KGB

the war effort, and to sell war bonds.” Stalin used propaganda when he attempted to make the crowd believe he was a nice man and to make himself look more powerful. Stalin ties in with the novel Animal Farm because Napoleon's dogs are similar to KGB. (“KGB was the main security agency for the Soviet Union in 1954.”) The private security that he had to get rid of all opposition. Stalin used a good amount of propaganda from acting as Squealer in the novel. Stalin proffered himself as the best…

In response to “Star Wars”, Operation RYAN had been moved by the KGB from the Soviet Union to East Germany. The Soviet bloc in Germany now became the intelligence headquarters for the Soviets, because they believed it to be their “door to the West.” In occupied Germany, the Soviets ran programs based on their very real…

Afghanistan, which to begin with has to be the second dumbest idea ever to involve Russia and a dude named Adolph. Afghan’s government dispatches police to surround the hotel and allow the KGB to lead the operation. During the crisis, Soviet and American advisors broke into argument over how to handle the situation. While the KGB wished to storm the hotel, the American embassy wished to seek a peaceful solution. Afghan police forces began firing and stormed the hotel regardless only to find…

personal information in order to get money, sell your credit cards, and hack into your bank accounts all at a few strokes of the keyboard. In 1982 the US found out that the KGB had been stealing our technology and using it. In response, perhaps one of the first Trojan viruses ever created was slipped into a piece of software that the KGB planned to steal. The file they were stealing? A piece of software designed to regulate gas pipelines. 10 million cycles, and a few months later, the Trojan…

it was necessary to create a buffer zone between Germany and the Soviet Union. Believing his nation would be safe if bordered to the west by states loyal to Moscow ( the Soviet capital), he directed his foreign intelligence agency (later called the KGB) to rig elections…

In the 1950s version of Bonnie and Clyde, criminal soulmates Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were convicted of espionage and sentenced to death by electric chair. Their trial became an example of the severity of government secrecy to the rest of the United States. As a result of this case, the government, and institutions like the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), were forced to question the authority and trustworthiness of their own people. After the…

With agencies such as the British MI-6, the American CIA and the Soviet KGB pulling the strings behind the curtain, fantastical spy stories and secretive operations became the focus of innumerable films. Both communists and anti-communist regimes utilized films as popular and effective tools to influence public opinion. Towards…

magical fish. Sergei wasn’t willing to accept this neighborhood, this environment, this people, surrounding him. He didn’t like people, especially strangers: “....when Sergei was young, this happened plenty. The KGB felt right at home knocking at his door.” The childhood experiences with the KGB created this dislike for strangers and gave him a longing for isolation. The isolation that he created for himself in Jaffa, led to him not learning Hebrew well, and the unfortunate misunderstanding.…

kid of intellect would be able to understand the information that he was trying to portray. Knightley’s copious amount of research granted him the means to uncover the Kim Philby spy scandal. Knightley scoured KGB files to discover that Kim Philby was a double agent for the KGB, and in an effort to organize an interview with Philby, Knightly spent more than 20 years negotiating. Two months before Philly’s death, the two met to discuss his life and work as a spy. The interview went…

Loyalty Review Program: On March 21, 1947, Truman launched the loyalty review program. The loyalty review program was created under pressure due to the Communist threat overtaking the US. The iron curtain represented the growing tensions between the Soviets and the US. At the time, the federal government already addressed Communists acting in Hollywood and teaching in certain states. What was left to be filtered was the federal government. Truman, the president at the time, believed in limited…