by Aseem Gupta | Jan 8, 2017 | Biography, Lives & Historical Figures
Reading Time: 19 MinutesFor more than a decade, an American Army sergeant working in West Germany secretly supplied Eastern Bloc intelligence services with some of NATO’s most sensitive military information. The documents included plans for defending Western...
by Aseem Gupta | Dec 1, 2016 | Biography, Lives & Historical Figures
Reading Time: 17 MinutesIn November 2001, as American intelligence officers and Special Forces soldiers entered Afghanistan to fight the Taliban and hunt Osama bin Laden, one member of the CIA’s expedition was old enough to be the grandfather of many of the men...
by Aseem Gupta | Nov 16, 2016 | Biography, Lives & Historical Figures
Reading Time: 21 MinutesIn the early 1960s, British intelligence faced a crisis that threatened its relationship with its most important ally. The exposure of Soviet spies inside Britain’s security establishment had left American intelligence officials...
by Aseem Gupta | Oct 26, 2016 | Biography, Lives & Historical Figures
Reading Time: 19 MinutesIn 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...
by Aseem Gupta | Oct 5, 2016 | Biography, Lives & Historical Figures
Reading Time: 22 MinutesIn the mountains of China, an Indian Buddhist monk is said to have spent nine years meditating in a cave, staring at a wall until his determination became legendary. His name was Bodhidharma, and according to popular tradition, he brought a...
by Aseem Gupta | Sep 19, 2016 | Biography, Lives & Historical Figures
Reading Time: 25 MinutesOn June 14, 2000, George Trofimoff arrived at a Hilton hotel near Tampa International Airport, expecting to receive money from Russian intelligence. The 73-year-old retired U.S. Army Reserve colonel was facing serious financial difficulties,...
