Vince Houghton talked about attempts by the U.S. government to overthrow or assassinate Cuban leader Fidel Castro. He spoke about the Bay of Pigs invasion as well as lesser-known plans invol…
1,250 viewsH. Keith Melton and Robert Wallace talked about their book their book, Spy Sites of Washington, D.C.: A Guide to the Capital Region’s Secret History, in which they discuss some of the most n…
1,264 viewsAntonio Mendez spoke about the Iranian hostage crisis and a secret operation to save Americans in Iran during the turmoil in which he took a role as a Hollywood producer scouting out locatio…
1,671 viewsDavid Priess talked about his book, The President’s Book of Secrets: The Untold Story of Intelligence Briefings to America’s Presidents from Kennedy to Obama, about the President’s Daily Bri…
1,604 viewsJonna Mendez talked about how Czech husband and wife KGB spies Karl and Hana Koecher used sex to infiltrate the CIA and gather top-secret information. Ms. Mendez said that one popular Washin…
6,669 viewsFormer FBI Agent Mike Rochford, author David Wise, and psychiatrist David Charney talked about the career of Robert Hanssen, an FBI agent who spied for the Soviet Union and subsequently Russ…
5,835 viewsBryan Denson talked about his book, The Spy’s Son: The True Story of the Highest-Ranking CIA Officer Ever Convicted of Espionage and the Son He Trained to Spy for Russia, about Jim Nicholson…
1,543 viewsNatalie Zanin talked about Amy Thorpe Pack, the American-born wife of an English diplomat who became a spy for British intelligence. Ms. Zanin said that Ms. Pack, codenamed “Cynthia,” utiliz…
2,502 viewsVince Houghton talked about Soviet spies who infiltrated U.S. atomic bomb research and how this may have led to the development of the Soviet atomic bomb. The International Spy Museum and…
2,359 viewsMorten Storm talked about his book, Agent Storm: My Life Inside Al Qaeda and the CIA, in which he discusses his experiences as a member of al Qaeda and his later life as a double agent emplo…
1,025 viewsRonald Olive talked about his book, Capturing Jonathan Pollard: How One of the Most Notorious Spies in American History Was Brought to Justice, published by Naval Institute Press. Mr. Olive …
1,014 viewsA debate was held on conspiracy theories, specifically the truth behind the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The participants were Jonathan Kay, author of Among the Truthers: A Journey…
20,098 viewsMilitary and intelligence historian Nicholas Reynolds talked about the services of World War I veteran and author Ernest Hemingway and other family members as spies for the United States dur…
1,579 viewsMark Stout talked about the latest on the investigation of the June 2010 FBI arrest in the U.S. of Russian spies. In June 2010, FBI agents arrested 10 people of Russian descent on charges th…
892 viewsRick Bowers talked about his book Spies of Mississippi: The True Story of the Spy Network that Tried to Destroy the Civil Rights Movement. The book is about the extensive domestic intelligen…
1,686 viewsA panel discussion was held on the use of espionage during the Civil War by both the North and the South. The panelists also responded to questions from members of the audience. Professor La…
1,380 viewsMatthew Aid talked about the history and purpose of the National Security Agency, which, since September 11, 2001, has regularly provided the president with a majority of the information he …
836 viewsJohn Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr talked about the book they wrote with Alexander Vassiliev, Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America (Yale University Press; May 26, 2009). Alexander V…
2,357 viewsPanelists talked about how to deal with Iran. After all of the panelists made initial statements they responded to questions from members of the audience. The panelists were Reza Kahlili (A…
997 viewsDino Brugioni talked about President Eisenhower’s secret Cold War efforts to develop intelligence gathering spy planes and satellites. He is a retired senior analyst with the CIA and has bri…
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