Editing Active measures (section)

=== Blowback ===
{{further|Blowback (intelligence)}}

Soviet intelligence, as part of active measures, frequently spread [[disinformation]] to distort their adversaries' decision-making. However, sometimes this information filtered back through the KGB's own contacts, leading to distorted reports.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Garthoff |first=Raymond L. |author-link=Raymond L. Garthoff |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OOpqCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA48 |title=Soviet Leaders and Intelligence: Assessing the American Adversary during the Cold War |date=2015-08-15 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Georgetown University Press |isbn=978-1-62616-230-3 |page=48 |language=en}}</ref> [[Lawrence Martin-Bittman|Lawrence Bittman]] also addressed Soviet intelligence blowback in ''[[The KGB and Soviet Disinformation]]'', stating that "There are, of course, instances in which the operator is partially or completely exposed and subjected to countermeasures taken by the government of the target country."<ref name="bittman1985">{{cite book |last=Bittman |first=Ladislav |title=The KGB and Soviet Disinformation: An Insider's View |pages=49–52 |year=1985 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Pergamon-Brassey's |isbn=978-0-08-031572-0}}</ref>