Martha Peterson
| Martha Peterson | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Martha Jane Denny May 27, 1945 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | CIA officer |
| Years active | 1975–2003 |
| Known for | Marti of Trigon mission |
| Notable work | The Widow Spy |
| Spouse(s) |
Stephen J. Shogi (1978– ) John Peterson (1969–72, his death) |
| Children | 2(with Shogi) |
| Website |
widowspy |
Martha "Marti" Peterson (née, Denny; born May 27, 1945; Martha Jane Denny), now she goes by Martha Peterson Shogi, is a former operations officer of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) as part of the Trigon mission.
Background and personal life
Peterson was born, Martha Jane Denny, on May 27, 1945, in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Riley and Dorothy Denny, while she grew up in Darien, Connecticut, with her sister, Mary Alice Denny. She graduated from Darien High School in 1963. Her first week of college at Drew University is where she met her first husband, marrying him in 1969, John Peterson, from Bellingham, Massachusetts, a Green Beret and CIA Officer, who was killed in the Vietnam War due to a helicopter crash on October 19, 1972. On November 23, 1978, she married her second husband, Stephen Joseph Shogi, a State Department official, to whom she is still married, having two children, Tyler and Lora Shogi, who she told was in the CIA on March 28, 1997, when they were 17 and 15 year-old's, correspondingly. She resides in Wilmington, North Carolina with her husband.[1][2][3][4]
CIA career
Peterson joined the CIA after learning Russian in 1975. She was the first female agent sent to work in the Soviet Union in Moscow, dealing with dead drops to Trigon, who was compromised while working in South America. Peterson retired from the CIA in 2003.[1][2][3][4] She wrote a book about some of her experience in the CIA, entitled, The Widow Spy.[5]
References
- 1 2 Michallon, Clemence (June 19, 2016). "Became the first female intelligence officer stationed in communist Russia reveals how she told her children about her real identity". Daily Mail. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
- 1 2 MacPherson, Myra (June 21, 1978). "The Girl Next Door Comes in From the Cold". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
- 1 2 Patterson, Mary Jo (October 1, 2013). "The Widow Was a Spy". Drew Magazine. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
- 1 2 King, Adeline (June 16, 2016). "Feature on CNN 'Declassified': CIA Mom Reveals Her Secret Spy Life to Her Kids". Parent Herald. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
- ↑ Steelman, Ben (March 10, 2012). "Review - Former CIA spy gives her side of lives on the line". Star-News. Retrieved June 27, 2016.