spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 04/02/2025www.amazon.com/Honey-Trappe...amazon.comHoney Trapped: Sex, Betrayal and Weaponized LoveHoney Trapped: Sex, Betrayal and Weaponized Love [Schlesinger, Henry R.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Honey Trapped: Sex, Betrayal and Weaponized Love 010
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 04/02/2025OTD Feb 4 1777#GeorgeWashington penned historic letter to Nathaniel Sackett creating first spy network. Offers to pay $50 per month plus $500. 010
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 04/02/2025OTD Feb 4 1940 (disputed) #William_Sebold returns to US from Germany under name William Sawyer. Hero in bringing down #Duquesne_Spy_Ring. 010
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 04/02/2025OTD Feb 4, 1938 – Hitler assumes command of all armed forces in Germany. In retrospect, a bad idea. 010
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 04/02/2025OTD Feb 4, 1902 #Charles_Lindbergh born. Famed flyer crashes reputation with #America_First Nazi-funded nonsense. 010
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 04/02/2025OTD Feb 4, 1991 #FBI agent #Richard_Miller sentenced to 20 years for selling secrets to Russians. 000
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 04/02/2025OTD Feb 4, 1940 #Nikolai_Yezhov, former head of #NKVD dies. Victim of brutal office politics and executioner's bullet 010
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 04/02/2025OTD Feb 4, 1906 #Dietrich_Bonhoeffer born. Pastor and theologian who showed remarkable heroism as dissident in Nazi Germany. 020
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 28/01/2025www.amazon.com/Honey-Trappe...amazon.comHoney Trapped: Sex, Betrayal and Weaponized LoveHoney Trapped: Sex, Betrayal and Weaponized Love [Henry R. Schlesinger] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Honey Trapped: Sex, Betrayal and Weaponized Love 000
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 28/01/2025OTD Jan 28 1912 Jackson Pollock born. The abstract expressionist artist’s paintings were widely exhibited in exhibitions funded by the CIA. 020
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 28/01/2025OTD Jan 28, 1981 William Casey appointed DCI. "You know the best thing about Washington? It’s only an hour to New York.” -- #William_Casey 000
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 28/01/2025OTD Jan 28, 1980 six U.S. diplomats who avoided being taken hostage at their embassy in Tehran escaped out of Iran using false Canadian passports, thanks to the Canadian government. #Argo #Canadian_Caper 010
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 28/01/2025OTD Jan 28, 1988 #Atomic_Spy #Klaus_Fuchs died. 010
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 28/01/2025OTD Jan 28,1819 Brit officer #Thomas_Raffles begins operations to relieve Singapore from Dutch. Celebrates success with fancy-pants cocktail 000
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 28/01/2025OTD Jan 28, 2004 #Lloyd_Bucher died. Best known as the captain of the #USS_Pueblo (AGER-2) captured by North Korea. 000
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 28/01/2025OTD Jan 28,1909 Legendary Brit #frogman #Lionel_Crabb born. Vanished in 1956 on recon mission of Soviet ship Ordzhonikidze docked at Portsmouth 000
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 25/01/2025www.amazon.com/Honey-Trappe...amazon.comHoney Trapped: Sex, Betrayal and Weaponized LoveHoney Trapped: Sex, Betrayal and Weaponized Love [Henry R. Schlesinger] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Honey Trapped: Sex, Betrayal and Weaponized Love 000
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 25/01/2025OTD jan 25, 1950 #Alger_Hiss sentenced to 5 yrs in prison on perjury charges. Yes, he was a #Soviet_spy. I will not discuss or debate. 000
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 25/01/2025OTD Jan 25, 1949 trial of #Mildred_Gillars aka #Axis_Sally begins. Failed #model_actress, and really vicious #Nazi_propagandist. 000
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 25/01/2025OTD Jan 25, 1861 President Lincoln selects #African_American #Ferdinand_Schavers as bodyguard. 000
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 25/01/2025OTD Jan 25, 1957 #Soviet_spies Jack and Myra Soble arrested by #FBI. Ran MOCASE spy ring. 000
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 25/01/2025OTD Jan 25,1874 #Somerset_Maugham born. Spied for Brits during #WWI & wrote stuff, including spy classic #Ashenden, which you should read 000
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 24/01/2025OTD Jan 24, 2003 United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation. 000
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 24/01/2025OTD Jan 24, 1924 Howard Hughes inherits controlling shares in Hughes Tool Company. Worked on multiple intelligence projects, including operation #XF_11 #spy_plane that crashed into #Beverly_Hills. And Glomar Explorer, which helped raise portions of Soviet sub. 000
