Tyler Gatewood Kent (March 24, 1911 - November 20, 1988) was an American diplomat and traitor who, while working as a cypher clerk at the US Embassy in London, stole thousands of secret documents. March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). ... A database query syntax error has occurred. ... November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America, the States, or (archaically) Columbia—is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ... This page is about negotiations; for the board game, see Diplomacy (game). ... In law, treason is the crime of disloyalty to ones nation. ... Greater London and the Regions of England. ...

Tyler Kent's Metropolitan Police booking photograph

Kent was born in Nowchwang, Manchuria where his father was the American Consul. He was educated at a prestigious private school, St. Albans School in Washington, DC, followed by Princeton University where he studied history. Through his father's connections he joined the Diplomatic Service and was posted to Moscow. By 1939 he was under suspicion for espionage for the Soviet Union, but lacking any solid evidence, the Diplomatic Service decided to act by transferring him to the London Embassy shortly after the outbreak of World War II. Approximate extent Northeast China (Simplified Chinese: 东北; Traditional Chinese: 東北; pinyin: Dōngběi; literally east-north), historically known as Manchuria, is the name of a region (ca. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... Princeton University, located in Princeton, New Jersey, is one of the eight Ivy League universities, and is widely recognized as one of the most prestigious institutions in the world. ... Saint Basils Cathedral Moscow  listen? ( Russian/Cyrillic: Москва́, pronunciation: Moskva), capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva, and encompassing 1097. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Spy and secret agent redirect here; for alternate use, see Spy (disambiguation) and Secret agent (disambiguation). ... Soviet Union - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Greater London and the Regions of England. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

With a position which required him to encode and decode sensitive telegrams, Kent had access to a wide range of secret documents. He began to take many of the more interesting ones home with him. Meanwhile, he was also becoming active in politics. Kent's views are uncertain but many have assumed that he took an isolationist line, and that he was prepared to help British anti-war campaigns. Early in 1940, through Anna Wolkoff, he met Archibald Maule Ramsay, an anti-semitic Conservative Member of Parliament, and joined Ramsay's group "The Right Club". Ramsay gave him the Right Club's membership list for safe-keeping. Isolationism is a diplomatic policy whereby a nation seeks to avoid alliances with other nations. ... The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the G8, the European Union, and NATO. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, the UK, or (inaccurately) as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Anti-Semitism (alternatively spelled antisemitism) is hostility towards Jews (not: Semites - see the Misnomer section further on). ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right in the United Kingdom. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ...

Kent's abstraction of documents had been noticed and on May 20 he was arrested in a dawn raid at his flat (1,500 documents were found there). Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. agreed to waive diplomatic immunity and Kent was tried in camera under the Official Secrets Act 1911. On November 7, 1940 he was convicted and sentenced to seven years' imprisonment. The trial and imprisonment of Kent, and the co-operation of the US authorities, led isolationist groups in the USA to claim that he had been framed and that the trial was an attempted cover-up of an attempt to get the USA to join the war. May 20 is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (141st in leap years). ... Joseph Joe Patrick Kennedy, Sr. ... Diplomatic immunity is a form of legal immunity and a policy held between governments, which ensures that diplomats are given safe passage and are considered not susceptible to lawsuit or prosecution under the host countrys laws (although they can be expelled). ... The phrase official secrets act may also be used to refer to statutes of a similar nature in other countries. ... November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

At the end of the war Kent was released and deported to the USA. He there insisted that he had always been a staunch anti-communist, but was nevertheless interrogated by the FBI in 1951, where he told no more than had been disclosed at his trial. The FBI investigation has been criticised as naive. Afterwards, Kent became a right-wing activist and was associated with newspapers linked to the Ku Klux Klan. He died in poverty in Texas in 1988. For other uses of the initials FBI, see FBI (disambiguation). ... 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Members of the second Ku Klux Klan at a rally during the 1920s. ... State nickname: Lone Star State Other U.S. States Capital Austin Largest city Houston Governor Rick Perry Official languages None Area 696,241 km² (2nd)  - Land 678,907 km²  - Water 17,333 km² (2. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...