by Aseem Gupta | Apr 23, 2016 | Biography, Lives & Historical Figures
In October 1941, a German military aircraft flew over British-controlled Palestine and dropped a parachutist near the port city of Haifa. The man carried instructions to gather intelligence about British military installations and report his findings to Nazi Germany....
by Aseem Gupta | Apr 21, 2016 | Geopolitics, States & Global Power
On a cold February morning in 1962, two men approached each other from opposite ends of the Glienicke Bridge, a crossing between West Berlin and East German territory. One was Francis Gary Powers, an American pilot whose CIA reconnaissance aircraft had been shot down...
by Aseem Gupta | Apr 19, 2016 | Biography, Lives & Historical Figures
In October 1943, one of Britain’s most serious wartime security breaches began inside the residence of its ambassador to Turkey. The man responsible was not a trained British diplomat, a military officer, or a senior intelligence operative. He was a valet named...
by Aseem Gupta | Apr 17, 2016 | Geopolitics, States & Global Power
The Central Intelligence Agency has a reputation for secrecy, deception, and operations that unfold far beyond the public’s view. Popular entertainment has helped create an image of CIA training in which recruits master weapons, survive brutal physical...
by Aseem Gupta | Apr 15, 2016 | Biography, Lives & Historical Figures
Inside the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Virginia, stands a bronze statue of William J. Donovan. It honors a man widely regarded as the father of modern American intelligence, whose ideas helped transform the way the United States...
