Team B

Team B refers to a secretive group of analysts and experts from the late 1970s and early 1980s, primarily during the Cold War, who were tasked with challenging the findings of the U.S. intelligence community about the Soviet Union. Unlike mainstream intelligence agencies that often downplayed the Soviet threat, Team B adopted a more aggressive perspective, arguing that the USSR was a greater threat than previously acknowledged. Their work sparked debates about intelligence analysis, national security policy, and the potential for bias in government assessments, influencing U.S. defense strategies and fostering a more confrontational stance toward the Soviet Union.