European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 07, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Magazine seeking out successfully associated press c  experts believe there May to More spies in the United slates in to Occil years but they Are sur that bettor spy catchers with hotter tools Are a Chip reason Lor the spate of spying arrests during the past few weeks. In just nine Days in november three present or Lormer employees of the. Cia. The National Security Agency and the defense department have been arrested and charged with espionage. The new cases when added to seven similar one1, together with others involving the wife of a defense department employee in agent of the Fri and an employee of the Northrop corporation All Lold. Lid them discovered in this unprecedented year of espionage arrests have caused immense damage a senior Reagan administration official said and other officials say that even More suspected spies May be arrested soon. Success Breeds Success said John l. Martin the top . Spy Hunter. The Cia and the Fri have been learning right along with us at the Justice department Over the past 10 years How to effectively prosecute spies while maintaining  and each arrest and conviction increases the vigilance by government de Ense industries and the Public. The reasons for the growing effectiveness stretch from the less glamorous such As better trained and More experienced investigators and prosecutors to the highly dramatic such As spy swaps on Bridges in Germany. Martin a former Fri counter terrorism agent has supervised spy cases As a Justice lawyer for 12 years and has headed the internal Security Section since 1980. He has been at the Center of the action during the dramatic turnaround in espionage during the last decade he s in charge of catching and convicting spies in the United states. Between 1966 and 1977, there were no successful espionage prosecutions in the United states. But a the last 10 years 47 people have been charged with espionage in the country the most arrests. 14. Came in 1984. And then have been 10 so far in 1985 a usually All the decided cases have resulted in convictions or guilty pleas. Before 10 years i n. We did t turn them we