The Guardian Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Alleged penetration by Russian intelligence==== In 1994, [[KGB]] defector [[Oleg Gordievsky]] identified ''Guardian'' literary editor [[Richard Gott]] as "an agent of influence". While Gott denied that he received cash, he admitted he had had lunch at the Soviet Embassy and had taken benefits from the KGB on overseas visits. Gott resigned from his post.<ref>{{cite news|last=Williams|first=Rhys|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/guardian-journalist-recruited-by-the-kgb-1386978.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/guardian-journalist-recruited-by-the-kgb-1386978.html |archive-date=18 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title='Guardian' journalist recruited by the KGB|work=The Independent|date=9 December 1994|access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> Gordievsky commented on the newspaper: "The KGB loved ''The Guardian''. It was deemed highly susceptible to penetration."<ref name="findarticles.com">{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1571/is_n7_v11/ai_16679970/pg_2/ |title=CBSi |publisher=[[FindArticles]] |access-date=6 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624033500/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1571/is_n7_v11/ai_16679970/pg_2/ |archive-date=24 June 2012}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page