Son of CIA deputy director was killed while fighting for Russia, report shows

[erronis]

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 Putin’s 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

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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]

1. Maybe Trump will give him a medal or something.

Hell, he gave the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Rush Limbaugh.

[erronis]

3. Sounds about right. Medals for those that fight against the US.

I'm sure trmp has some fake gilt medallions like the ones in his Ofal Oriffice.

[Xipe Totec]

23. 33 $TRUMP coins. nt

[SheltieLover]

2. Remember when such an appointment used to require vetting?

[Dan]

4. Time for Donald Jr. and Eric to man up, go fight for their daddy's Russia.

[Blue Owl]

7. I've heard they're big, brave, manly hunters

[zorbasd]

10. Yeah, that's the perception these actual beta cowards

are good in .... propagating that they are manly alpha men, but in reality just plain wimps.

[Cha]

17. Yeah, they kill animals with their big Guns.

[SunSeeker]

5. This happened a year ago. Why was she allowed to remain Deputy Director?

“With his noble heart and warrior spirit Michael was forging his own hero’s journey when he was tragically killed in Eastern Europe on April 4, 2024,” his family wrote in the obituary, which did not mention Russia and Ukraine or discuss the circumstances of his death.

[TomSlick]

11. I'm unconvinced that people should be punished for the actions of their adult off-spring.

[SunSeeker]

14. Did you read her dishonest description of his death?

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]

16. The obit was credited to "the family" not the mother.

Even if she wrote it, I think we should give a grieving a mother a little slack.

[SunSeeker]

21. I would give her all the slack in the world if she wasn't an INTELLIGENCE OFFICER.

[Mr. Evil]

25. I'd give her all the slack...

until the floor dropped out from under her. Fuck her and her traitorous son. Must be related to Tulsi Gabbard.

[markodochartaigh]

19. I agree with you.

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]

24. He was "forging his own hero's journey..."

Bro should have just started a podcast.

[Deuxcents]

28. Good question

[Nigrum Cattus]

6. Happy he is dead

[IronLionZion]

8. Ugh

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]

9. Someone needs to be asked some questions...............seriously............

she knew...............and she..............

[Iamscrewed]

12. Fishy

Very sketchy.

[Wonder Why]

13. Another traitor bites the dust at the hand of our ally Ukraine.

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[paleotn]

15. one less orc.

[mitch96]

18. And as the saying goes... " Another one bites the dust"...

[LoveSucky]

20. Wild read about him

https://istories.media/en/stories/2025/04/25/michael-gloss-story/

In the end, a tankie moron.

[mdbl]

22. Fighting for Fascism

What an asshole he was.

[Mr. Evil]

26. Sure says a lot about the CIA.

Far beyond time for that useless money pit to be dissolved. More proof that JFK was right about it.

[marble falls]

27. Traitor. He gave up his citizenship by enlisting in Russia.

[Figarosmom]

29. One would think that would have

Been a red flag for a security clearance.

[BurnDoubt]

30. It's now a Qualification.

Add a suspended sentence for public lewdness and a pardon for insurrection and you're on your way to the top.

[BurnDoubt]

31. The "best people" didn't get it done in round one, so.....

[Skittles]

32. Trump probably wishes he could award him a medal

yup