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GiqueCee

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21. That's exactly...

Reply to Dave Bowman (Reply #10)

Wed Nov 12, 2025, 05:48 PM

9 hrs ago

... the reason I read a few months ago when this little tidbit first broke, and, as I recall, it was a former KGB official that verified it. But then, we all know that Russians, like Trump, love to make full use of the inherent elasticity of truth.

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It was his code name the KGB USED. Captain Zero 12 hrs ago #2

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That's the code name the KGB gave him in 1987 Dave says 12 hrs ago #6

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That's exactly... GiqueCee 9 hrs ago #21

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