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“Q: What is a Soviet trio?
A: A quartet returning from an overseas tour.
—1970s underground Soviet humor”
― Spycraft: The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs from Communism to Al-Qaeda
A: A quartet returning from an overseas tour.
—1970s underground Soviet humor”
― Spycraft: The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs from Communism to Al-Qaeda
“To learn is always to be vulnerable:
one admits not having known.
You wanted more from me than I could teach”
― Girlfriends and Wives
one admits not having known.
You wanted more from me than I could teach”
― Girlfriends and Wives
“There were, to be sure, limitations. A satellite could capture the image of
missiles deployed to remote areas, but seemingly endless spools of fi lm and
powerful lenses could not divine the intentions of Soviet leadership. It could
see submarines in their pens at the Severodvinsk naval base, but could not
penetrate the roofs of government labs in Moscow and Leningrad to record
images of the future weapon systems spread out across the drawing boards
of engineers. Nor could it see into the minds of the Politburo or capture the
complex internecine dynamics of Kremlin leadership. Only an agent inside
the Kremlin could do that.”
― Spycraft
missiles deployed to remote areas, but seemingly endless spools of fi lm and
powerful lenses could not divine the intentions of Soviet leadership. It could
see submarines in their pens at the Severodvinsk naval base, but could not
penetrate the roofs of government labs in Moscow and Leningrad to record
images of the future weapon systems spread out across the drawing boards
of engineers. Nor could it see into the minds of the Politburo or capture the
complex internecine dynamics of Kremlin leadership. Only an agent inside
the Kremlin could do that.”
― Spycraft
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