The Battle of Al-Najaf 20th Anniversary
A Soldier looks through binoculars at smoke rising near the Al Najaf cemetery in Iraq on 19 August 2004. The Soldier is assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division’s Company A,…
Havana Syndrome: A Russian Link to the Neurological Mystery?
The U.S. flag flaps in the stiff breeze off the Florida Straits at the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba. U.S. Department of State photo. “Havana Syndrome” is a term that…
WW2 Ghost Army Receives Congressional Gold Medal
Inflatable dummy Sherman tank of the Ghost Army. U.S. Army photo. On Thursday, March 21, 2024, a long-overdue recognition was bestowed upon a group of World War II veterans known…
The Gateway Experience: CIA’s Exploration of Altered Consciousness
The Gateway Experience is a training system designed to bring enhanced strength, focus and coherence to the amplitude and frequency of brainwave output between the left and right hemispheres so…
The Bond Connection: JFK and James Bond
President John F. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, had a unique and intriguing relationship with the fictional British spy, James Bond. This relationship was…
Ian Fleming, James Bond and the CIA
Bronze bust of the author Ian Fleming by the British sculptor Anthony Smith. Commissioned by the Fleming family to commemorate the centenary of Ian Fleming’s birth in 2008. Photo: Fortheloveofknowledge…
Lucien Conein: From OSS to CIA
Lucien Conein with South Vietnamese general involved in 1963 coup against Diệm, Lucien Emile “Lou” Conein was born on November 29, 1919, in Paris, France. At the age of five,…
The Welwand: SOE Assassin’s “Sleeve Gun”
SOE demonstration of how Welwand is employed as sleeve gun. The Welwand. or “Sleeve Gun”, as ir was nicknamed, was a modification of the more recognized Welrod pistol of World…
Mansfield George Smith-Cumming: The Man Behind the Birth of MI6
Captain Sir Mansfield George Smith-Cumming KCMG CB, born on April 1, 1859, was a British naval officer who served as the first chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), also…
Peter J. Ortiz: A Hero in War and on Screen
Peter J. Ortiz. Peter Julien Ortiz, born on July 5, 1913, in New York City, was the son of a French-Spanish father and an American mother of Swiss descent. He…