In May 1958, the CIA’s Far East Division hatched a plan: recruit an attractive white woman to extract information from the president of Indonesia by engaging in an “intimate relationship” with him.

People often describe espionage as a silent contest of minds, but real spy stories strip away glamour and reveal a world ...

During the Cold War, the US government secretly explored using individuals with claimed psychic abilities, known as remote viewers, as spies to gain an edge over the Soviet Union. Project Star Gate, ...

Cold War political-economic disciplinary formations -- Political economy and history of American Cold War intelligence -- World War II long shadow -- Rebooting professional anthropology in the postwar ...

Washington: CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames, who betrayed Western intelligence assets to the Soviet Union and Russia in one of the ...

Charlie English begins "The CIA Book Club" by describing a 1970s technical manual: a dull cover, as uninviting as anything. A book that practically begs you to put it back on the shelf and move on.

The CIA knew Aldrich Ames was drinking excessively, was prone to extra-marital affairs, lived a lifestyle that was far above his pay as an intelligence officer, and even failed a lie detector test ...

William C. Burk’s The Memoir of a Cold War Communicator Recounts a 31-Year Career in U.S. Military and Intelligence Communications LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES ...

If you like your Cold War history shaken, not stirred, check out the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History’s 2026 Spyglass Festival. The three-day event, which begins Thursday, Jan. 15, will ...