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115: Operation Mincemeat: The Shadow Catalyst for CIA's Dark Age

2023/6/16
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AJ和Hecklefish详细描述了二战期间英国军情五处实施的“碎肉行动”,该行动通过在西班牙海岸投放一具装有伪造军事文件的尸体,成功地欺骗了德国人,使其将部队从西西里岛调往希腊,从而为盟军在西西里岛的登陆创造了有利条件。他们讲述了行动的策划过程,包括寻找合适的尸体、伪造身份和文件、秘密运输等细节,并分析了行动的成功之处和带来的影响。同时,他们也探讨了“碎肉行动”的成功为战后中央情报局(CIA)等机构的行动提供了范例,但同时也带来了负面影响,即情报行动的目标从军事转向了平民,CIA利用类似的欺骗手段对多个国家进行干涉,造成大量平民伤亡。 AJ和Hecklefish对“碎肉行动”的成功与CIA的后续行动进行了对比,指出虽然“碎肉行动”在二战中取得了显著的军事成果,但CIA利用类似的欺骗和隐瞒手段对平民目标进行攻击,这引发了对情报机构伦理和道德的质疑。他们认为,虽然强大的情报机构对于国家安全至关重要,但必须对其进行有效监管,以防止其滥用权力,造成不必要的伤害。

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In 1943, a body washed up on the shore of Huelva, Spain, carrying military secrets. The man was Major William Martin, a fictional Royal Marine created by British intelligence to deceive the Germans.

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On April 30, 1943, in the middle of World War II, a body washed up on the shore of Huelva, Spain. The deceased man was wearing a British military uniform. There was a briefcase strapped to his body containing British and American military secrets.

The man was Major William Martin, a British Royal Marine who was the single victim of a fatal plane crash at sea.

He had just returned from temporary leave in London, where he had gone to the theater and purchased an engagement ring for his fiancee, Pam.

But there was something very strange about Major William Martin.

He didn’t exist.


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