Rick Spence

So one of the first things that Lenin did in December of 1917, within a month of seizing power, since the hold on power was tenuous at best, was that, well, you were going to need some kind of organization to Infiltrate and suppress those pesky counter-revolutionaries and foreign imperialists and all of the other enemies that we have.

So one of the first things that Lenin did in December of 1917, within a month of seizing power, since the hold on power was tenuous at best, was that, well, you were going to need some kind of organization to Infiltrate and suppress those pesky counter-revolutionaries and foreign imperialists and all of the other enemies that we have.

And so the extraordinary commission to combat counter-revolution and sabotage, the Chaka, was formed. You put a veteran Bolshevik, Felix Dzerzhinsky... At the head of that, someone you could politically rely upon, but Dzerzhinsky built his organization essentially out of the Okhran. I mean, there were all of these informers sitting around with nothing to do, and they were employed.

And so the extraordinary commission to combat counter-revolution and sabotage, the Chaka, was formed. You put a veteran Bolshevik, Felix Dzerzhinsky... At the head of that, someone you could politically rely upon, but Dzerzhinsky built his organization essentially out of the Okhran. I mean, there were all of these informers sitting around with nothing to do, and they were employed.

And so the extraordinary commission to combat counter-revolution and sabotage, the Chaka, was formed. You put a veteran Bolshevik, Felix Dzerzhinsky... At the head of that, someone you could politically rely upon, but Dzerzhinsky built his organization essentially out of the Okhran. I mean, there were all of these informers sitting around with nothing to do, and they were employed.

In the early 20s, the kind of rank and file of the Cheka might have been 80 to 90% former imperial officials. Those were gradually decreased over time. So why would they do that? Well, they were professionals. They also needed to eat, and things were somewhat precarious.

In the early 20s, the kind of rank and file of the Cheka might have been 80 to 90% former imperial officials. Those were gradually decreased over time. So why would they do that? Well, they were professionals. They also needed to eat, and things were somewhat precarious.

In the early 20s, the kind of rank and file of the Cheka might have been 80 to 90% former imperial officials. Those were gradually decreased over time. So why would they do that? Well, they were professionals. They also needed to eat, and things were somewhat precarious.

So if your job is to be an agent provocateur, if your job is to infiltrate targeted organizations and lead them astray, you do that for whoever pays you. That's part of the professionalism which goes in. And under the Soviets, the Soviet intelligence services are also very good at that. They are very good at infiltrating people into opposing organizations.

So if your job is to be an agent provocateur, if your job is to infiltrate targeted organizations and lead them astray, you do that for whoever pays you. That's part of the professionalism which goes in. And under the Soviets, the Soviet intelligence services are also very good at that. They are very good at infiltrating people into opposing organizations.

So if your job is to be an agent provocateur, if your job is to infiltrate targeted organizations and lead them astray, you do that for whoever pays you. That's part of the professionalism which goes in. And under the Soviets, the Soviet intelligence services are also very good at that. They are very good at infiltrating people into opposing organizations.

And I guess the one example I would give to demonstrate that are the Cambridge Five, the British traitors, from a Soviet standpoint, heroes, who were recruited, most notably Kim Philby. Guy Burgess, Donald McLean, Anthony Blunt, and there may have been well more than five, but it wasn't bad out of just Cambridge.

And I guess the one example I would give to demonstrate that are the Cambridge Five, the British traitors, from a Soviet standpoint, heroes, who were recruited, most notably Kim Philby. Guy Burgess, Donald McLean, Anthony Blunt, and there may have been well more than five, but it wasn't bad out of just Cambridge.

And I guess the one example I would give to demonstrate that are the Cambridge Five, the British traitors, from a Soviet standpoint, heroes, who were recruited, most notably Kim Philby. Guy Burgess, Donald McLean, Anthony Blunt, and there may have been well more than five, but it wasn't bad out of just Cambridge.

And then placing those people in high positions, the ultimate goal, of course, is to get your people into positions of leadership and influence in the opposing intelligence service. And so they did. Of course, it all fell apart and they ended up in, you know, Philby ended up living the last part of his life in exile in Moscow, but they got their money's worth out of him.

And then placing those people in high positions, the ultimate goal, of course, is to get your people into positions of leadership and influence in the opposing intelligence service. And so they did. Of course, it all fell apart and they ended up in, you know, Philby ended up living the last part of his life in exile in Moscow, but they got their money's worth out of him.

And then placing those people in high positions, the ultimate goal, of course, is to get your people into positions of leadership and influence in the opposing intelligence service. And so they did. Of course, it all fell apart and they ended up in, you know, Philby ended up living the last part of his life in exile in Moscow, but they got their money's worth out of him.

And you can also find this in KGB infiltration of the CIA, the FBI, the Aldrich Ames, Hanson cases. Of course, we were infiltrating by we. I mean, the Americans in the West managed to infiltrate our moles as well. But if it came down, you know, someone could dispute this, but I would think if you were going to come down to a kind of like a who had the most moles Superbowl,

And you can also find this in KGB infiltration of the CIA, the FBI, the Aldrich Ames, Hanson cases. Of course, we were infiltrating by we. I mean, the Americans in the West managed to infiltrate our moles as well. But if it came down, you know, someone could dispute this, but I would think if you were going to come down to a kind of like a who had the most moles Superbowl,

And you can also find this in KGB infiltration of the CIA, the FBI, the Aldrich Ames, Hanson cases. Of course, we were infiltrating by we. I mean, the Americans in the West managed to infiltrate our moles as well. But if it came down, you know, someone could dispute this, but I would think if you were going to come down to a kind of like a who had the most moles Superbowl,