“Putin is an ex-KGB thug”
Didn’t stop Reagan from making deals with Gorby:
“Gorbachev and KGB: Alliance That Pays Off”
August 14, 1987|ROBERT C. TOTH | /Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
WASHINGTON — The KGB, the Soviet Union’s secret police, is enjoying greater support from Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev than any other Soviet institution, according to U.S. and foreign analysts of Soviet affairs. In turn, they say, he seems particularly dependent on the agency and may be in the process of increasing its power.
Here’s the link to the previous article”
http://articles.latimes.com/1987-08-14/news/mn-775_1_cheka