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S1E6: Redacted

SNAFU with Ed Helms

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PIFIAB - The Secret of Abel Archer

In 1989, Leonard Perout wrote a letter saying he didn't have the information needed to prevent nuclear war. He asked: What would have happened that day if I had made the other decision? The PIFIAB was an oversight committee of citizens appointed by President George Bush Sr. They spent a year digging into Abel Archer and compiled a highly classified 100-page report. Even intelligence professionals love a little juicy goss.

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