of a KGB spy in the USA
35:08 - What happened to the family he left in East Germany?
38:45 - The day the KGB told Barsky to leave the USA
44:40 - The lie to the KGB that saved Barsky’s life
49:55 - Does he still have contact with his children?
54:35 - His views on Putin and modern day Russia

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[PiersMorganUncensored]

If you could ask Jack Barsky one thing, what would it be?

[seyoumfantaye]

Whenever Piers talks about Putin, he looks like he had been married to him and had a bad divorce 😂😂

[keano]

A man who left Russia in 1978 knows the same about Putin as an Ethiopian living in Zanzibar.

[NewOrleansSeptember]

Barsky's experience was with the Soviet Union. He has been inside the US since sometime in the 1980's(actually 1978). So what does he know about the Russian Federation and Putin. Nothing. This stuff is just a way to make a living conning people telling them what they want to hear.

[janaan]

I have no sympathy for that guy. He knows no moral.

[bunjijumper]

He abandoned his own son he is no hero

[TerryM]

Piers 2025: "Do you condemn Putin???" 😂😂

[plastare]

Hey Piers, can you're new years resolution be "don't bring on any more putin whisperers" and bring on more fact based people like Dave Smith, John Mearsheimer, Douglas Macgregor, Scott Horton, Max Blumenthal, Aaron Maté and so on?

[pbeatz]

Piers why do you not talk about what’s Happening in the UK?
Southport coverup
2 tier kier etc

[paulgrogan]

I agree that this man has been out of the "loop" regarding the KGB. I'm just grateful that Pierce let the man speak.

[warehouseworkwithkim]

I don't like this guys morals. A selfish jerk.

[Thefallofus.]

Hopefully this year piers has moral quandary sorted

[tundeakintayo]

As a lover of fiction. I enjoyed this interview a lot. Especially coming from the 2 people narrating it.

[scroll-anarchy]

Why are we now discussing an old man's troubled family relationships?

[CashMunney]

Couldn't imagine listening to that as the abandoned German son.

Guy basically runs around telling the world that he left you and your mother, to raise a child created from him committing adultery.

[imranpatel]

The Brits infatuation with Putin is hilarious and also dangerous

[Gallipoli]

This is what a full blown narcissist looks like. He betrays everyone in his life except 1 daughter and tries to play it like he's a good person

[ivarssausis]

I am from USSR! This guy is 100% pure fraud! Understanding why KGB used him!

[vintagepipesnightmares]

I lived in both systems.
Brain washing is so much worse and on a bigger scale in capitalism

[figaro]

He escaped communism, thats it, end of the story.