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18-8-2014

Spies of the First World War

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Among the most compelling stories Morton describes are the Belgian resistance networks gathering intelligence for the British army against the Germans during the Great War. ‘La Dame Blanche’, run by a British agent named Henry Landau, came up with a

Posted in: Historical Tags: Belgian Resistance, Belgium, Blanche, British army, Broom, Carl Hans Lody, Carl Lody, Cultural anthropology, Double agents, Edith Cavell, ESPIONAGE, espionage services, Folklore, French Resistance, Gestapo, Henry Landau, Indonesia, intelligence services, James Morton, Kenneth Rysbach, KGB, King, Landau, Leeuwarden, Magic, Mata Hari, Military Intelligence, Morton, National security, Netherlands, Office of Strategic Services, Paris, Person Travel, policeman, Politics, resistance networks, Sidney Reilly, Special Operations Executive, Spies, United Kingdom

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29-8-2012

REVIEW: The Master of Disguise. My Secret Life in the CIA

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By Antonio Mendez. New York City: William Morrow and Company, 1999. 351 pages. Reviewed by Jim Steinmeyer ____________________________________________________________________________________ Magicians love gimmicks. In fact, I think it is this admiration for contraptions—for tricky pieces of apparatus that do this when you

Posted in: Memoir Tags: amateur magician, Antonio Mendez, Central Intelligence Agency, Culture, Dai Vernon, Deception, early co-worker, Entertainment, great magician, Human behavior, Magic, magician, Mechanic, New York City, Secrecy, The Walt Disney Company, Tony Mendez, tradecraft tool, William Morrow

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G2 ON CYBERSECURITY
- China tells US to halt spy plane flights
  
  China has demanded that the United States stop spy plane flights near the Chinese coast, saying they have "severely harmed" trust between the two countries, state-run media reported Wednesday. The comments came after Taiwanese media reported two Chinese fighter jets attempted to scare off an American U2 reconnaissance plane Read More »
- Massive Global Cyberattack Targeting U.S., U.N. Discovered; Experts Blame China
  
  The world's most extensive case of cyber espionage, including attacks on U.S. government and U.N. computers, is set to be revealed Wednesday by online security firm McAfee, and analysts are speculating that China is behind the attacks. The spying were dubbed “Operation Shady RAT,” or “remote access tool” by Read More »
- China boosts internet surveillance
  
  Police have told cafes, hotels and other businesses in central Beijing to install surveillance technology for Wi-Fi users or face fines and possible closure, in a further tightening of internet controls. China has the world's largest and most sophisticated web censorship and monitoring system, which it has tightened still further Read More »

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