Spy Intelligence

In 2015, a major story broke exposing Hillary Clinton's role in approving the sale of an American uranium company to the Russian state nuclear agency Rosatom. An indispensable guide to the hidden background of recent events, Fallout shows how Putin's bid for nuclear dominance produced a series of political scandals that ultimately posed one of the greatest threats to our democracy in modern American history.

As World War II raged into its second year, Britain sought a powerful ally to join its cause - but the American public was sharply divided on the subject. The Canadian-born MI6 officer William Stephenson, with his knowledge and influence in North America, was chosen to change their minds by any means necessary.

In 1968, a small, dilapidated American spy ship set out on a dangerous mission to pinpoint military radar stations along the coast of North Korea. Packed with advanced surveillance equipment and classified intelligence documents, the USS Pueblo was poorly armed and lacked backup by air or sea. Its crew, led by a charismatic, hard-drinking, ex-submarine officer named Pete Bucher, was made up mostly of untested sailors in their teens and twenties.

Valerie Wilson, the object of the "Plame" CIA leak case that resulted in the conviction of the vice-president's chief of staff, Scooter Libby, has spoken publicly only twice since she was outed in July 2003. Now she tells not only the real story behind the leak, but describes her life at the CIA and what happened when her cover was blown.

The Black Door explores the evolving relationship between successive British Prime Ministers and the intelligence agencies, from Asquith's Secret Service Bureau to Cameron's National Security Council. At the beginning of the 20th Century the British intelligence system was underfunded and lacked influence in government. But as the new millennium dawned, intelligence had become so integral to policy that it was used to make the case for war.

In literature and film, the spy chief is an all-knowing, all-powerful figure who masterfully moves spies into action like pieces on a chessboard. How close to reality is that depiction, and what does it really take to be an effective leader in the world of intelligence? This first volume of Spy Chiefs broadens and deepens our understanding of the role of intelligence leaders in foreign affairs and national security in the US and UK from the early 1940s to the present.

Delve into the shadowy world where loyalty is currency and deception an art form in Jim Stovall's captivating exploration of espionage history, literature, and tradecraft. Unlike any other genre study, "Spy Story" illuminates the unique territory that separates espionage fiction from mysteries and thrillers – a realm where ambiguity reigns supreme and moral certainty dissolves into shades of gray. This meticulously researched collection introduces readers to the extraordinary individuals who shaped intelligence history: Francis Walsingham, Elizabeth I's spymaster, who pioneered modern ...

The Spymistress is taking control...and super-agent Nicole is here to stop her! But is Nicole who we think she is...or even who she thinks she is? In a spy landscape where mind control and love intermingle, Nicole is about to lose her will to resist...and find a very special Mistress. Buy the entire 10-issue series in one volume and enjoy Nicole's adventures again and again!

In Twilight Warriors, award-winning foreign correspondent James Kitfield introduces us to the tight-knit brotherhood that strives to keep the United States safe from the dimly understood threats it now faces. Together these men have broken down the boundaries between their respective agencies to engineer a network-centric way of fighting using a seamless web of intelligence analysts, information networks, FBI forensics experts, and Special Forces units to take the fight to America's enemies as never before.

Cambridge spy Guy Burgess was a supreme networker. He also set a gold standard for conflicts of interest, working variously for the BBC, MI5, MI6, the War Office, the Ministry of Information and the KGB. Yet Burgess was never challenged by Britain's spy catchers: his superiors were convinced he was too much of a liability to have been recruited by Moscow. Now, with a major new release of hundreds of files into the National Archives, Purvis and Hulbert reveal just how this charming establishment insider was able to fool everyone for so long.

For three nerve-wracking years, Naveed Jamali spied on America for the Russians, trading thumb drives of sensitive technical data for envelopes of cash, selling out his own beloved country across noisy restaurant tables and in quiet parking lots. Or so the Russians believed. In fact this young American civilian was a covert double agent working with the FBI. The Cold War wasn't really over. It had just gone high tech.

