My addiction to his books and theory cost me at least a couple of girlfriends, and I sure would love to be "vindicated" before leaving the planet.
OTOH, he and vodka did drive James Jesus Angleton nuts and caused a massive rift in our intelligence apparatus over whether or not Nosenko was a real or fake defector.
Nosenko, (Fake Defector, IMHO) was sent here to "sell" the CIA the the story that the the KGB "Knew nothing about Lee Harvey Oswald," among other disinformative tales, some partially true, others made of whole cloth. Unfortunately, CIA Policy was to accept him as real. Those who questioned were drummed out of the service.
Golitsyn? Batting pretty damn near a 1000 in his "predictions." Nutty? Yeah. Just don't bet against him!
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