Juan Pujol Garcia was a Spanish spy acting as a double agent in the Second World War for Great Britain and Germany. Juan Pujol is a very important and pivotal figure from the Second World War as the misdirection he fed to Germany is seen by many as the reason why the war finished when … Read more
Jose Rodriguez is a man who started off in humble beginnings and through hard work, determination and an intelligent mind managed to forge a brilliant career in the CIA that took him all the way to the position of Director of the National Clandestine Service (D/NCS). Jose Rodriguez is also a man who can claim … Read more
Jonathan Pollard was an intelligence analyst, something that would not make a person famous, but his actions while working for the Naval Investigative Service (NIS) bought him national and international recognition in the wrong manner. Jonathan Pollard was arrested and convicted in the mid 1980’s after the United States found that Pollard had been spying … Read more
In 1917 the American Senate put forward a proposed Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution to ban the sale and manufacture of alcohol in the United States. This amendment was put forward because of the abuse of alcohol by a percentage of Americans during this post World War One period. This period of the Eighteenth Amendment … Read more
John the Painter is not someone you would have liked to have met in a dark alleyway or even in the light of day if the truth be told. John the Painter was a career criminal, a criminal that caused the British many problems in the final years of his life, problems that were eventually … Read more
John Stockwell is a very interesting subject when it comes to previous CIA operatives; there are two reasons why he is such an interesting person to write about. The first is that he served in the CIA for 13 years and completed seven tours of duty in this time period, the second and more interesting … Read more
James Jesus Angleton is someone who served his country well in the intelligence world although many would not know of him. James Jesus Angleton was a career intelligence officer who spent his life working in the Central Intelligence Agency and working hard on counter intelligence. After World War II there was a great need for … Read more
John Andre was a British Army Officer who fought and died in the American Revolutionary War. What is interesting about the story of John Andre is that he didn’t die in battle; he was actually hanged as a spy by the Americans when he tried to gain their surrender at West Point, New York. At … Read more
James Armistead is famous throughout the history of America as he was the very first African American double spy and carried out his espionage activity during the period of slavery in America. James Armistead was a slave himself, yet during his slavery became a pivotal and important member of American intelligence during the time of … Read more
The Israel Lebanon War is not simply one war between these two neighbouring nations, it is in fact a term used for a series of three main conflicts that Lebanon and Israel have had with one another in recent times. The first of the three Israel Lebanon War’s occurred in 1978 with the second in … Read more