In late 2013, Americans were shocked to learn that a former FBI agent turned private investigator who disappeared in Iran in 2007 was there on a mission for the CIA. The missing man, Robert Levinson, appeared in pictures dressed like a Guantánamo prisoner and pleaded in a video for help from the United States.

In 1917, a band of communist revolutionaries stormed the Winter Palace of Tsar Nicholas II - a dramatic and explosive act marking that Vladimir Lenin’s communist revolution was now underway. But Lenin would not be satisfied with overthrowing the Tsar. His goal was a global revolt that would topple all Western capitalist regimes - starting with the British Empire. Russian Roulette tells the spectacular and harrowing story of the British spies in revolutionary Russia and their mission to stop Lenin’s red tide from washing across the free world.

Michal Goleniewski, cover name Sniper, was one of the most important spies of the early Cold War. For two and a half years at the end of the 1950s, as a Lt. Colonel at the top of Poland’s espionage service, he smuggled more than 5,000 top-secret Soviet bloc intelligence and military documents, as well as 160 rolls of microfilm, out from behind the Iron Curtain. In January 1961, he abandoned his wife and children and made a dramatic defection across divided Berlin with his East German mistress to the safety of American territory.

Dive into a world of intrigue and suspense in K.R.M. Morgan’s captivating short story, "Traitor in Our Midst." Join ex-agent John Rehurt, a man haunted by his past, as he enjoys his quiet retirement in the seaside town of Emsworth. But tranquillity shatters when a mysterious stranger appears, bringing an irresistible offer that could alter the course of history. In this expertly crafted narrative, you'll experience: - The thrill of espionage as John is pulled back into a game of shadows. - A tale of loyalty and betrayal set against the backdrop of a world teetering on the brink of chaos. ...

Risking everything for love…. Thrust deep into the heart of a remote desert kingdom, Paragon agent Jamie Kincaid must infiltrate a mysterious palace to keep deadly uranium out of enemy hands. Trained to be ruthless, Jamie is shocked by his powerfully emotional response to the magnetic Sorin, a handsome palace priest with secrets of his own. In a land rife with passion and intrigue, where enemies abound and desire knows no limits, Jamie has no choice but to trust his new ally with his mission, his life — and his heart…. The elite operatives of Paragon: A team of dangerously attractive ...

There’s nothing more dangerous than love…. Former CIA analyst Paul Milano is devoted to his new job as a psychologist in the Pentagon, helping soldiers rebuild their lives after the traumas of war. When a mysterious stranger appears at his door and asks two intriguing questions, Paul finds himself lured once again into the dangerous world of espionage. Teamed with Travis, a spy who just might be the most attractive and challenging man he’s ever met, Paul quickly realizes he’s in serious trouble. Danger surrounds him. A single mistake means catastrophe. If he’s going to survive, he...

Intrepid's Last Case chronicles the post-World War II activities of Sir William Stephenson, whose fascinating role in helping to defeat the Nazis was the subject of the worldwide best seller A Man Called Intrepid.

When MI5 agent Dragan Kelly gets word of a ‘priceless treasure’ heard spoken of by Eva Braun in Hitler’s bunker, he’s certain of one thing. He must be the one to find it. Reunited with his team - the enigmatic and unpredictable Sybilla Thorstaadt, and the ‘mad’ priest Wolfgang Rahn - Kelly enlists the help of a tough ex-German paratrooper, Horst Manteufel, the last guard commander in Hitler’s bunker. As Kelly expects, nothing is straightforward. Every step they take is dogged by the sinister and mysterious Thule secret society. If that wasn’t enough, Gestapo chief Heinrich...

The story of the intelligence war in South Africa during the Second World War is one of suspense, drama and dogged persistence. In 1939, when the Union of South Africa entered the war on Britain’s side, the German government secretly contacted the political opposition, and the leadership of the anti-war movement, the Ossewabrandwag. The Nazis’ aim was to spread sedition, undermine the Allied war effort, and - given the strategic importance of the Cape of Good Hope sea route - gain naval intelligence. Soon U-boat packs were sent to operate in South African waters, to deadly effect.