Word: bugproof
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...Marines have confirmed that KGB agents were easily able to open normal embassy safes, "often in less than half an hour," according to one investigating officer. The Soviets also gained access to the two most sensitive areas in the embassy: the bubble and the vault. The bubble, a supposedly bugproof structure hung inside a standard room, is routinely used for top-secret conversations. The vault is a highly secure area, enclosed with heavy steel and special locks, in which CIA officers operate. Navy investigators were dismayed to learn that Soviet agents cracked the locks on both bubble and vault...
...Bonn's missions behind the Iron Curtain. Schwirkmann's work load was understandably heavy in Moscow, where this year the U.S. embassy alone discovered 40 hidden Russian microphones. Schwirkmann ferreted out a covey of bugs in the West German embassy. He also designed the mission's bugproof "tank," a compartment big enough for a handful of embassy officials to sit down in and discuss business without fear of Soviet prying. Most infuriating of all to his faceless opponents, Schwirkmann devised a technique for discouraging would-be wiretappers with a smart electric shock...