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Mission Impossible in 1970s Moscow
Mission Impossible in 1970s Moscow
High-tech face masks, low-tech tradecraft, and a husband and wife spy team pitted against KGB counterintelligence in the heart of the…
Shaunak Agarkhedkar
Oct 18, 2020
The Billion Dollar Spy
The Billion Dollar Spy
“The man who ruined the Soviet warplane industry in less than a decade”
Shaunak Agarkhedkar
Sep 4, 2020
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Iranian scientists & assassinations
Iranian scientists & assassinations
Mossad has allegedly assassinated at least 6 scientists, including Mohsen Fakirzadeh, and one Brigadier General involved with Iran’s…
Shaunak Agarkhedkar
Nov 30, 2020
Operation Salt Fish — Part One
Operation Salt Fish — Part One
Or how Ariel Sharon, Raful Eitan and Meir Dagan almost bombed Yasser Arafat to bits in Beirut.
Shaunak Agarkhedkar
Nov 16, 2020
The headless Frogman
The headless Frogman
A Soviet cruiser, a mole in MI6, an early morning dive into freezing water at Portsmouth Naval Base, a clumsy cover-up, and the headless…
Shaunak Agarkhedkar
Oct 8, 2020
Codename: GARBO
Codename: GARBO
Nazi Germany paid Juan Pujol García the equivalent of £1 million and awarded him the Iron Cross for spying on Britain.
Shaunak Agarkhedkar
Oct 1, 2020
Rabinder Singh, double agent
Rabinder Singh, double agent
A mediocre R&AW officer and an American diplomat in Damascus, a USAID employee in Delhi, and a CIA officer in Kathmandu.
Shaunak Agarkhedkar
Sep 21, 2020
People’s Republic of Big Data, circa 1952
People’s Republic of Big Data, circa 1952
The US recruited a Chinese interpreter during the Korean War. 30 years later the CIA gave him the ‘Career Intelligence Medal’. 5 years…
Shaunak Agarkhedkar
Sep 16, 2020
How the cold war began
How the cold war began
You’re a spy called back to Moscow. The bosses don’t trust you anymore. They might even purge you. What do you do? If you’re Igor Gouzenko
Shaunak Agarkhedkar
Sep 9, 2020
Blackbird, Foxbat, and Foxhound
Blackbird, Foxbat, and Foxhound
How do you intercept an aircraft that flies at 3,540 km/h and 80,000 feet above sea level? With a lot of help from a lot of friends.
Shaunak Agarkhedkar
Sep 7, 2020
Humanitarian Spies — Part Three
Humanitarian Spies — Part Three
“What are you doing, you fool? Are you out of your mind, shooting at tourists?”
Shaunak Agarkhedkar
Sep 4, 2020
Humanitarian Spies — Part Two
Humanitarian Spies — Part Two
How easy would it be to find refugees in camps, quietly load them into vehicles, drive more than 800km through hostile checkpoints & exfil?
Shaunak Agarkhedkar
Sep 4, 2020
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