Word: kgb
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...legitimacy of Gorbachev and his brand of modernized socialism. It did the opposite. The masses turned against the system and Gorbachev himself, whom they labeled a "boltun," a wind-bag. The Communist Party and the rest of the Soviet ruling class - the Armed Forces, the defense industries, the KGB - could see where events were leading, and were becoming increasingly anxious...
...been pulled across the road to block its path, and stared at the dead bodies of young people who a few hours earlier had been dancing in an improvised disco at the foot of the TV tower. After the attack, we journalists spread out across the city, fearing a KGB round up (staff at our Intourist hotel had warned us), and took refuge in the apartments of local people, who took us in without question. There, a few nights after the massacre, I watched Gorbachev talk vaguely but ominously on TV of the need to introduce controls over the media...
...with Putin as a kind of reprise of the first Reagan-Gorbachev summit, telling Americans he had looked into the Russian leader's eyes and "got a pretty good idea of his soul." The comment prompted titters across Europe, not least because Putin came through the ranks of the KGB, an organization that doesn't exactly reward transparency. Still, Putin has been pleasantly surprised by the new administration's attentions, and he's quite happy to milk the diplomatic possibilities presented by the Bush quest for a missile shield...
Candidate Bush chastised Bill Clinton for turning Russian-American relations into a game of personal chemistry. That was forgotten when Bush first met Putin last month and gushed that he had looked into the former KGB man's eyes "to get a sense of his soul." Bush believes his charm and persuasiveness will move his pal Putin to let the U.S. do what it wants. As an adviser puts it, the Administration is going to "work it and work it and work it and work it" until Putin gives...
...whole thing was a setup, Einhorn assured followers. Through his antiwar research and with contacts that extended beyond the Iron Curtain, he simply knew too much about weapons development, psychic research and global conspiracies. Maddux was murdered to discredit him. The CIA, the KGB, who knew? The most damning evidence against him was also the most obvious proof of his innocence: Would a man as smart as he murder his girlfriend and keep the evidence at his bedside...