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Zyuganov says the party "recognizes a mixed economy, has renounced atheism and is ready for serious political dialogue to persuade voters." That certainly does not sound like Marxist-Leninism. But there is more. The party's official program looks back longingly to Yuri Andropov, a former kgb chief and Soviet party head from 1982 to 1984, crediting him somehow with establishing "freedom of speech and freedom of political associations." As for Stalin's purges and Gulag and the corruption of the Brezhnev era, they were "mistakes" to be avoided in the future, Zyuganov says...
...impact of tainted information supplied by convicted double agent Aldrich Ames. The CIA took "an enormous risk that may have jeopardized the U.S. national security interests," the committee's report concludes, by failing to alert government officials and policymakers that some agency information was actually being provided by the KGB. Senators Arlen Specter and Bob Kerrey, who led the Senate inquiry, also faulted CIA Director John Deutch for understating impact of tainted information and have requested a comprehensive review of all CIA sources for the past 10 years. But TIME's Doug Waller says a major CIA shakedown this...
...information is designed to lure the enemy into accepting him so he can begin passing along phony material that will cause them to waste money and resources. During the cold war, the CIA became the master of the feed. So generous was the agency with its information that many KGB officers got big promotions because of the secrets that CIA doubles were passing them along with the disinformation...
...fact, extraconstitutional jockeying has already begun, and in connection with the most serious matter--control of Russia's nuclear weapons. Moscow sources told TIME that last Thursday the President's closest advisers convened an urgent meeting in the Kremlin. Among those present was Alexander Korzhakov, the former KGB officer who serves as Yeltsin's top bodyguard and crony. The gist of the meeting was that under no circumstance should the briefcase containing the codes for Russia's nuclear arsenal be transferred to Chernomyrdin. That briefcase is with Yeltsin in his hospital room. Korzhakov is one of the few people...
...internal CIA report of its operations released to Congress today contains shocking revelations that the agency's Soviet operation during the 1980s and early '90s was heavily infiltrated by double agents -- far more so than previously thought. Worse, the CIA developed certain strategies based on reports issued by KGB infiltrators. That resulted in millions of dollars wasted to alter military operations in response to false information. While former CIA chief Robert Gates has denied reports that CIA Director John Deutch is planning to reprimand some 12 past and present CIA directors, TIME's Doug Waller predicts congressional leaders...