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Operation LAC (Large Area Coverage)
In the early months of nineteen fifty-seven, a shadowy initiative emerged from the CIA as Cold War tensions escalated between the United States and the Soviet Union.This top-secret program was codenamed Operation LAC, or Large Area Coverage. Its aim? To leverage advanced surveillance technologies to monitor potential threats across vast urban landscapes. President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorized it, fearing espionage and sabotage. National security, he believed, hinged on innovative intelligence-gathering methods. The stakes could not have been higher as America grappled with a global…
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