The CIA's ZR/RIFLE project was a plan to develop an assassination capability that designated a European associate of organized crime to recruit future operatives, but never advanced beyond the drawing board.
Sources
- The Mysterious Blunderings of the CIA (warontherocks.com)
- https://www.maryferrell.org/php/cryptdb.php?id=QJWIN-1 (maryferrell.org)
- https://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/ops/zr-rifle.htm (globalsecurity.org)
- https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1964-68v23/d46 (history.state.gov)
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