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DCI Robert Gates presented a film of the burial ceremony to Russian President Boris Yeltsin in 1992. #Glomar http://t.co/8o99dxJJ8a — PolitiTweet.org

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Among the contents of the recovered section were the bodies of 6 Soviet submariners. They were given formal military burial at sea. #Glomar — PolitiTweet.org

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Much of what was retrieved is still classified; however 2 nuclear torpedoes were found in the recovered part of the Soviet sub. #Glomar — PolitiTweet.org

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Aug. 16, 1974: Hughes #Glomar Explorer arrives in Hawaii. Follow us next week to find out what was recovered. — PolitiTweet.org

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Crestfallen, the #Glomar crew successfully hauled up the remaining portion of the sub, completing the task on Aug. 7, 1974. — PolitiTweet.org

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Aug. 4, 1974: Clementine was one-third of the way up to #Glomar when one of the claws snapped sending part of the sub back to ocean floor. — PolitiTweet.org

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Aug. 1, 1974: Clementine & 132-foot sub hull section, weighing as much as a WWII-era destroyer, began a more than 3-mile ascent. #Glomar — PolitiTweet.org

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July 31, 1974: Clementine touched down on the ocean floor, sending up a cloud of mud that obscured visibility for half an hour. #Glomar — PolitiTweet.org

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The #Glomar’s "drilling" operation was monitored by two Soviet Navy ships that happened to be in the mid-Pacific that summer. — PolitiTweet.org

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July 20, 1974: Capture Vehicle (CV, aka Clementine) undocked from #Glomar and began a lengthy and difficult decent down to K-129. — PolitiTweet.org

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Due to bad weather, recovery efforts didn’t start until July 19, 1974. #Glomar — PolitiTweet.org

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#Glomar would raise Clementine with the sub in its claws by reversing the process. http://t.co/dDzNX17aPo — PolitiTweet.org

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Clementine would be positioned to straddle the sub, and its powerful jaws would grab the sub’s hull. #Glomar — PolitiTweet.org

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While moving with ocean currents, #Glomar would lower Clementine by adding 60-foot sections of supporting steel pipe, one at a time. — PolitiTweet.org

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Sailing from Long Beach, California, the #Glomar arrived over the recovery site on July 4, 1974. — PolitiTweet.org

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#Glomar could conduct entire recovery under water with specially built capture vehicle, Clementine, in complete secrecy. — PolitiTweet.org

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The ship: #Glomar Explorer, a commercial deep-sea mining vessel "built" and "owned" by billionaire Howard Hughes. http://t.co/PnzU1dcJIe — PolitiTweet.org

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The cover story: #Glomar was conducting marine research at extreme ocean depths and mining manganese nodules. — PolitiTweet.org

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CIA #Museum Artifact of the week: CORONA Film http://t.co/2euCGo5gbb http://t.co/yPDQulIcmR — PolitiTweet.org

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1970: CIA engineers and contractors conclude the only solution is to use a large mechanical claw to grab the sub & lift it. #Glomar — PolitiTweet.org

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CIA’s mission: recover the 1,750-ton, 132-foot-long wrecked sub from more than 3 miles below the ocean surface … in total secrecy. #Glomar — PolitiTweet.org

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March 1968: Soviet sub K-129 sinks in Pacific with nuclear-armed ballistic missiles. US finds it in May 1968 #Glomar http://t.co/IeuZGBIog9 — PolitiTweet.org

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August marks the 40th anniversary of one of the greatest intel successes of the Cold War: Project AZORIAN, also known as #Glomar. — PolitiTweet.org

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Join us next week as we recount one of the greatest intel successes of the Cold War: Project AZORIAN. #Glomar http://t.co/9yx6pEjtIX — PolitiTweet.org

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No need for a bigger boat, it’s just our robotic catfish #SharkWeek https://t.co/wh8WRcV9g1 — PolitiTweet.org

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CIA #Museum Artifact of the week: #OSS Director William J. "Wild Bill" Donovan’s #WWI Canteen http://t.co/xUZCmc5fQ7 http://t.co/TOUVzN2eAZ — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @washingtonian: Today in #longreads: How @mattmendelsohn discovered the story of the CIA's greatest mission—right next door: http://t.co… — PolitiTweet.org

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Catching the End of an Era: Recovery of the Last GAMBIT and HEXAGON Film Buckets from Space, Aug & Oct 1984 http://t.co/WcZD2b8LXb #HISTINT — PolitiTweet.org

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Today starts the 30th anniversary of USA’s last film-return reconnaissance #satellite missions. Final retrievals were Aug 11 & Oct 11, 1984. — PolitiTweet.org

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CIA #Museum Artifact of the week: E Street Complex Sign with CIA Seal.http://t.co/EiGBjSJUcx — PolitiTweet.org