Cold War: FBI Ran Operation That Sold Sabotaged Electronics to Soviets
August 4th, 2024Was the purpose of the operation described below actually meant to thwart the Soviet Union?
It was probably the opposite.
Even if some of the equipment didn’t work properly, much could still be gleaned from having it in hand.
The USSR was a disaster and would have collapsed decades earlier if it wasn’t for assistance from Western countries.
See: The Best Enemy Money Can Buy by Antony C Sutton
Via: Politico:
“We were in a position to guarantee that the technology, even though it would be illegal to export, it could safely find its way to the end user in Eastern Europe, whether it was East German or Bulgarian — you never knew exactly who’s loading dock was going to end up on,” recalled Ed Appel, a former senior FBI official. Appel helped run Intering from Washington, where he then oversaw Bulgarian and East German operations for the bureau.
And also, what technology we wouldn’t willingly give the Soviets, they became very crafty and effective about paying unscrupulous Americans to steal for them, allowing them to reach military parity with the US and NATO that otherwise would not have been at all possible.