Hogan’s Heroes Lovers of TV Land likely recall the hit TV comedy of the 1960s, Hogan’s Heroes. The premise was a team of spies get themselves shot ...

This leap-year edition of the Yankee Doodle Spies highlights the bold and brave housewife who played a hand in saving her home, her state, and her ...

I have a tradition of producing a blog post on the "back story" of most books I write. With the release of The Lafayette Circle, it is time to do i...

  This final post of 2023 will profile another of the historical characters in my novel, The Lafayette Circle. Although John Quincy Adams plays a r...

 Travels through History Earlier this month, I traveled to Kennebunkport, Maine, where I gave a presentation on intelligence activities during the ...

  It is a sad commentary that most Americans are more familiar with Marilyn  Monroe than the first patriot with the same last name. And who knows? ...

 Noble Patriot The American War for Independence gained the attention of all the European powers, and even the nobility and royalty were, at least ...

Frontier Savagery The sound of frenzied whooping mixed with shrill screams filled the ears of the three frightened boys huddled together for safety...

The Clandestine Challenge The challenge with any study of espionage is the shortage of unclassified resources — it is the nature of clandestine wor...

  The past few posts involved discussions of spycraft – general methodologies of intelligence activity. Though roughly synonymous with tradecraft, ...

  " There is nothing more necessary than good Intelligence to frustrate a designing Enemy, and nothing requires greater pains to obtain ." George W...