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...Soviets get into the communications vault? The Marine guard posted down the hall controlled the only alarm system for the code room, Kessler explained. Since the system did not record the time the alarm went off, the Marine could give the KGB undetected access to the PCC for hours at a time, then lie about what time the system was triggered and claim it was a false alarm...
...secret device to monitor the time of alarms. If a Marine let someone into the PCC and lied about the time of the CIA alarm, several sources say, this recording device would have exposed...
There was no correlation between the dates of "false alarms" involving the PCC and times when Bracy, Lonetree or any other suspect was on night duty. This was a key reason the prosecution of Bracy was dropped...
...unauthorized replacement of the power line to the PCC was found. Moreover, even if the power line had been replaced, the new wire could not carry electronic signals out of the embassy, sources say. Reason: the power line to the PCC is filtered to eliminate all such signals, and monitored to detect any possible radio transmission...
...tiny window and making his way to the code room. He also warned that the Soviets had enlarged the flues built into the embassy walls, and that KGB technicians were using them to climb up to the secure floors. The report declared -- categorically -- that the KGB was penetrating the PCC. Returning to Washington, the NSA superspook eventually briefed President Reagan. The President was "very concerned," says a former official who attended the briefing...