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CIA's Spectacular Failure: Drunk Agents in the Hands of Albanian Secret Service

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What happens when arrogance, superficiality, unreliable friends and a cunning enemy come together? Operation Valuable. The CIA and British MI6 operations in Albania in the 1940s and 1950s were arguably the first post-war attempt to overthrow a regime on European soil. And it ended in spectacular failure.

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CIA's Spectacular Failure: Drunk Agents in the Hands of Albanian Secret Service

What happens when arrogance, superficiality, unreliable friends and a cunning enemy come together? Operation Valuable. The CIA and British MI6 operations in Albania in the 1940s and 1950s were arguably the first post-war attempt to overthrow a regime on European soil. And it ended in spectacular failure.

·Ljubljana, Slovenia
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24ur.com broke the news in Ljubljana, Slovenia on Saturday, August 1, 2026.
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