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Posted: 12/3/2023 8:37:16 PM EDT
I've read these:
Russians Among Us- Gordon Corera Agent Sonya-Macintyre Betrayal Aldrich Ames-Weiner, Johnston, Lewis The Spy and the Traitor-Macintyre Spy Robert Hanssen-David Wise A Spy Among Friends Kim Philby- Macintyre |
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Veteran of the Third Battle of Tannhauser Gate.
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Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage. Excellent book! It's all the stuff Tom Clancy was forbidden to write.
Azorian I haven't read this book but I've seen a couple of movies about it. The CIA hired Howard Hughes to build a huge ship to raise a sunken Russian sub. Considered the greatest espionage job of all time! |
"The Creator may be seen in all the works of his hands, but none so clearly in the wise economy of the honey bee."
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The real-life Tom Clancy novel you never knew existed.
Before there was Seal Team 6 and Delta...there was Det-A. 18Z50 |
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The worst thing about living in the declining era of a great civilization is knowing that you are. - Robert Heinlein
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Originally Posted By 18B30: The real-life Tom Clancy novel you never knew existed. Before there was Seal Team 6 and Delta...there was Det-A. 18Z50 View Quote Fantastic book. Hearing Brad H and Pat Mac occasionally talk about it/post about it on IG is cool also. |
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Thanks guys! There's a lot of good stuff here. I'm bookmarking this.
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Veteran of the Third Battle of Tannhauser Gate.
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The KGB, the Computer and Me: Clifford Stoll's story
The KGB, the Computer, and Me. eta Clifford Stoll was the author of The Cuckoo's Egg. Great book! It should be recommended reading for anyone in IT, especially computer security. And it's very readable. |
"The Creator may be seen in all the works of his hands, but none so clearly in the wise economy of the honey bee."
Ungracefully surrendering the things of youth... |
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Surprise Kill Vanish-Jacobsen
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-You're stepping on my cloak and dagger
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Take all this CIA print material with a grain of salt. Those idiots didn't even know Soviet Russia conducted their first atomic bomb test, or that North Korea would invade South Korea, or that the "Agency" never penetrated Communist China nor Soviet Russia intelligence agencies, or that the Iraqi city of Nasiriyah would welcome Marines with open arms, or more recently that armed terrorist groups would attack an unofficial diplomatic compound. The list goes on and on for almost 80 years. I would take a break from these book money hungry spooks and check out Legacy of Ashes, Ghost Wars, and The Way of the Knife.
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The Man Who Never Was
by Ewen Montagu In the early hours of 30 April 1943, a corpse wearing the uniform of an officer in the Royal Marines was slipped into the waters off the south-west coast of Spain. With it was a briefcase, in which were papers detailing an imminent Allied invasion of Greece. As the British had anticipated, the supposedly neutral government of Fascist Spain turned the papers over to the Nazi High Command, who swallowed the story whole. It was perhaps the most decisive bluff of all time, for the Allies had no such plan: the purpose of 'Operation Mincemeat' was to blind the German High Command to their true objective an attack on Southern Europe through Sicily. Though officially shrouded in secrecy, the operation soon became legendary (in part owing to Churchill's habit of telling the story at dinner). Ewen Montagu was the operation's mastermind, and in his celebrated post-war memoir, The Man who Never Was, he reveals the incredible true story behind 'Operation Mincemeat'. |
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In any case, it seems that it’s getting harder and harder to get away with murder at the same time that more and more people need killing. - PlaneJane
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Originally Posted By RightHandTwist: The Man Who Never Was by Ewen Montagu In the early hours of 30 April 1943, a corpse wearing the uniform of an officer in the Royal Marines was slipped into the waters off the south-west coast of Spain. With it was a briefcase, in which were papers detailing an imminent Allied invasion of Greece. As the British had anticipated, the supposedly neutral government of Fascist Spain turned the papers over to the Nazi High Command, who swallowed the story whole. It was perhaps the most decisive bluff of all time, for the Allies had no such plan: the purpose of 'Operation Mincemeat' was to blind the German High Command to their true objective an attack on Southern Europe through Sicily. Though officially shrouded in secrecy, the operation soon became legendary (in part owing to Churchill's habit of telling the story at dinner). Ewen Montagu was the operation's mastermind, and in his celebrated post-war memoir, The Man who Never Was, he reveals the incredible true story behind 'Operation Mincemeat'. View Quote Operation Mincemeat was so convincing that the Nazis moved a couple of divisions away from the actual landing site to cover Greece, undoubtably saving many thousands of Allied lives. Ian Fleming, the author of the James Bond books, was involved in that operation. |
"The Creator may be seen in all the works of his hands, but none so clearly in the wise economy of the honey bee."
Ungracefully surrendering the things of youth... |
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