"Doder’s connections and intuition during his time as the Posts Moscow bureau chief saw him report on the death of Soviet leader Yuri Andropov before American intelligence agencies had become aware of a change in leadership behind the Iron Curtain."
"He sensed something was amiss on a February night in 1984, when state radio canceled a jazz program and broadcast somber classical music...he noticed also that the lights at the Defense Ministry and the Soviet secret police, the KGB, were blazing at hours when their offices were often mostly dark."
"Doder’s accurate reporting took the media by surprise to such a degree that it resulted in an accusation from Time magazine he was a KGB asset...Doder later sued for libel and won, but the damage to his career was done."
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