Arrest of Mark Kaminsky and Harvey Bennett

Mark I. Kaminsky
Born(1932-02-20)February 20, 1932
DiedFebruary 15, 2007(2007-02-15) (aged 74)
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
OccupationsProfessor of Russian Studies at Purdue University;
Holt, Rinehart & Winston
Harvey C. Bennett
Bornc. 1934

Mark I. Kaminsky and Harvey C. Bennett were American tourists who were detained in the Soviet Union in 1960. Kaminsky was put on trial, sentenced to seven years' jail, then expelled from the Soviet Union as a spy.

Kaminsky's obituary states that he was an undercover agent for the United States government.