Author Archives: SpyBlog

SPY Historians Featured in Intelligence Journal

Posted on January 11, 2011 by SpyBlog

January 11, 2011 Mark Stout, SPY Historian The breadth of espionage-related history scholarship is apparent in two recent articles featuring the work of the International Spy Museum’s Historian, Dr. Mark Stout and its previous Historian, Dr. Thomas Boghardt. Both appear … Continue reading →

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Spy Satellite Treasures at the National Archives

Posted on December 15, 2010 by SpyBlog

December 15, 2010 Mark Stout, SPY Historian Everyone knows that the United States Government has been flying spy satellites for some fifty years.  The government declassified the CORONA program in 1995 and we all saw pictures of the Soviet Union … Continue reading →

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Bulgaria's Assassination Squad

Posted on December 10, 2010 by SpyBlog

December 10, 2010 Mark Stout, SPY Historian Alexenia Dimitrova is one of the leading investigative journalists in Bulgaria, where she works for the second largest daily newspaper, 24 Hours.  She has made a specialty of reporting on Bulgaria’s Communist-era intelligence … Continue reading →

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Former SPY Historian on East German Intelligence

Posted on November 24, 2010 by SpyBlog

November 24, 2010 Mark Stout, SPY Historian A great deal has been written about the Stasi’s internal intelligence operations and a compelling movie, The Lives of Others , brought the topic to the big screen in a realistic way. However, … Continue reading →

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Confronting McCarthyism, Confronting Espionage, Confronting Lies

Posted on November 23, 2010 by SpyBlog

November 23, 2010 Mark Stout, SPY Historian History News Network has an interesting review of a play now running in New York that addresses the issues of espionage and lying.  The play, “After the Revolution” focuses on a young woman … Continue reading →

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SPY at the Movies

Posted on November 15, 2010 by SpyBlog

November 15, 2010 Executive Director – Peter Earnest Ever wonder what a real spy thinks of spy movies?  Our resident Spy Peter Earnest  went to E Street Theater to check out the movie Fair Game last night and shares his … Continue reading →

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The Georgian Spy Case: “Chronic Spy Mania” Flares Up

Posted on November 9, 2010 by SpyBlog

November, 9th 2010 SPY Historian Mark Stout  On November 5 the Government of Georgia announced the arrest of thirteen people whom they accused of working for Russian military intelligence, the GRU.  The suspects included four Russians and nine Georgians.  The … Continue reading →

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Awlaki Visited the Pentagon in 2001: Was This A Security Failure?

Posted on October 25, 2010 by SpyBlog

SPY Historian Mark Stout A story breaking in the news recently highlights the difficulty of knowing who-is-who in the murky worlds of intelligence, security, and terrorism.  It also shows the difficulty of seeing the future, a core aim of the … Continue reading →

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Intelligence is Cramping al Qaeda’s Style

Posted on October 21, 2010 by SpyBlog

SPY Historian Mark Stout The second issue of Inspire, the English language magazine of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) popped up online on 11 October.[1]  The first issue came out in July, though for several days only the … Continue reading →

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