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  • CIA Kremlin bug 'saved Gorbachev'

    10/12/2002 5:14:45 PM PDT · by Pokey78 · 18 replies · 329+ views
    The Observer (U.K.) ^ | 10/13/2002 | Nick Paton Walsh
    The newly revealed exploits of spies who operated in underground tunnels The CIA dug a tunnel under the Kremlin and installed a hi-tech bugging system to eavesdrop on the Soviet Union's most senior figures, according to the former US intelligence officer who executed the plan. The device was put in by a US agent who had to wear a protective suit and was guided by satellite and sonar images of Moscow's underground. The bugging formed part of audacious operations to rescue a key defector, a KGB officer with responsibility for eavesdropping, and to alert Boris Yeltsin to the attempted coup...