Career
He was a Central Intelligence Agency Technical Officer from 1947-1963 who was falsely accused of treason and forced to resign. The allegations against Karlow were made by Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (Committee for State Security) defector Anatoliy Golitsyn who described a Central Intelligence Agency Officer of Slavic background who had bugged a building in Europe. Golitsyn said that he thought that the "Mole"s" name began with a "K." In 1988, Director of Central Intelligence William Webster determined that the charges against Karlow had no merit.
He was given an apology, medal and compensation.
Karlow served with distinction as a United States. Navy Intelligence officer in World World War II where he lost a leg in a mining explosion. Karlow authored, "Targeted by the C.I.A.: An Intelligence Professional Speaks Out on the Scandal that Turned the C.I.A. Upside down.