Soviet KGB Activities in India
The KGB’s 7th Directorate was focused on surveillance of Russian citizens abroad. India was a major priority for both the American CIA and Soviet KGB in the 1970s and 1980s.…
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Episode #13 – From Forest Fires to CIA Resuppliers with Lee Gossett
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bArxD-RHZk Lee Gossett is a legendary pilot with Air America who has served in nearly every hot spot around the globe over the second half of the 20th century. He…
An Encrypted Map to Buried Treasure
Former Air Force intelligence sergeant Brian P. Regan stole documents, video tapes, and compact discs from his position at the National Reconnaissance Office, with the intention to sell them to…
Face Off – A CIA Disguise in Action
CIA disguise artist Jonna Mendez removes an elaborate mask and wig, revealing her true identity to President George H. W. Bush in the Oval Office in the early 1990s. The moment…
Episode #12 – Life in FBI Counterintelligence with James Gaylord
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4Zbzcai1c8 Podcast Episode #12 - Life in FBI Counterintelligence with James Gaylord Uniformed officers and FBI agents arrested Tai Mak and his wife Fuk Li as they prepared to board…
Russian Stagecraft: The Ryan Fogle Debacle
In May 2013, the Central Intelligence Agency suffered one of its most embarrassing fiascoes in recent memory. Not embarrassing in the sense that illegal or immoral activities were brought…
Episode #11 – The Sacrifices of Adolf Tolkachev with David E. Hoffman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIhN2fCK0rk Podcast Episode #11 - The Sacrifices of Adolf Tolkachev: A Soviet CIA Asset with David E. Hoffman Adolf Tolkachev was an avionics engineer who had volunteered to spy for…
Episode #10 – An Ex-KGB Spy in America with Jack Barsky & Chelsea Dittrich
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDZla95yUsk An Ex-KGB Spy in America with Jack Barsky & Chelsea Dittrich Born in East Germany as Albrecht Dittrich, he was spotted and assessed for intelligence work while still in…
Episode #9 – The Butcher of Lyon: The Crimes of Klaus Barbie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CycnUItHZPwThe Butcher of Lyon: The Crimes of Klaus Barbie Infamous Nazi SS officer Klaus Barbie, known as the Butcher of Lyon, became a US Army intelligence asset after World War…
Poison Perfume: How the GRU Hunted Down a Defector in England
Introduction Glasnost and the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 did nothing to slow down the operations of the Chamber, Russia’s assassination laboratory. If anything, their operations expanded…