How CIA Stole Declassified Information From Russia

Man is impressed with the few matchless spies envisioned in the history, and it’s the to-and-fro intelligence wars between the CIA and the KGB during the cold war that stands out. It is not difficult to understand the context. The corruption of generals who sell state information to spies and planes that are shot down over enemy territories, as well as endless proxy wars whose death toll is increasing, makes it difficult to define the real winner. We shall uncover how a real-life spy against spy campaign unfolds from what we have at the end whether anyone has an overwhelming win or not.

The Cold War's character was far from ordinary with its warring parties being primarily patriots who fought on information battle fields. However, it acted as an aggravating force diving the so called Second against Western democratic world in a warlike standard where the nuclear war was possible at any time. Springing from distrust and ideological gap, the Cold War was prominent for fear, well-thought-out propaganda, and an disturbing arms race.

In turn Consequently, CIA and the KGB become the main actors on the worldwide's stage was presented by the mentioned struggle. The KGB, an offshoot of pre-20th century Russia's secret services and able to look back on a remarkable espionage heritage, had an outstanding record of achievements. For one, the fact emerges that the CIA was founded in 1947 with the main aim of coordinating and managing American intelligence related activities abroad.

Spying in the Cold War certainly was dramatic and risky. The CIA in the early US-USSR would have a difficult time in obtaining intelligence on the KGB, as the Soviets filtered in the highest position of the US government. Like Robert Hansen and John Walker Jr. spies were bribed by Russians into betrayal which was a threat to US since those spies were helping Russians.

The U2 spy plane, which was the first specimen of an "advanced technology", was successfully introduced by both sides of the war to collect vital intelligence. Nevertheless, events like the U2 plane's shootdown over Soviet Region in 1960 and the CIA's Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 had been serious episodes combining with strong political effects on both sides.

Proxy wars in many regions of the globe were part of the cold war competition. Be it the Austro-Hungarian struggle in 1956 or the Czechoslovakian invasion in 1968, Soviet interventions were, all the time, KGB’s tools to quell democratic movements and to strengthen the Soviet interests in Eastern Europe. On the other hand, the CIA had influence in elections via Italy while at the same time it helped anti-communist forces in Vietnam and Nicaragua but some with positive and negative results.

The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan occurred in 1979, and it was the undoubtedly the landmark moment. KGB performed a relevant role of a prop hand that was shaping up a puppet regime, but the warfare bit it of resources and soiled their international credibility. Economic difficulties, in conjunction with new political reforms introduced by Mickhail Gorbachev, led to the final collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Both CIA and KGB did have their successes and failures but CIA not only triumphed over but also survived the destruction of its Soviet partner. The fall of the USSR resulted in the end of an epoch, where KGB was eliminated to be fading memories. On the peak of the Cold War having midnights war and ungratified tensions the Cold War discovered that the finish of this war closed without a definitive victor which left the complex legacy of a seemly invisible war.

However, the CIA-KGB spy battle is one of the most exciting chapters in the modern history, and even now, it showcases the gritty details of the struggle for supremacy during the peak of the cold war, in which the two nuclear powers met on the brink.