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    1. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 8 Oct 2017

      ICYMI: 4 OCT 1957: USSR launched #Sputnik-1. Achievement that stunned public, but not US policy & intel communities. http://bit.ly/2xOwsyv pic.twitter.com/2LL8hVKzTN

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    2. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 8 Oct 2017

      CIA had analyzed USSR's satellite & missile programs, & reported on advancements leading to #Sputnik.

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    3. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 8 Oct 2017

      1955: we alerted Eisenhower to USSR program through briefings & finished intel products June 1957: we reported a Soviet launch was imminent

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      CIA‏Verified account @CIA 8 Oct 2017

      We also noted this capability portended USSR's production of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) capable of reach the US.

      11:58 AM - 8 Oct 2017
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        2. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 8 Oct 2017

          59 docs/440 pages contain insight on CIA intel & analysis of Sputnik-1, -2, & -3, & Soviet ballistic missile program from 1955-early1960s

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        3. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 8 Oct 2017

          Over half of last week’s release provides new info on early Soviet space & missile programs Find declass docs here: http://bit.ly/2hLtYdQ pic.twitter.com/aSxOp8JOgH

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        2. T‏ @axiom_AI 8 Oct 2017
          Replying to @CIA

          What's up with how shady the @FBI is being about the Las Vegas happening? You guys should really look into it. Or have the @NSAGov do it.pic.twitter.com/RzT59A3ofI

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        3. T‏ @axiom_AI 8 Oct 2017
          Replying to @axiom_AI @CIA and

          Was Paddock a fast-and-furious gun runner for you guys? What gives fellas? We're just curious.pic.twitter.com/MeecPq7xcq

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        1. Caspar Frederik Riga‏ @RigaCasje 9 Oct 2017
          Replying to @CIA

          Hey gunslingers! Ballistic, then again, IS A SENSE STATEMENT. Report leak (to me). Failures to do...-the guy is having a sandwich! ~bureau51

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        1. SCV Watcher‏ @ScvWatcher 8 Oct 2017
          Replying to @CIA

          CIA is great! Get in there and figure out how to take out Little Kim.

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        1. Gabriella  🥀‏ @GabiSchu1 8 Oct 2017
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          🏈 to the 🌙 last name gets me too

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        1. Mary Becker‏ @mkbeck 8 Oct 2017
          Replying to @CIA

          Speaking of USSR...pic.twitter.com/p2taEixz3W

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        1. iaxym  🇵🇸 🇲🇻‏ @iaxym 8 Oct 2017
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          So ur intel was wrong then, untill this day #Sputnik helped in connecting people.

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        1. Urban Mistic‏ @urbamistic 8 Oct 2017
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          Obamas jelousie in spite call of duty knew it?purses

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        1. Christopher Sneddon‏ @Christo13179468 17 Oct 2017
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          With the Victory in Raqqa you now have to consider the possible consequences back home!

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        1. Мария О.‏ @Margo_TT 15 Oct 2017
          Replying to @CIA

          guys,you now will beat all and Sundry)And are not lazy, all your "friends"))Lol))

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        1. Joshua PLR Bietz MD Neurochemistry‏ @MD_Neurochemist 12 Oct 2017
          Replying to @CIA

          Did you just blame me for something, because I am never at fault.

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        1. Joshua PLR Bietz MD Neurochemistry‏ @MD_Neurochemist 12 Oct 2017
          Replying to @CIA

          I have seen rockets made by my clones and those of my father hit foreign bombs in the atmosphere. I know I aint stupid. I know am not scum

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        1. Exilus‏ @CynicalGunner20 9 Oct 2017
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          *reaching

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