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And So It is With Intellegence

posted 17 years ago by Citizenright1
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Intellegence gathering is a shred here, a scrap there. Then, put together with educated guess work. The German officer was right to question the authenticity.

O'Reilly's inquiries were what you would expect. He confirmed where the shirts came from, but not that Martin bought any there. He got nothing from the club, but, as he was told, it isnt uncommon that they would have incomplete records. The bank didnt confirm anything either. And so it goes.

And it is no different today.

[–] rwsmith29456 12 years ago

He pretty thoroughly worked on the girls, too, and about had her give away that she knew no such man.

[–] MarxBrosFan 11 years ago

The whole spy plot was fabrication, in reality the Germans were convinced the documents were genuine. It would be very foolish to have someone doing inquiries all over London, and that way reveal they have knowledge of the invasion plans.

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