Nikolai Khokhlov was a Soviet war hero and agent selected for a dangerous mission: kill a Russian dissident in Frankfurt, West Germany. Khokhlov went to Frankfurt as ordered, but his actions there shocked his superiors in Moscow, and opened a new chapter in the Cold War.
The question I am asked most frequently is what books I recommend for further reading on the topics I write about. There are a trove of fascinating true tales of espionage out there, and I want to share with you seven more books that are sure to hold your interest and take you down new paths.
A James Bond film wouldn’t be complete without a flashy sports car loaded with hidden weapons and gadgets. Although the real world of spycraft features very few high-speed car chases, there’s no question that espionage occasionally requires unique forms of transportation.
Female spies, saboteurs, and double agents have left their mark on history for centuries. Often overlooked or underestimated, they have proven every bit the equal of their male counterparts time and time again. Here are nine of the most famous women from the world of spycraft.
On September 7th, 1978, Georgi Markov was walking along a crowded sidewalk on the Waterloo Bridge over the River Thames. Suddenly feeling a sharp pain in his right thigh, he turned to see a man picking up an umbrella off the sidewalk. A taxi pulled up beside the stranger, who entered it and immediately departed the area.
Every aspect of your life is tracked, logged, measured, analyzed, and acted upon. An easy way to circumvent a wide variety of active and passive tracking is to disengage from your primary phone and start using a secondary or temporary phone purchased for cash. These are often known as burner phones.