To be fair, the Communists of East Germany did have a few successes. Like the Berlin Wall.  That worked effectively.  At least for a while. . . Among automobiles, you might be

“Nazis?  Who said we were Nazis?  We’re Communists!” . What was the Cold War? It might sound like a competition between rival refrigerator manufacturers.  Well, it was. In fact, it was fought

The acronym MASINT refers to “Measurement and Signature Intelligence.” Whenever you read a thermometer, you are learning some MASINT. The degree of temperature is the “measurement.” The coldness or heat causing that

This post is about espionage during the American Revolution.   It is also about the bad guys, for one particular spy against the American Patriots provided his Royal employers with hundreds of

Imagine you are the Empress of Russia. Living in the eighteenth century, when being the Empress meant something.  Not a bad job, huh? One day, a delightful French teenage girl comes to visit

Have you ever heard of HUMINT? HUMINT is the acronym for Human Intelligence. Yes, this term is a contradiction in terms. But because bureaucrats ignore that obvious absurdity, we shall as well.

Once upon a time there was a guy named John Honeyman. Yes, it is a cute name and, no, I didn’t make it up. You can’t make this stuff up. Well, you