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Russian Intelligence (KGB) During the Cold War

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was often accused of engaging in projecting ones own outlook and world view upon that of the adversary and assuming that ones own logic was necessarily the adversarys as well.  Russian intelligence (the KGB) was guilty of this same projection, however. In effect these two world powers stood staunchly as enemies as much because of perceptions of one  anothers motivations as because of realities! Both were spurred on by the belief that even a slight letting down of their guard would result in an intrusion and possible military  defeat by the other country. As a result maintained a complex intelligence system and both benefited greatly from their own intelligence system while at the same time suffering irreparable harm  from their opponents. Although we typically remember the U.S. getting somewhat of an upper hand in the Cold War, in reality the Russian Intelligence system altered many aspects of  our society. Some have contended that it even changed our history (Binkley, 2004). This was, after all, a period of intense hostility. Indeed, the Cold War itself was  a kind of warfare. Rather than depending on outright violence, however, the Cold War thrived on subterfuge. Russian and U.S. Intelligence alike  were characterized by two distinct components. These were technology and people. Sometimes it was difficult during these confusing times to separate what was U.S. Intelligence and what was  Russian Intelligence when it came to the latter. Consider, for example, Oleg Penkovsky. Penkovsky was a Russian citizen that worked for U.S. Intelligence. Penkovsky could be contended  to be the most important agents the CIA ever placed in Moscow (Fenyvesi, 1999). Shannon (1994) writes that he was a particularly important source during the Cuban missile crisis.