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…
Argo: The CIA’s Secret Mission to Rescue Six Americans in Iran
CIA technical specialists created a fake movie-production company to rescue six American diplomats in Tehran, Iran. Photo: Central Intelligence Agency. Every intelligence agency is ultimately judged on its ability to…
The Master of Disguise: How Jonna Mendez Helped the CIA Outsmart the KGB
CIA seal in entrance of the CIA headquarters lobby. All warfare is based on deception.” — Sun Tzu, “The Art of War”. The Mission: Impossible franchise is famous for its…
The Gehlen Organization: Controversial Postwar German Intelligence Agency
West Berliners watch a Douglas C-54 Skymaster land at Tempelhof Airport, 1948, during the Soviet Berlin Blockade. The Gehlen Organization (or Gehlen Group) was a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) funded…