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The CIA Guide to Sabotaging Your Engineering Team

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Mirek Stanek
May 18, 2026
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​In 1944, the precursor to the CIA published a highly classified document called the Simple Sabotage Field Manual. Its purpose was to train ordinary citizens in occupied Europe how to quietly disrupt the enemy’s war machine from the inside.

​While it contained tips on lighting fires and breaking machinery, its most devastating section focused on “bureauc…

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