The CIA’s dismissal of Bejucal as a nuclear storage bunker—after it had been earmarked as the “best candidate” for such a site—can best be explained by the tyranny of conventional wisdom. “The experts kept saying that nuclear warheads would be under the tight control of the KGB,” recalled Brugioni. “We were told to look out for multiple security fences, roadblocks, extra levels of protection. We did not observe any of that.” The analysts noted the rickety fence around the Bejucal site, which was not even protected by a closed gate, and decided that there were no nuclear warheads inside. The
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