Inside the UK’s Secret Spy Network
SIS Building (or MI6 Building) at Vauxhall Cross, London, headquarters of the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS). It was built in 1994. Photo: Laurie Nevay. CC BY-SA 2.0. Secret intelligence…
The A-12 OXCART: CIA’s Secret Cold War Spy Plane
An air-to-air left front view of an A-12 (60-6932) with spurious US Air Force markings. This aircraft was lost over South China Sea on 6 Jume 1968. Photo: Defense Visual…
Lionel Crabb: A Cold War Mystery
Lionel Crabb The mystery of Lieutenant Commander Lionel Crabb, OBE, GM, RNVR is one of the most enduring mysteries of the Cold War era. Lionel Crabb, also known as Buster…
Sidney Reilly: Ace of Spies
Sidney Reilly Sidney Reilly was the most extraordinary man I ever met.” — Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart Sidney George Reilly, MC was a British spy who worked for the British…
Mata Hari: The Truth Behind the Legend
Mata Hari Everything is an illusion.” — Mata Hari. The name Mata Hari has become synonymous with the seductive female spy who uses her charms to obtain secrets from the…
The OSS: America’s WW2 Spy Agency
General William J. Donovan reviews OSS Operational Group members in Bethesda, Maryland, prior to their departure for China in 1945. Photo: Office of Strategic Services Society. We face an enemy…
T. E. Lawrence: The Man Behind the Legend
T. E. Lawrence Thomas Edward (T. E.) Lawrence CB DSO was a British scholar, writer and military leader who played a key role in the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman…
The Special Operations Executive: A Secret History of WW2
SOE and OSS Jedburghs in front of B-24 prior to departure just before night at Area T, Harrington Airdrome, England, c. 1944. Photo: Office of Strategic Services. During the Second…
5.11 McClane Mid: The Next Generation Norris Sneaker
The popular 5.11® Norris Sneaker family has gotten a new member. It is the McClane Mid, a mid top sneaker named in homage to John McClane, the fictional character and…
SOG Pentagon FX Covert Fixed Blade Knife
“In close quarters fighting, there is no more deadly weapon than the knife…” — W. E. Fairbairn. Get Tough (1942). SOG Specialty Knives and Tools (SOG) is no newcomer to…