Aaron Bank: Father of the Green Berets
Aaron Bank standing alongside German defectors recruited for Operation Iron Cross in WW2. Bank is at left in the first rank Photo: US Army. De Oppresso Liber” — Motto of…
OSS Dirty Tricks Department: America’s WW2 Q Branch
OSS Gallery at the CIA Museum. Photo: Central Intelligence Agency. Difficulties existed only to be surmounted, and there was no setback that a little thought and determination could not overcome.”…
The Legacy of Antonin Scalia and the Intelligence Community
Associate Justice Antonin Scalia (2013). Photo: US Supreme Court Collection. Antonin Scalia, the late Supreme Court justice who died in 2016, was known for his originalist interpretation of the Constitution…
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The Protector Series
The Protector Series Part One is the first book in a three book series. Part one goes into the intricacies of solo executive protection and protecting ultra high net worth…
Eugene Fodor: Travel Writer and Spy
Monument “Thank you America” to remember freedom from Nazis by US Army in May 1945. This monument takes place at important Pilsner crossing “U Práce”. Photo: Ondrej.konicek. CC BY-SA 3.0.…
Fire in the Lake by Frances Fitzgerald book review
Originally published in 1972. It won won the Pulitzer Prize, the Bancroft Prize, and the National Book Award. I first read this book in my early twenties, and I continue…
The Iconic Aston Martin DB5 of James Bond Fame Turns 60
Aston Martin DB5.Photo: © Copyright Aston Martin. Used by permission. Ejector seat? You’re joking!” — Sean Connery as James Bond in Goldfinger. “I never joke about my work, 007.” —…
Secret War of the Spymasters: How British Security Co-ordination Shaped World War II
Winston Churchill takes aim with a Sten gun during a visit to the Royal Artillery experimental station at Shoeburyness in Essex, 13 June 1941. Churchill established the BSC in May…
Coffee Shops and Espionage
Café de Flore, 172 boulevard Saint-Germain (Paris, 6e). Photo: Celette. CC BY-SA 4.0. The habits and language of clandestinity can intoxicate even its own practitioners.” — William Colby Coffee shops…
The US Military Liaison Mission: A Cold War Intelligence Legacy
Two USMLM personnel prepare for a tour in East Germany in 1964. Photo: US Department of Defense. The United States Military Liaison Mission (USMLM) was one of the three allied…