October 03, 2007
Revisionist history revisionism
As most of you know, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on my birthday almost 44 years ago. I have been morbidly fascinated with that seminal event ever since. FrontPage Magazine published a fascinating piece today written by former Romanian intelligence chief Ion Mihai Pacepa regarding possible KGB involvement with Lee Harvey Oswald in the months prior to the assassination. Here's a taste:
Yes, Soviet intelligence, like the Soviet government in general, had a strong penchant for patterns. By its very nature espionage is an arcane and duplicitous undertaking, but in the hands of the Soviets it developed into a whole philosophy, every aspect of which had its own set of tried and true rules and followed a prescribed pattern.During the many years I spent researching Oswald’s ties with the KGB, I took the factual, verifiable information on his life that had been developed by the U.S. government and relevant private researchers, and I examined it in the light of PGU operational patterns—little known by outsiders because of the utter secrecy then—as now—endemic to Russia. New insights into the assassination came suddenly to life. Oswald’s experiences as a Marine serving in Japan, for instance, perfectly fit the PGU template for recruiting American servicemen outside the United States that I for many years had applied to Romanian operations. It also was obvious that the locker at a bus terminal Oswald used in 1959, after returning to the U.S. from Japan, to deposit a duffel bag stuffed with photographs of U.S. military planes was in fact an intelligence dead drop.[10] During those years the use of such lockers was all the rage with the PGU—and the DIE.
Soviet espionage operations can be isolated out by their patterns, if you are familiar with them. Counterintelligence experts call these patterns “operational evidence,” showing the fingerprints of the perpetrator.
Compelling reading and very eye-opening.
Posted by George Moneo at October 3, 2007 10:30 AM
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That's fascinating reading. Thanks for sharing the link!
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at October 3, 2007 04:13 PM
He's the same guy who explained that all Soviet client states (including Iraq) that had been provided biochemical weapons by the Eastern Bloc (or any other weapons they weren't supposed to have according to treaties with the West or the UN) were taught how to hide the weapons. "Sarindar", or Quick Exit, was the name for these tactics and strategies. Fascinating stuff...
Posted by: Zhangliqun at October 3, 2007 05:10 PM
I read that this morning. Fascinating. And very scary.
Posted by: R S at October 3, 2007 05:21 PM
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