Espionage and Surveillance- Set 5

Key terms Set 5

KGB

1954-1991:

The Soviet Union’s main security and intelligence agency. Counterpart to the US CIA.

Stasi

East German secret police- most invasive surveillance systems in history. Recruited citizen informants and monitored political dissent.

Venona Project

1943-1980:

US secret codebreaking program that decrypted Soviet spy messages. Classified and revealed spies like the Rosenbergs.

Cambridge Spy Ring

Group of British Spies who passed Western Secrets to the USSR. Shook trust between US and UK intelligence.

Operation RYAN

Soviet KGB program to detect early signed of a US nuclear strike. Began after Reagan’s “Evil Empire” rhetoric. Fueled nuclear paranoia.

Zersetzung

Stasi tactic of psychological harassment and disintegration of dissidents. “Decomposition” of personality/ intimidation/gaslighting.

NSA (National Security Agency)

US agency focused on signals intelligence (Codebreaking, surveillance) Partnered with Britain during Cold War.

MKULTRA

CIA program that tested mind control and drugs for interrogation. Conducted without consent. Exposed by Church Commitee in 1975.

Church Committee

1975: US Senate investigation into CIA, NSA, FBI, IRS abuse of power. Exposed MKULTRA, COINTELPRO, and assassination plots. Resulted in intelligence reforms.