. >> 's annual n samuel dickstein was not only a creek and spy but he sold secrets, are u.s. secrets to the soviets while he was acetic congressman. >> i wanted to find out more about samuel dickstein right went to library and met with the greater. >> there's consensus across the board that they see the proof in he was a very prominent jewish congressman from new york. he worked in d.c. in the 30s. he was facing anti-semitism in washington government. he took it upon himself to try to stop the spread of fascism. >> you see 108 nazi post in the united states. he's pointing at one in utah of nazis gathering in celtic city. this visual shows in a very dramatic way that there are dozens and dozens of american nazis. >> he warned his colleagues about hitler saying that he is more dangerous than people thought he was but they were not listening. >> there may be a reason why he decided to go with the soviets and sell them information about the role of fascism in the united states. >> the intelligence he provided the soviets in the late 30s was not that great. the soviets were not th

>> this is congressman samuel dickstein from new york. he was recruited by soviet intelligence. wasthe next three years, he a off-again on-again troublesome source. one of the things you learn in the intelligence business is not all the agents are real pleasant people and easy to get along with. evidently, the congressman was in that mode. -- 1931, the soviets had pretty much given up on him, although he had in fact given them some information and spied for them during the previous three years. it was that time that the congressman also introduced legislation to create the house on american activities committee which was then passed and actively hunted communists throughout the united states government. in 19 45, he retired from congress and became a judge in the state of new york, served honorably in that capacity before he passed away. he was never identified as a spy vinonae released the transcripts in the 1990's. activity oflection soviet communications between their center and operations in new york and washington. there was a labor he is ever -- laborious effort to decrypt