David Warner Forden (September 11, 1930 – February 12, 2019)[1] was an American spy and operations officer for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
He helped Ryszard Kukliński, a colonel in the Polish People's Army, pass along sensitive information on nations in the Warsaw Pact to the United States.
He returned to CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia as the chief of the Soviet-Eastern European division.
Through diplomatic pressure and covert funding, the United States prevented these outcomes.
[3] His interactions with Kukliński were portrayed by Patrick Wilson in the 2015 Polish film Jack Strong.