Dan Gordon, from the Sleep With One Eye Open intelligence thriller series by Haggai Carmon operates as a lone wolf. He gave up a promising career with the Mossad when one blown cover relegated him to a desk job for life. Now based in the U.S., he works for the Justice Department, gathering intelligence, recovering assets and following elusive trails around the world. His assignments often overlap with matters of national security, so he’s no stranger to collaborating with the CIA…and using his Mossad training to get out of very sticky, often deadly situations.
From SleepWithOneEyeOpen, comes the Dan Gordon Spy Club. Go ahead. Snoop around. We promise no one’s watching…
ONE-TIME PAD: an unbreakable code system that works by adding the numeric value of the plaintext with a randomly-generated code string (the one-time pad). Also see FIBONACCI SYSTEM.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has accused Colombia and the U.S. of sending spy drones into Venezuelan air space, calling the alleged move an “act of war,” and ordering his air force to shoot...
December 21, 2009
Ahmadinejad indignant in Sawyer int...
Diane Sawyer, anchor for ABC’s “World News,” interviewed Iranian President Ahmadinejad in Copenhagen, Denmark, after he attended the UN’s climate change conference. From an espionage perspective, Iran’s been...
December 18, 2009
Spy drone data compromised
The U.S. military has known for about a year that the live video feeds generated by the spy Predator drones in Iraq and Afghanistan are being intercepted by insurgents. Some think the U.S. didn't bother to...
December 14, 2009
Three hikers to face spy trial in I...
For those of you who’ve been following this now 4.5-month long story, a quick update: the three U.S. hikers who, according to the free world, accidentally crossed the border into Iran on July 31, will in fact be...
December 4, 2009
Imprisoned spy denounces deal with ...
Jonathan Pollard, an American convicted of spying for Israel and imprisoned in 1987, has spoken out against the deal Israel is currently making with the terrorist group Hamas in order to...
December 3, 2009
Blackwater CEO indignant
CEO Erik Prince of Blackwater, the infamous company contracted by the CIA to develop a targeted assassination program (a.k.a. hit squad for hire), recently spoke with Vanity Fair, sharing information about the top-secret...
November 11, 2009
Iran to Charge 3 U.S. Hikers with E...
It’s official, the three U.S. citizen hikers who were apprehended just inside the Iranian border in July, are being accused of espionage and may face trial in Iran. Does anybody actually think backpackers Shane Bauer, Sarah...
November 5, 2009
American spies get time for CIA kid...
On Wednesday, 23 Americans and two Italians were convicted of participating in an extraordinary rendition allegedly carried out by the CIA in Milan in 2003. In a nutshell, the CIA wanted to interrogate a Muslim...
November 3, 2009
Ex-spy shot to death in Moscow
The former Jewish spy Shabtai von Kalmanovic was killed in his car yesterday in Moscow not far from Russian Prime Minister Putin’s office. A triple citizen of Israel, Russia and Lithuania, Kalmanovic spied for...
October 29, 2009
College lecturer exposed as spy in ...
Spy arrests the world over this week: While alleged Colombian spies were being arrested in Venezuela, across the ocean, South Korea has arrested a man they believe to be a North Korean spy. The man in question is...
October 28, 2009
Venezuela detains Colombian spies
Late yesterday, Venezuela announced the capture of an unspecified number of Colombian security agents allegedly “committing acts of espionage” with the intent to...
October 27, 2009
BlackBerry Spy is Out
It’s been possible to spy on the iPhone, as well as Windows Mobile and Symbian OS smart phones for quite some time now, but what about all those BlackBerry users? Not to worry, Retina-X Studios...
October 26, 2009
Ms. Castro chose CIA over Fidel
Between Fidel Castro and his brother Raúl, it would seem that the Cuban communism is a family affair, but not so when you look to little sister Juanita, now 76. She has lived in Miami – in exile from her home – since...
October 23, 2009
FBI exposes U.S. spy for Israel
It seems that the FBI has caught former NASA scientist Stewart Nozette red-handed. As a result of an undercover sting operation, during which Nozette accepted $11,000 in exchange for classified U.S. information, he...
October 15, 2009
Spying or Strategic Placement?
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has come under the scrutiny of a number of House Republicans for allegedly trying to spy on congressmen by having their interns ‘infiltrate’ key...