Inside Ian Fleming’s Commandos: The 30 Assault Unit
Ian Fleming’s Commandos: The 30 Assault Unit article by Eugene Nielsen
Project West Ford: The Cold War Plan to Surround Earth with Needles
During the height of Cold War tension, when the United States and the Soviet Union were locked in a technological and ideological struggle, American military planners pursued an extraordinary experiment…
2026 Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community
The 2026 Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community, often referred to as the “ATA”, is a comprehensive report that provides an unclassified summary of the U.S. Intelligence Community’s…
Green Light Teams and the SADM: America’s Covert Nuclear Demolition Strategy of the Cold War
During the most intense decades of the Cold War, the United States developed a range of unconventional nuclear capabilities designed to deter or slow a potential Soviet invasion of Western…
James M. Olson: A Life in the Shadows and the Moscow Cable‑Tapping Operation
James M. Olson spent more than three decades in the CIA’s Directorate of Operations, serving on the front lines of the Cold War and later rising to become the Chief…
Sean Hagerty: Author, Special Operations Veteran, Father & Husband
New books by Sean Hagerty. Sean Hagerty is a retired Special Operations Soldier with over 25 years of experience. He spent his younger years training and conducting combat operations with…
Codename TRIGON: The Soviet Diplomat Who Became a CIA Asset
Aleksandr Dmitrievich Ogorodnik occupies a distinctive place in the history of Cold War espionage. Outwardly, he was a mid‑level Soviet diplomat with an unremarkable public profile. Privately, he became one…
The Trout Memo and the Birth of Modern Spy Fiction
The Trout Fisher casts patiently all day. He frequently changes his venue and his lures. If he has frightened a fish he may ‘give the water a rest for half-an-hour,’…
Understanding Hybrid and Non‑Linear Warfare: Concepts, Dynamics, and Implications
The strategic environment of the 21st century is defined by ambiguity, contested information spaces, and adversaries who deliberately blur the boundaries between peace and war. Hybrid and non‑linear warfare—terms often…
Intelligence Failures Before Pearl Harbor: A Study in Rivalry and Oversight
On the morning of December 7, 1941, the United States was thrust abruptly into global war. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor shattered any remaining illusions of distance or safety,…