[wagglebee]

I guess this isn't a surprise.

[wagglebee]

Ping.

[Tailgunner Joe]

The commission also studied files from the Stasi, the former East German secret police. Guzzanti believes they show that the Stasi launched a propaganda campaign to whitewash the Soviet bloc in general and the Bulgarians in particular so quickly after the shooting that they must have had advance warning.

Putin started working with the Stasi around the same time.

What did Herr Putin know and when did he know it?

[Clintonfatigued]

Ronald Reagan was right when he called the Soviet Union an evil empire.

[Jim Ralls]

I wonder about this. While he may have been the man at the top at the time; my guess is that the head of the KGB, Andropov, may have been the real guy behind the attempt on the Pope's life.

[Steely Tom]

Yeah, well.

Maybe if Brezhnev had hatched a plot to have Agca forceably stretch a pair of underpants over the Pontiff's head, the MSM might get interested. As it stands, though...

Now back to our regularly scheduled program. Tonight's feature: story number 950,000 about how America is the cause of most of the problems in the world.

(steely)

[GSlob]

"I guess this isn't a surprise."
Of course, not. Qui bono?

[annalex]

I don’t buy the idea that the GRU was trying to make the KGB look bad. That’s ridiculous because they both answer to the politburo

Not ridiculous. The politburo consisted of demented alcoholics who could, at most, make overall suggestions and authorize operations. The implementation had to be worked out inside a particular agency, either GRU or KGB. Naturally, they competed for budget and favors.

[WarEagle]

I don't buy the Brezhnev thing - he was gaga at the time, barely able to stand and move about.

My candidate is Andropov. KGB to the bone, gunning for the PM job (which he got later), and ready to do anything to protect the Soviet Union.

Say, didn't Clancy write a book about this one, where Jack Ryan diverted the assassin enough to make him miss?

[fish hawk]

So what's the logic? How would the Soviet Union gain if the Pope was dead, they would just elect another Pope???

[jimbo123]

Russians using muslims do their their dirty work? Hmmmm....

[JmyBryan]

It's not a surprise, but it's another chink taken out of the left's armor.

When Claire Sterling wrote her book on Soviet involvement, the left considered it right-wing propanganda.

Again, right-wing hysteria turns out to be the truth and the left protects our mortal enemies.