Collaborate Disseminate
via the inimitable War Is Boring, comes news of an alleged effort (to the tune of a million simoleans) to co-opt an at-risk Chinese-Australian citizen to assist the People’s Repbublic of China in their illicit efforts to infiltrate and spy on the Aust… Continue reading PRC Tradecraft: The Spy Down Under
Former FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, a Civil War history buff, tells us about how the fine art of spying on your political and military enemies’ communications got started. Continue reading Wiretapping Is as American as Apple Pie
I don’t know if it is true or not today, but in fiction, spies depend on lots of high-tech gadgets. I do know that during World War II, the various secret services like the OSS and the SOE did have gadgets like secret transmitters and concealed weapons. But, like [James Bond’s] grenade-launching ink pen, to [Maxwell Smart’s] shoe phone, those gadgets came from some organized lab. (When you watch the video below, remember that at that time, a personal phone going off in a theater was unknown as cell phones were years in the future.)
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