Delving into the clandestine corners of history reveals a tapestry of intriguing and sometimes unsettling strategies employed by one of the most enigmatic organizations in the world: the CIA. From psychological operations to covert experiments, the breadth of their undertakings often reads more like the plot of a spy novel than the annals of a … Continue reading Veiled Histories: 5 Astonishing Facts About the CIA’s Covert Operations
The night before Iraq invaded…
The night before Iraq invaded Kuwait there was a soar in pizza orders made by the CIA.
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A KGB agent and a CIA agent became…
A KGB agent and a CIA agent became friends while trying to recruit each other; they knew the other was a spy and just didn’t talk about it.
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The CIA paid magician John Mulholland…
The CIA paid magician John Mulholland $3,000 to write a spy manual of trickery and deception as part of the top-secret MKUltra project, a CIA program that investigated mind control. Mulholland’s 1953 guide was supposed to be destroyed in the 1970s but an archived copy reappeared decades later.
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A CIA intelligence officer working…
A CIA intelligence officer working undercover in Uganda became a minor celebrity as the lead singer of a popular local band known as the “Kampala Jazz All-Stars”.
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William Stephenson, a Canadian…
William Stephenson, a Canadian, was the real-life inspiration for fictional character James Bond. Stephenson played a key role in the creation of the CIA.
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In 1981 a CIA agent escaped Iran…
In 1981 a CIA agent escaped Iran using a fake German passport. He was detained because it used the middle initial “H”, and German passports didn’t use initials. The quick-thinking agent was released after claiming that it stood for “Hitler” and he had special permission to use an initial.
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The F.B.I. and C.I.A. recruit heavily…
The F.B.I. and C.I.A. recruit heavily from the Mormon population because they are usually cheaper to do a security clearance on, they often speak another language from their mission trips and they usually have a low risk lifestyle.
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Many female workers at Ravensbrück concentration…
Many female workers at Ravensbrück concentration were forced to produce army uniforms for the Nazis. They deliberately sabotaged them. An example of this is that they made the heels of socks too narrow or defective. This gave soldiers painful blisters on their feet. The OSS (WW2 version of CIA basically) actually produced pamphlets encouraging simple […]
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For decades the CIA owned…
For decades the CIA owned and ran Crypto, a Swiss company that supplied cryptography equipment to many countries; naturally, the machines were rigged to give US spooks access to everyone’s communications.