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Spooky coincidence?
Russian FSB arrests a man who pretends to be a secret agent: Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) detained a certain Vladimir Barinov, who probably having watched enough television serials presented himself as an agent of non-existent, “deeply se...
History of MI5
The Authorised History of MI5, by Christopher Andrew: This massive compilation from MI5’s files holds much for those curious to know how the nation’s counter-spy ’spooks’ really operate. Yes, they do tap telephones, intercept ...
How to protect yourself from government snooping
Do you have a telephone, mobile phone, a computer, cable or satellite TV? This is for you: The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has created this Surveillance Self-Defense site to educate the American public about the law and technology of govern...
Hitler and espionage
Columnist Lev Navrozov suggests that Hitler lost Moscow because he did not believe in espionage: I was told by other Muskovites that at a conference with his subordinates in the Kremlin, Stalin said that there were no troops in Moscow and that the So...
Could you use more cash this black friday?
—The 2010 Pentagon budget means “every man, woman and child in the United States will spend more than $2,700 on [defense] programs and agencies next year,” reports the Cato Institute. “By way of comparison, the average Japanese spends less th...
USA the spitting image of communism
Not many people remember, or want to remember those days behind the Iron Curtain when lining up was a part of everyday routine. Everyday one lined up somewhere, elbowed, pushed and shoved, tramped over people to get inside a store, or an office, or a...
