The Bloch case: shnook or spy?(Brief Article)

U.S. News & World Report;  March 5, 2001 ;     449 words ...For American spy chasers, Felix Bloch is the one who got away. David Major, a...himself. The case began in April 1989. Bloch was the No. 2 diplomat in the U.S. Embassy...known Soviet agent in Austria, picked up Bloch. The FBI scrambled. Twice in the next month...

FELIX BLOCH STILL A MAN OF MYSTERY FRIENDS SAY THAT THE PIECES OF THIS SPY...

The Boston Globe;  July 30, 1989 ;     700+ words ......correspondent. WASHINGTON - A good friend of Felix Bloch, someone who has known him for more than...and he's a good man," the woman said of Bloch and his wife, Lucille. "It's incomprehensible...meaning FBI officials -- say Felix S. Bloch is under investigation for being a Soviet...

Bloch's liberty rankles

Chicago Sun-Times;  August 3, 1989 ;     514 words ......Americans are offended by seeing Felix S. Bloch, from 1981 to 1987 the No. 2 man at our...The FBI believes he is a Soviet spy, yet Bloch is merely on extended "leave" from his...while leading reporters on a merry chase. Bloch was videotaped passing a briefcase to a...

Investigation doesn't stop Sonny Bloch.(radio show host broadcasts from...

Broadcasting & Cable;  May 22, 1995 ;     700+ words ......professional life, radio talk show host Sonny Bloch has fled to the Dominican Republic with...broadcasting equipment. Although in exile, Bloch is still broadcasting his two-hour financial...nearly 200 stations, six days per week. Bloch said he left his Tampa, Fla., home for...

SWEATING IT OUT ON THE BLOCH WATCH

The Boston Globe;  August 10, 1989 ;     700+ words ...WASHINGTON - When Felix S. Bloch made his customary after-lunch appearance...three-week cat-and-mouse game between Bloch and his watchers, and shorts were the...officials suspect of treason. Since the Bloch watch began last month, the press and...

GOP's Davis Urges Bloch to Quit Special Counsel's Office

The Washington Post;  May 8, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Office of Special Counsel chief Scott J. Bloch to resign yesterday, one day after nearly...officials said were related to a probe of Bloch's activities. "In light of the various investigations into Mr. Bloch's conduct, including the FBI probe revealed...

BLOCH SAYS FBI HAS LESSENED ITS TAIL

The Boston Globe;  December 17, 1989 ;     463 words ...WASHINGTON - Felix S. Bloch, the diplomat suspected of spying for...his every move. "It was strange," said Bloch, a 30-year State Department veteran who...that. But it is an active investigation." Bloch, who spoke to a reporter in a Washington...

Watching Bloch: Press Stakeout Produces `Weird Camaraderie'

The Washington Post;  August 31, 1989 ;     700+ words ......waiting outside suspected spy Felix S. Bloch's Kalorama apartment and tagging along...been worthwhile. The "weird camaraderie" Bloch and his press entourage have developed...enabled her to have some private chats with Bloch, including a two-hour lunch at trendy Suzanne...

Bloch Probe Antagonizes Austrians; U.S. `Blunders' Cited

The Washington Post;  July 28, 1989 ;     700+ words ......suspicions that U.S. diplomat Felix S. Bloch, a longtime senior official at the American...lack sufficient hard evidence to prosecute Bloch, who was suspended last month from his...follow-up" to their initial suspicions of Bloch. The embarrassment here has been compounded...

US SUSPENDS DIPLOMAT BLOCH SPY SUSPECT NEVER CHARGED

The Boston Globe;  February 8, 1990 ;     664 words ......cut off the $80,000 salary of Felix S. Bloch, the career diplomat suspected but never...spokesman, who announced the action to dismiss Bloch, refused to discuss the charges on which...the Justice Department investigation into Bloch's activities is continuing. Bloch was formally...

Bloch Reportedly Told FBI Of Meeting `Stamp Collector'

The Washington Post;  August 1, 1989 ;     676 words ......from FBI agents in late June, Felix S. Bloch, the State Department official suspected...man the FBI considers a Soviet agent, but Bloch said he knew this "Pierre" not as a spy...sources. At that meeting with FBI agents Bloch did not make any other statements indicating...

Tinker, tailor, soldier, deputy chief of mission: the Felix Bloch case...

U.S. News & World Report;  August 7, 1989 ;     700+ words ...The Felix Bloch case raised questions about U.S. counter...spy disaster With no trouble at all, Felix Bloch could have been one of Smiley's people...LeCarrd's tortuous espionage thrillers. Bloch's story is real, however, and even LeCarrd...

The Ernest Bloch Conference

Musical Opinion;  September 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......An exciting three-day Conference, Ernest Bloch: The Man and His Music for the 21st Century...scholars, performers and members of the Bloch family for a very special experience. The...Keynote papers explored the tensions within Bloch's musical personality. Philip Bohlman...

For Bloch, Ambition and a Welling Bitterness; Spy Suspect Railed Against...

The Washington Post;  July 30, 1989 ;     700+ words ...Felix S. Bloch, the State Department's highest-ranking...appointee, Helene A. von Damm, who gave Bloch the biggest break of his career, choosing...she became American ambassador to Austria. Bloch's promotion to deputy chief of mission under...

U.S. links Bloch to fake Finn

Chicago Sun-Times;  July 29, 1989 ;     440 words ......to have been a KGB contact for Felix S. Bloch, the senior U.S. diplomat suspected of...turned up no independent evidence that Bloch engaged in espionage or even met the suspected...authorities that this man was a contact man for Bloch," Danzinger said. "As far as Austria is...