People who live to be 100 years old are few and far between, and even fewer of them are OSS (Office of Strategic Services) and CIA veterans who have made substantial contributions to our country’s security. The CIA honored one …
Former CIA operative and Green Beret Michael G. Vickers, who ascended the ranks to become the top intelligence official at the Pentagon, has plans to retire from his post by the end of April, according to officials at the Defense …
Before many Americans ever heard of Al-Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden, there was Imad Mugniyah. Mugniyah was the mastermind behind Hezbollah and attacks that claimed many American lives in Lebanon. He was responsible for bombing the American Embassy in Beirut, …
The best thing about being a spy is that even when a person is the focus of headlines, he can still remain anonymous. Recently, the CIA announced the appointment of its new Director of the National Clandestine Service (NCS). Officials …
Although most think of Bin Laden when mastermind terrorist comes to mind, Imad Mugniyah has long been the face of Hezbollah terrorism. Often referred to as the “father of smoke” by the U.S. government because he was able to disappear …
The CIA is renowned for operating covertly as a collective agency and training its agents to do so as well when carrying out assigned missions. One of the ways the agency says that it does that is by telling agents …
For more than half a century the Central Intelligence Agency has led the United States government’s attempts to overthrow Fidel Castro, the long-time president of Cuba. There have been several attempts to “take him out” during that time, all of …
Secrecy and mystery surrounds pretty much everything in and around the Central Intelligence Agency. The strange sculpture on the ground of its headquarters in Langley, Virginia contains a cryptographic puzzle that has never been completely solved, even by the agency’s …
Movies and television programs often depict CIA agents as having almost superhuman qualities. They are portrayed as being part of a very covert and secretive organization that employs only the best and brightest minds for handling sensitive intelligence operations. While …
A story from the 1960’s about the search for missing nuclear weapons has recently been confirmed by the CIA. Back in 1968, a Russian submarine left Russia and sailed into the Pacific Ocean on a peaceful patrol mission. On board …