The sad thing is people who rant and rave about the Golitsyn (and Epstein, etc) type of "revelations" don't even realize they're more damaging than the "fellow travelers" and libs. Why? Because they scream about claims that are so ridiculous and easily debunked that they numb and distract from the real dangers. Of course, there are those who believe that was all part of Golitsyn's plan.
Golitsyn's analysis of the GKChP of August '91 is hilarious - if his analysis of '91's events were correct, can he explain the attempt at taking over the country in Oct '93? Not in a rational manner.
Unlike the other defectors of his time, Golitsyn continues to refuse to allow access to himself to be challenged, debated on his claims. He uses the "they'll kill me as I'm the most reviled of the defectors," but he's not even considered important enough to make the list of traitors on most security service related sites and is consipicously absent from the KGB museum exhibit on traitors.
And Epstein, well he's an interesting fellow isn't he. He backs claims that the FSB blew up the apartment buildings in Moscow, based on testimony from a corrupt former FSB agent and a man named Gochiyaev. Gochiyaev, who claims he has no terrorist connections, was photographed on 5 occasions with Khattab and Basaev - the organizers of the terrorist attacks. But, since Epstein's fame is so closely tied with Golitsyn's false claims he has to discount all of this and claim Putin ordered the bombings in order to justify the resumption of war with the Chechen bandits.
You see, that's the new former KGB retirement plan. Not smart enough or ballsy enough to start your own mob or be hired by a government/corportation? Why come to America, write an "insider's" book and make a fortune of the rampant paranoia.