The Dirty Tricks Department: A Review
BOOK REVIEW: The Dirty Tricks Department: Stanley Lovell, the OSS and the Masterminds of World War II Secret Warfare by John Lisle / St. Martin’s […] More
Posts Tagged ‘Espionage’
The Government has an Espionage Problem. Open Source should be part of the Solution.
OPINION — The unauthorized release of classified information and the subsequent arrest of Jack Teixeira has raised important questions. Why does the Air National Guard […] More
Russia’s State-Sponsored Hostage Taking Reaps Rewards for the Kremlin
OPINION – Russia’s arrest of Wall Street Journal journalist and US citizen, Evan Gershkovich, on espionage charges is the latest example of the Russian Federal […] More
The New Breathtaking ‘Red London’
BOOK REVIEW: Red London by Alma Katsu / G.P. Putnam’s Sons Reviewed by Anne and Jay Gruner The Reviewers — Anne and Jay Gruner were career CIA […] More
Letters from a Private Spy Reveal a Complicated Life
BOOK REVIEW: A Private Spy: The Letters of John le Carre Edited by Tim Cornwell / Viking Reviewed by Nick Fishwick The Reviewer – Former […] More
The Story of America’s Most Dangerous Female Spy
BOOK REVIEW: Code Name Blue Wren: The True Story of America’s Most Dangerous Female Spy – and the Sister She Betrayed By Jim Popkin / […] More
Book Review: The Negotiator’s Cross
BOOK REVIEW: THE NEGOTIATOR’S CROSS: A Novel by Kenneth Dekleva / Independently Published Reviewed by Cipher Brief Expert Joseph Augustyn The Reviewer – Joseph Augustyn […] More
Caught in the World of WWII Espionage
BOOK REVIEW: The Double Agent: A Novel by William Christie / Minotaur Books Reviewed by Edward Subut The Reviewer — “Edward Subut” is the nom […] More
A Better Understanding of Chinese Covert Operations
BOOK REVIEW: Spies and Lies: How China’s Greatest Covert Operations Fooled the World By Alex Joske / Hardie Grant Books Reviewed by Dr. Michael J. Jensen […] More
Reviewing The Secret History of the Five Eyes
BOOK REVIEW: The Secret History of the Five Eyes: The Untold Story of the International Spy Network By Richard Kerbaj / Kings Road Publishing Reviewed […] More
A Tale of Biological Terror and Espionage
BOOK REVIEW: IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE: A Novel of Biological Terror and Espionage By James Lawler / BookBaby Reviewed by Anne Gruner, CIA […] More
America’s Most Infamous Spy in Plain Sight
BOOK REVIEW: A Spy in Plain Sight: The Inside Story of the FBI and Robert Hanssen – America’s Most Damaging Russian Spy By Lis Wiehl […] More
The Unraveling of Russian Spies
OPINION — Last Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated the illegal intelligence department [Division S] of his Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) on its 100th anniversary in […] More
Obsession and Betrayal: A Review of ‘The Spy Who Knew Too Much’
BOOK REVIEW: The Spy Who Knew Too Much By Howard Blum / Harper Reviewed by Cipher Brief Expert John Sipher The Reviewer — John Sipher retired […] More
The Spies Sent Back to the Cold
EXPERT ANALYSIS — Since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine began, Europe has embarked on a purge of Russian spies that has been described as “the largest mass […] More
Soviet Espionage Under the Cover of Diplomacy
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — Immediately after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last month, the US government expelled 13 Russian diplomats working at the United Nations. It did […] More
The Value of a Well-Placed Spy in Moscow
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — I hope CIA has an agent like Dmitry Polyakov operating in Moscow right now. A Major General in Soviet Military Intelligence (the […] More
Havana and the Global Hunt for U.S. Officers
EXPERT OPINION — More than 200 U.S. officers have been hunted around the globe and targeted by an adversary using a mysterious weapon that causes […] More
The Challenges of Fourth Generation Espionage
Val LeTellier is a veteran intelligence officer. Before his career as a CIA case officer, he served as a State Department Diplomatic Security Special Agent. […] More
A Female Spy Thriller that gets it Right
BOOK REVIEW: Red Widow: A Novel / Putnam By: Alma Katsu Reviewed by Alison Bouwmeester THE REVIEWER —Alison P. Bouwmeester served for 28 years as a […] More
What the Wirecard Scandal Tells us about Russian Intel Operations
Sonya Seunghye Lim is a former Chief of Station with the Central Intelligence Agency. Before retiring from the CIA’s Senior Intelligence Service, she had a […] More
The Spymaster of Baghdad
BOOK REVIEW: The Spymaster of Baghdad: A True Story of Bravery, Family, and Patriotism in the Battle Against ISIS by Margaret Coker / Dey Street Books […] More
Inside the Bureau of Intelligence and Research
The U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research, better known as INR, is charged with providing intelligence products in support of U.S. diplomatic efforts around […] More
The Russians Have Issued a Wake Up Call
Weeks after a massive cyber breach of U.S. government agencies and private sector companies was publicly announced, there is still not a clear response from […] More