If I were a praying girl, I would be screaming “Amen and Hallelujah” from the rooftops today over the confirmation of Letitia Long as the new Director of the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. But since I am not, let’s just discuss Long instead. But if I may, can I comment on the fact that there [...]
Velvalee Dickinson
Velvalee Dickinson (1893-1980) sounds like a name more befitting a Wisconsin cheese heiress than a WWII spy, but a spy she was and her undercover monicker of “The Doll Woman” is highly appropriate for this broad’s shenanigans. Velvalee was born in Sacremento, California and educated at Stanford University. In the mid 1920′s, Velvalee went to [...]
Lt. Gen. Claudia Kennedy
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, [...]
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, [...]
Pearl Witherington Cornioley
You gotta hand it to the British Broads of WWII. This Agent is losing track of exactly how many stories there are of the dames being deposited behind enemy lines via parachute where they raised all sorts of covert-hell. Pearl Witherington Cornioley (1914-2008) is yet another one of these stories. Pearl, although a British subject, [...]
Gertrude Bell
Gertrude Bell (1868-1926 ) was one rip-roaring, bad-ass skirt. An academic, travel writer, explorer, cultural anthropologist, diplomat and spy, this broad can reasonably claim to be the founder of modern day Iraq. Bell, daughter of a famous industrialist and clearly born into a life of British privilege, first gains props for being the first woman [...]
Col. Karen Cleary
The first thing you should know about Colonel Karen Cleary of the US Air Force is that she has a bigger brain than you. I’m not saying this facetiously, seriously, check out this pedigree: 1987 Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Cornell University NY 1992 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base AL 1995 Master [...]
