How Trump and his advisors could tackle issues facing the intelligence community

In 1943, in the darkest depths of the Second World War the British sent a small, select group of intelligence officers from the Special Operations Executive (SOE) into Nazi-occupied Albania. Living under extreme conditions, one step ahead of capture at all times and short on supplies and support, the SOE personnel began to produce immediate […]

Heroes of Z Special Unit remembered

Many Z Special missions were stunningly successful, including Operation Jaywick – the 1943 raid on Singapore harbour – and the Operation Semut patrols into Borneo in which Sergeant Tredrea participated.

Did Allied Intelligence Help Win World War II?

Most World War II spies learned little of import—and those who did were invariably disbelieved. Any historian who hopes to tell the true story of secret intelligence operations, even from the distant past, quickly discovers that he is up against two formidable obstacles. First is the Kafkaesque system of government classification. Not only do U.S. […]