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 24/01/2025#OTD 24 January 1918: Arthur Scherbius received a patent for a cipher machine, now known as the ENIGMA. 000
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 24/01/2025OTD Jan 24, 1964 #Military_Assistance_Command_Vietnam – #Studies_and_Observations_Group launched. 000
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 24/01/2025OTD Jan 24, 1946 Pres #Truman hosts informal lunch to mark creation of #CIG, predecessor to #CIA. Distributes toy cloaks and daggers. 000
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 24/01/2025OTD Jan 24, 1985 (approx) 1st of still classified MAGNUM #spy_satellites supposedly launched by #CIA and #NRO. 010
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 24/01/2025OTD Jan 24, 1950 #Atomic_Spy #Klaus_Fuchs confesses espionage to #MI5's master interrogator #Jim_Skardon. 000
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 24/01/2025OTD Jan 24, 1978 Pres #Jimmy_Carter signs Executive Order 12036 intended to reform intel community. More oversight, no assassinations. 000
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 24/01/2025OTD Jan 24, 1965 #Winston_Churchill, son of American mother from Brooklyn, NY, dies. 000
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 23/01/2025www.amazon.com/Honey-Trappe...amazon.comHoney Trapped: Sex, Betrayal and Weaponized LoveHoney Trapped: Sex, Betrayal and Weaponized Love [Henry R. Schlesinger] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Honey Trapped: Sex, Betrayal and Weaponized Love 000
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 23/01/2025OTD Jan 23, 1930 less than charming Brit eccentric #Oswald_Mosley sends detailed memo to PM filled with economic thought. Not well received. 000
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Fun Fact: Brit spy #William_Stephenson escaped from #WWI German POW camp, liberating can opener whose design he admired. Later sold his own version 000
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 23/01/2025OTD Jan 23, 1897 Sir William Samuel Stephenson born. Best know (incorrectly under name Intrepid) he headed the BSC. Highly effective spymaster. 000
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 23/01/2025OTD Jan 23, 1941 #America_Firster #Charles_Lindbergh appears before US Congress to urge a neutrality pact with Hitler. 000
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 23/01/2025OTD Jan 23, 2004 former #KGB archivist #Vasili_Mitrokhin died. Smuggled enormous cache out of Russia with help of Brits. Approached US 1st. 000
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 23/01/2025OTD Jan 23, 1963 #Kim_Philby misses dinner date with wife in Beirut. I say, that's not like him at all. Where could he be? 000
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 23/01/2025OTD Jan 23, 1968 #North_Korea launches attack on #USS_Pueblo, a Navy communications vessel in international waters. 000
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 22/01/2025www.amazon.com/Honey-Trappe...amazon.comHoney Trapped: Sex, Betrayal and Weaponized Love 000
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 22/01/2025OTD Jan 22, 1953 #Arthur_Miller's #The_Crucible opens at #Martin_Beck_Theater. Inspired by #HUAC hearings. 000
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 22/01/2025OTD Jan 22, 1934 Brits' #Lord_Rothermere, doubles-down on #Nazi support in #Daily_Mail. 000
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 22/01/2025OTD Jan 22, 1963 #Christine_Keeler walks into offices of #Sunday_Pictorial to sell her story. #GRU’s #Yevgeny_Ivanov, friend of #Stephen_Ward, gets outta town while the gettin' is good. Jig nearly up. 000
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 22/01/2025OTD Jan 22, 1946 Pres.#Harry_Truman signs directive establishing CIG, predecessor organization to #CIA. Appoints @Sidney_Souers #DCI. 000
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 22/01/2025OTD Jan 22, 1863 General Hooker formalizes government intelligence efforts into Bureau of Military Information. Commanded by colonel George Sharpe.. 000
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 21/01/2025www.amazon.com/Honey-Trappe...amazon.comHoney Trapped: Sex, Betrayal and Weaponized LoveHoney Trapped: Sex, Betrayal and Weaponized Love [Henry R. Schlesinger] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Honey Trapped: Sex, Betrayal and Weaponized Love 000
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 21/01/2025OTD Jan 21 1869 Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin born. Hard partying mystic. 000
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 21/01/2025OTD Jan 21, 1738 #Ethan_Allen born. American patriot famed for seizing Ft Ticonderoga. Military operation relied heavily on good intelligence 000
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 21/01/2025OTD Jan 21, 1924 #Vladimir_Lenin died. And then... 000
spiesvespers.bsky.social @spiesvespers.bsky.social · 21/01/2025OTD Jan 21, 1950 #Alger_Hiss convicted at second perjury trial. Gets five years free room and board. 000
