The KGB Lawsuits
by Brian Crozier
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"The terms "agent of influence" and "confidential contacts" were much in the news in early 1995. They were among the least understood "in-house" terms of the Soviet KGB, which had a specialized department known as Service A. The "A" stood for "Active Measures" (Aktivnye Meroprtyatiya in Russian), a euphemism for "dirty tricks."" "Active Measures included disinformation (the deliberate spreading of false information), either to propagate opinions favourable to Soviet policies or to discredit show more hostile views and those expressing them. Forgeries played an important role, and so did the fostering of lawsuits, with the aim of immobilising opponents and, in due course, ruining their reputations. Those involved in such activities in the West were not necessarily aware that they were being used. Such people were known in the intelligence world as "unconscious" or "unwitting" agents." "This book is a blow-by-blow account of lawsuits in which there was evidence of KGB involvement. In all of them, Brian Crozier was involved, either as a defendant or indirectly. Other defendants included the billionaire financier Sir James Goldsmith, The Economist and the Greek journalist Paul Anastasi. The author summarized these cases in his autobiography, Free Agent (Harper Collins). Here is the full story."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved show lessTags
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Brian Crozier, the cofounder of London's Institute for the Study of Conflict, has been a writer and consultant on international affairs for over 50 years. The author of numerous historical works, he currently sits as Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution. Mr. Crozier resides in London
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