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David Atlee Phillips functioned as a CIA point person funneling support and funds to anti‑Castro exile groups, and because he routed agency resources to those groups they were able to carry out covert attacks—such as sinking a Soviet ship—that served clandestine operational goals.
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People put on psychological armor—perfectionism, intellectualizing, control—to avoid judgment, but because that armor hides vulnerability it also blocks access to love and belonging and increases suffering.