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Holiday Etiquette – Moscow Rules
With the holidays fast approaching, we can all use a refresher crash course in guest etiquette in preparation for your timely visit to family and friends! Much like the “Rules of Engagement” for spies, the CIA’s … Continue reading
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Do Former Intelligence Professionals Make Good Political Leaders? (PART 2)
In June of last year, Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil el-Sisi was elected President of Egypt in a landslide. Before becoming Egypt’s sixth president, Sisi had been the Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces and its Defense Minister. But more … Continue reading
Posted in A Well-Read Spy, Ask A Spy, History, In The News, Intellegence Briefing
Tagged CIA, Cold War, Double Agent, Espionage, FBI, Government, Intelligence, intelligence coup, KGB, military, Moscow, Spy, Terrorism, World War II
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Under Cover of Darkness – African Americans in Espionage
“Every shut eye ain’t sleep,” is an African American proverb that aptly addresses the presence and many contributions of African Americans in espionage. These unsung heroes have been active agents in the defense of American freedom on the frontlines and behind the … Continue reading
Posted in A Well-Read Spy, History, In The News, Intellegence Briefing
Tagged African-Americans, Al Qu, America, Army, Black History Month, Britain, Civil War, combat, Confederate, DC Lottery, English, Espionage, French, Gail Harris, Harriet Tubman, history, Intelligence, Iraq, James Armistead, Josephine Baker, Malcolm Nance, military, Naval, secrets, services, slave, slavery, spies, Terrorism, terrorists, Top Secret, Union, war
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UNFRIENDING FACEBOOK: BRITISH INTELLIGENCE AND THE MURDER OF FUSILIER LEE RIGBY
In December 2012, Michael Adebowale, a British-born Muslim convert, did what tens of millions of us do everyday by logging onto Facebook and starting a conversation. The person at the other end of the computer was a senior member of … Continue reading
10 Amazing Facts About the Trabant
After WWII, East Germany had a hard time establishing a functioning industry. Not only had almost everything been destroyed during the war, but the Soviet Union dismantled most of the factories that were left. A steel embargo of the US, … Continue reading
Posted in A Well-Read Spy, History, In The News, Uncategorized
Tagged Berlin, Berlin Wall, Car, Cars, Cold War, East Germany, England, Espionage, Germany, Parade, Russia, Soviet Union, Spy, Sympbol, trabants, Trabi
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‘Never admit anything unless you have to’: Thatcher and Intelligence Secrecy
Legendary British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (October 1925 to April 2013), who would have turned 89 this month, was convinced that Britain’s intelligence services should remain absolutely secret, and tried repeatedly to protect them from the gaze of public scrutiny. … Continue reading
Posted in A Well-Read Spy, Ask A Spy, Cloak and Dagger Theater, History, In The News, Intellegence Briefing
Tagged Bletchley Park, Britain, British Intelligence Service, CIA, codebreakers, Cold War, Double Agent, Espionage, Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, Second World War, The Americans
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Ben Macintyre Q&A “A Spy Among Friends”
Master storyteller Ben Macintyre’s most ambitious work to date brings to life the twentieth century’s greatest spy story with A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and The Great Betrayal. Macintyre is a writer-at-large for The Times of London and the … Continue reading
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Tagged A Spy Among Friends, Ben Macintyre, CIA, clue, Cold War, counterintelligence, Elliott, Female Spies, intelligence coup, Le Carre, Master spy, MI5, MI6, officer, Philby, Russia, spies, Spy
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The Implications of DoD’s New WMD Strategy
In June, the Department of Defense released its newest report: “Strategy for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction.” Reports like this from the DoD, State Department, and even CIA are released from time to time and temporarily pique my interest, but … Continue reading
Posted in A Well-Read Spy, Ask A Spy, History, In The News, Intellegence Briefing, Uncategorized
Tagged CIA, Defense, DOD, Intelligence, Iranian Nuclear Scientist, Iraq, Nuclear, Russia, Soviet Union, State Department, Terrorism, war, WMD
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The Moscow Rules Still Rule
The Cold War may be over, but much like “Rules of Engagement” for spies, the Moscow Rules still serve as prominent guidelines today. Developed by the CIA, the Moscow Rules was an ode to the dangerous locale that Moscow was … Continue reading
Posted in A Well-Read Spy, Cloak and Dagger Theater, History, In The News, Intellegence Briefing
Tagged Argo, CIA, Cold War, Double Agent, engagement, Espionage, FBI, Female Spies, Intelligence, KGB, Moscow, Moscow Rules, observe, Rules, Russia, Spy, The Americans, Tony Mendez
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The Americans – Fact or Fiction?
People who suspect foreign spies walk amongst them might be disregarded as “conspiracy theorists,” but did you know KGB operatives actually lived in disguise as mild-mannered Americans during the Cold War? This important moment in spy history is dramatized in … Continue reading
Posted in A Well-Read Spy, Ask A Spy, History, In The News, Tools of the Trade, Uncategorized
Tagged Assassination, Cold War, Double Agent, Espionage, FBI, Female Spies, FX, Intelligence, KGB, Moscow, Russia, show, Spy, televison, The Americans
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