In the early James Bond novels, the hero battled the villainous forces of Smersh, a shadowy...
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February 8, 2012: Investigating Historical Spies
Researching spy history is a difficult business. Spies carefully cover their tracks and...
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January 18, 2012: The Intelligence War Against Terrorism
Since 9/11, the United States Intelligence Community has expanded into an $80 billion behemoth...
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January 13, 2012: Intelligence and Espionage in the U.S. Civil War
Spies, cavalry, and telescopes were the traditional intelligence tools available during the Civil...
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August 16, 2011: Author Debriefing: The Triple Agent: The al-Qaeda Mole Who Infiltrated the CIA
In 2009, the CIA’s partners in the Jordanian General Intelligence Directorate had a source named...
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August 2, 2011: The Aftermath of Bin Laden’s Death: The Lessons of Strategic Manhunting
The 13-year search for Osama Bin Laden may have seemed unprecedented, but actually such events...
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Khalid Shaikh Mohammed was behind many of the most heinous terrorist plots of the past twenty...
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July 13, 2011: Author Debriefing: "Wild Bill" Donovan
“Wild Bill” Donovan was a World War I hero with a Medal of Honor to prove it, a millionaire Wall...
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July 1, 2011: Modern Intelligence Analysis: From Art to Science?
A great deal of public attention goes to the CIA’s case officers who recruit and run agents and...
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June 16, 2011: The Aftermath of Bin Laden’s Death: Inside al Qaeda’s Hard Drive
After killing Osama bin Laden, the SEALs reportedly took hundreds of drives, disks, and computers...
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May 20, 2011: The Aftermath of bin Laden’s Death: Winning the War While Staying in the Right
What are the implications of Osama bin Laden’s death for the al Qaeda movement? What role did...
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May 9, 2011: Spy versus Spy in East Germany
The East German security service, the Stasi, was infamous for surveilling and oppressing the East...
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April 21, 2011: Stalking Terrorists Online
Montana resident Shannen Rossmiller is proof that things are not as they seem online. Before...
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March 16, 2011: Dropping Spies from the Sky during the Korean War
During the Korean War, US military intelligence worked with anti-communist Korean agents and...
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February 1, 2011: Social Media: Tools of Liberation or Repression?
Social media—Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and others—are held up as powerful tools for peoples...
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January 26, 2011: Intelligence and Analysis in the National Football League
In 2007, the New England Patriots were caught videotaping the New York Jet’s sideline defensive...
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January 5, 2011: Spying on the Soviet Army in East Germany
During the Cold War, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France each had a “military...
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December 17, 2010: A Young Woman on the Front Lines of the Cold War
Shirley Perry was recruited to join the CIA in 1951, a time when applications were handed out...
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December 6, 2010: David Kahn on Codebreaking from Ancient Times to the Internet Era
David Kahn is the author of the classic book The Codebreakers. When it was first published in...
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November 1, 2010: The Real History of MI6
Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service, better known as MI6, is James Bond’s home agency and one...
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