Son of CIA deputy director was killed while fighting for Russia, report shows
Source: The Guardian
Michael Alexander Gloss, 21, who died on 4 April 2024, was the son of top-ranking US spy Juliana Gallina
An American man identified as the son of a deputy director of the CIA was killed in eastern Ukraine in 2024 while fighting under contract for the Russian military, according to an investigation by independent Russian media.
Michael Alexander Gloss, 21, died on 4 April 2024 in Eastern Europe, according to an obituary published by his family. He was the son of Juliane Gallina, who was appointed the deputy director for digital innovation at the Central Intelligence Agency in February 2024.
The story of how the son of a top-ranking US spy died fighting for Vladimir Putins full-scale invasion of Ukraine is an unlikely tale of how homegrown anger at the United States and online radicalisation led from a middle-class Virginia childhood to the killing fields of eastern Ukraine.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/25/michael-alexander-gloss-cia-russia
They are on the killing fields in Russia and Ukraine.
And they are amidst us in the US trying to destroy our country. Some working in the upper levels of the government.

Midnight Writer
(23,746 posts)Hell, he gave the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Rush Limbaugh.
erronis
(19,184 posts)I'm sure trmp has some fake gilt medallions like the ones in his Ofal Oriffice.
Xipe Totec
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Dan
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zorbasd
(391 posts)are good in .... propagating that they are manly alpha men, but in reality just plain wimps.
Cha
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SunSeeker
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TomSlick
(12,346 posts)SunSeeker
(55,525 posts)She described him as a "hero," but he was literally taking up arms in support of our enemy, Russia.
I have no problem with her keeping her job at literally any other job except anywhere in our intelligence apparatus. She clearly cannot be trusted to keep our secrets and stay on our side in intelligence battles with our enemies. Did the CIA know her son was fighting with the Russian army? You can't even get a job in intelligence if your immediate relatives are not US citizens, for fear your loyalties might waver. Her son was a Russian soldier, for fuck's sake.
TomSlick
(12,346 posts)Even if she wrote it, I think we should give a grieving a mother a little slack.
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Mr. Evil
(3,264 posts)until the floor dropped out from under her. Fuck her and her traitorous son. Must be related to Tulsi Gabbard.
markodochartaigh
(2,706 posts)I'm under the impression that if you apply for even low level positions in the CIA, NSA, etc. they interview almost everyone who ever knew you well. The article says that they are a "middle class" family. I guess in current parlance that means families with a net worth between 1 and 10 million dollars and who are headed only by deputy directors. This seems to be a "rank has its privileges" situation.
dchill
(42,108 posts)Bro should have just started a podcast.
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IronLionZion
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The article doesn't say anything about his mom's views on Russia. Republicans don't try to hide it these days. CIA definitely knew about her son.
turbinetree
(26,034 posts)she knew...............and she..............
Iamscrewed
(133 posts)Very sketchy.
Wonder Why
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paleotn
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(27 posts)mdbl
(6,284 posts)What an asshole he was.
Mr. Evil
(3,264 posts)Far beyond time for that useless money pit to be dissolved. More proof that JFK was right about it.
marble falls
(64,870 posts)Figarosmom
(5,305 posts)Been a red flag for a security clearance.
BurnDoubt
(264 posts)Add a suspended sentence for public lewdness and a pardon for insurrection and you're on your way to the top.