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80,000 JFK Assassination Documents Declassified: CIA Surveillance and Spain's Secret Cuba Trade Revealed

The US declassified over 80,000 documents on the 1963 John F. Kennedy assassination, revealing CIA surveillance of Cuban diplomats in Madrid and Spain's covert trade with Cuba despite official restrictions, fueling conspiracy theories but without directly linking Spain to the event.

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Russia's Shift to Casual Operatives for Sabotage

Shaun Walker's new book, "The Illegals," exposes Russia's shift from trained spies to casual operatives for sabotage; the book details arson attacks, bombings, and assassinations targeting Western institutions, aiming to destabilize societies and undermine trust.

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South Africa's Secret Nuclear Weapons Program: Development and Dismantlement

In 1993, South African President F.W. de Klerk revealed that South Africa secretly built six nuclear bombs during the Cold War due to regional security concerns and international isolation, but later dismantled them due to changing geopolitical circumstances and domestic political reforms.

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Post-Cold War Military Spending: A Personal and European Perspective

In 1998, a Spanish journalist evaded military service, a decision that became symbolic of a generation's post-Cold War shift away from conscription. This coincided with Europe's reduced defense spending, which has recently increased dramatically due to the war in Ukraine, costing the EU €326 billion...

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MI5 Surveillance Files Expose Kim Philby's 1951 Activities

Newly declassified MI5 documents detail the 1951 surveillance of Kim Philby in London, revealing his movements and raising questions about whether the British government deliberately protected him, shedding light on one of the most shadowy periods of British espionage during the Cold War.

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Death of Oleg Gordievsky: Britain's Most Valuable Cold War Spy

Oleg Gordievsky, Britain's most valuable Cold War spy, died peacefully at 86 in Surrey; his death is not considered suspicious, and his decades of leaking information to MI6 and MI5 significantly altered the understanding of the KGB's operations.

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Whirlwind: MIT's Cold War Computer and the Dawn of Modern Computing

Developed at MIT from 1944, the Whirlwind computer, initially funded by the U.S. Navy and later by the USAF, revolutionized Cold War air defense, leading to the creation of SAGE and foreshadowing modern computing.

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Death of Cold War Double Agent Oleg Gordievsky

Oleg Gordievsky, a former KGB officer and key MI6 asset during the Cold War, died at age 86 in England on March 4; his death is not considered suspicious.

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Russia's Great Power Ambitions Fuel Ukraine Invasion

Russia's invasion of Ukraine stems from its historical pursuit of Great Power status, prioritizing international recognition over domestic needs, resulting in conflict and global instability.

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Cold War Secret: Somerset Butterfly Sanctuary's Missile Testing Past

During the 1960s Cold War, British engineers secretly tested missile guidance systems at Somerset's Westbury Beacon, using low-flying Canberra bombers to collect data that improved missile accuracy; the site is now a butterfly sanctuary.

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JFK Assassination Files Released: New Details, No Smoking Gun

The National Archives released over 63,000 pages of documents related to the JFK assassination, including information about Lee Harvey Oswald's time in the USSR and alleged warnings of the assassination, yet these documents lack conclusive evidence of a conspiracy.

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Unredacted Kennedy Files Reveal CIA's Extensive Oswald Surveillance

Over 2,000 unredacted documents related to the John F. Kennedy assassination were released, shedding more light on the CIA's surveillance of Lee Harvey Oswald before the event, without altering the official conclusion of a lone gunman.

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