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1995 CIA disinformation controversy

(2026). 1995 CIA disinformation controversy.

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2026
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_CIA_disinformation_controversy
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  • Deception Blowback
    • In intelligence and counterintelligence, a planted source produces material the originating agency later cites in its own assessments, the canonical self-poisoning pathology of large bureaus.

      This sourceDocuments how the CIA's SE Division, knowing or suspecting sources to be Soviet/Russian-controlled double agents, disseminated their 'feed' material within the government from 1986–1994 — with 95 such reports reaching senior officials and several reaching Presidents Reagan, Bush, and Clinton — the canonical self-poisoning blowback of unsegregated planted intelligence re-entering the originating apparatus's own reporting.

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      Documents CIA divisions disseminating suspected double-agent "feed" into government reporting, which altered analyses; does not call it a canonical pattern or cover bureaus generally.

      “Although the CIA's Soviet-East European (SE) and Central Eurasian divisions knew or suspected the sources to be Soviet double agents, they nevertheless disseminated this "feed" material within the government.”

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