Operation Luna: Audacious Espionage During the Space Race
A 1:1 scale model of a Luna 3 satellite at the Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics in Moscow. In the early days of the Space Race, the United States Central Intelligence…
Operation Halyard: Daring WWII Rescue Mission
Joint US/Chetnik military ceremony in Pranjani September 6, 1944. Capt. Nick Lalich (OSS Halyard Mission), Gen. Dragoljub Mihailovic (Yugoslav Army in the Homeland), and Col. Robert McDowell (OSS Ranger Mission).…
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…
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…
James Armistead Lafayette: Hero Spy of the American Revolution
James Armistead Lafayette. Credit: US Army. James Armistead Lafayette was born into slavery around the year 1748 in New Kent County, Virginia. He was raised on the property of Colonel…
Captain Peter Mason: Official Assassin
Photo of Peter Mason, date unknown. Captain Peter Mason, a figure whose life was as intriguing as any spy novel, served in the British Special Air Service (SAS) during World…
The War Chronicles of Christopher Lee: Heroism or Hyperbole?
Christopher Lee in scene from “The Hound of the Baskervilles” (1959). United Artists. Public Domain. Sir Christopher Lee CBE CSU, renowned for his acting career, had an equally fascinating life…