Retired US Army Lt. Gen. Claudia Kennedy (1947-) probably accomplishes more by 6am than most people do all day. Born in Germany and raised an Army brat, Kennedy graduated college in the US with a degree philosophy, and then went on to be commissioned in the US Army in 1969. She served in Germany, Korea, [...]
Vera Atkins
Leave no man behind. You’ve heard it, I’ve heard, it’s in just about a every war movie of the 20th century. But what we’re talking about here is slightly different. In Intel, especially covert ops, sometimes someone does get left behind, it’s the very nature of the game, but what’s more important is that those [...]
Kim Soo-Im
You say “potato”, I say “po-tah-toe”, you say “Mata Hari”, I say “get your facts straight”…damn this is getting tiresome… So history is playing yet another round of “Blame Dame” with the acts of a cowardly US Colonel towards a dame being mislabeled as “Sexpionage”. Sigh. Here we go: Kim Soo-Im (1911-1950) was a highly [...]
Aafia Siddiqui
If you’ve been keeping up on the latest news reports, no doubt you have heard that alleged terrorist and FBI’s Most Wanted Female, Aafia Siddiqui, was reportedly nabbed last month in Afghanistan. Of course, if you’ve been listening to other reports, you have also heard that Siddiqui is a dame-blamed, has been a ghost prisoner [...]
Kelly Therese Warren
Kelly Warren (1966-), part of the Clyde Lee Conrad US Army spy-ring, was convicted of consipiracy to commit espionage and sentenced to 25 years in prison in 1999. Clyde Lee Conrad was a sergeant in the Army serving in Germany during the final days of the Cold War. He, along with 3 other Army personnel, [...]
Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992): not a spy. Famous movie actress, known for portraying spies on screen, Dietrich has had the girl-spy myth floating around her head forever now, so let’s be absolutely clear on this: a USO Dolly does not a spy-girl make. Not that she didn’t offer her services, but then that’s a whole other [...]
Kate Burroughs
Laura Linney portrays the character Kate Burroughs, an FBI agent hunting the mole, Robert Hanssen, in the 2007 film “Breach”. Robert Hanssen, less you forgot, is considered the most treacherous spy in the history of the US. He was arrested in 2001 after 16 illustrious years of espionage for the former Soviet Union. Now whether [...]
Josephine Baker
Mention the name Josephine Baker (1906-1975) and most people have no problem conjuring the image of a sex-bomb, bob-bon, veiled in bananas while working her Mojo on the audiences of France during the Vaudeville Era. However, as you might have guessed, since she is being mentioned in this blog, the broad was also a spy. [...]
