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PEOPLE
Adamov, Joe Journalist and host Radio Moscow 1942-2002
Ames, Aldrich CIA officer who spied for the Soviets
Amin, Hafizullah PDPA president Afghanistan 1979
Anschlag, Andreas and Heidrun Russian illegals in Germany
Barsky, Jack Former KGB illegal who operated in the U.S
Blake, George MI6, SIS, who spied for Soviets
Belén Montes, Ana DIA analyst who spied for Cuban intelligence
Boak, David NSA COMSEC and head National Cryptologic School
Callimahos D, Lambros NSA, Cryptologist
Chapman, Anna (Anya Kushchenko) SVR
Felfe, Heinz SD, KGB, Ghelen, BND, spied for Soviets
Friedman, William Cryptologist, SIS, OP-20-G, NSA
Gouzenko, Igor GRU officer who defected to Canada
Hagelin, Boris Founder A.B. Cryptograph, CRYPTO AG
Hall, James W Signals Intelligence analyst, spied for East Germany
Hayhanen, Reino Soviet spy who used VIC cipher
Helmich, Joseph U.S. Warrent officer who sold crypto info to Soviets
Jelinek, Vaclav Czech StB illegal agent
Jenkin, Tim ANC, Communications specialist
Khan, Noor Inayat SOE agent, operated in Paris during WWII
Kalugin, Oleg Major-General, KGB
Le Carré, John (David Cornwell) MI5-MI6, author espionage novels
Mitrokhin, Vasili KGB archivist who defected with his archive
Myers, Walter Kendall INR, spied for Cuba
Montes, Ana Belen DIA head Cuban Section who spied for Cuba
Ogorodnik, Aleksandr Codename TRIGON
Penkovsky, Oleg GRU, codename HERO and YOGA
Peterson, Martha CIA, case officer of TRIGON
Petrov, Stanislav Soviet Rocket Force officer who prevented WWIII
Philby, "Kim" Harold Adrian Russell MI6, spied for the Soviets
Pinson, Amanda US Army fallen in Iraq
Poe Edgar, Allan Writer and publisher of cryptograms
Polyakov, Dmitri GRU, codename TOPHAT, BOURBON and ROAM
Poteat, Gene CIA Scientific Intelligence Officer
Poteyev, Alexander SVR colonel, defected to US, betrayed spy ring
Rindfleisch, Hans inventor of the Wullenweber antenna array (CDAA)
Showers, Donald 'Mac' Admiral US Navy, CIA
Shul Brian Pilot SR-71 Blackbird spy plane
Simm, Herman Estonian NATO official who spied for Russia
Smith, Samantha Peace Ambassador, Cold War Icon
Solomatin, Boris General, KGB
Symonds, John Scotland Yard, KGB spy
Taraki, Nur Muhammad PDPA president Afghanistan 1978-1979
Tolkachev, Adolf USSR Military aviation electronics expert
Turing, Alan GHCQ, mathematician, codebreaker
van Haarlem, Erwin Czech StB illegal agent
van Vark, Tanja J Scientist, engineer, artist
Mikhail, Vasenkov (Juan Lazaro) SVR, operating as illegal in US
Vetrov, Vladimir KGB, codename FAREWELL
Vierling, Oskar Prof, Physicist, electronics engineer
Walker, John US Navy, spied for the Soviets
Wolf, Markus Stasi - head of HVA foreign intelligence
TOPICS
A-12 (OXCART) U.S. Spy Plane, predecessor SR-71
Able Archer 1983 NATO exercise
Americans, The TV series, espionage
ANC African National Congress, South Africa
BAPCO Bahrain Petroleum Company that used one-time pads
Berlin Tunnel Wire tapping under East and West German border
BfV Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz, German security service
Blackbird SR-71 U.S. strategic reconnaissance aircraft
Bletchley Park GCHQ base of British WW2 codebreakers
BND Bundesnachrichtendiens, German intelligence service
Books Various book reviews.
Buzzer, The a.k.a. UVB-76, Military transmitter, USSR/Russia
C-130 A-II #60528 (HERCULES) U.S. SIGINT Platform
Camp Century Greenland U.S. experimental nuclear base
Camp X Secret special operations trainin school, Canada
CIA U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Cold War Signals Various post on Signals Intelligence
COMSEC Communications Security
Crypto AG (former A.B. Cryptography and Hagelin Cryptos)
Crypto Box Challenge Decrypt three encrypted boxes of text
DARPA U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Dead Hand Soviet autonomous ICBM missile launch system
Duga-1 ZGRLS (Woodpecker) USSR OTH Radar, Ukraine
Eburna Merchant tanker with KL-7 in Naval Task Force Falklands
ELINT Electronic Intelligence
Elephant Cage AN/FLR-9 HF direction finding system
Enigma WW2 German crypto machine
Enigma Challenge Decipher 10 Enigma messages (with simulator)
FAPSI Federalnoye Agentsvo Pravitelstvennoi Svayazi I Informatsi
FBI U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Feuerstein Laboratorium WW2 German lab, TICOM target
FIALKA Soviet crypto machine
Field Station Berlin U.S. SIGINT Station in West Germany
First Strike American Documentary movie about nuclear deterrent
FLR-9 (Wullenweber) U.S. HF-DF antenna to track signals
FSB Federalnaja Sloezjba Bezopasnost, Russia
GC&CS WW2 Government Code & Cipher School, U.K.
GCHQ Government Communications Headquarter, U.K.
GRU Glavnoje Razvedyvatel'noje Upravlenije, USSR/Russia
GUNMAN Project NSA operation at U.S. Embassy Moscow
Hot Line Washington-Moscow communications system
HVA Haupt Verwaltung Aufklaerung, East Germany (Stasi)
Illegal Spy who lives and operates under a false identity
Ivy Bells, Operation Tapping of Soviet sea communications cable
Jamming (radio) Deliberate broadcast of interference signals
KGB Komitet gosoedarstvennoj bezopasnosti, USSR/Russia
KL-7 (AFSAM-7) U.S. Cold War crypto machine
KRUG Soviet HF-DF antenna array based on Wullenweber
KURIER WW2 German Short signal system
Lincolnshire Poacher British SIS/MI6 Numbers Station
MI6 a.k.a SIS, Secret Intelligence Service, U.K.
MfS Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, East Germany
Military Liaison Mission Intelligence and Verification Agreement
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NSA U.S. National Security Agency
Numbers Stations One-way spy radio broadcast
Око-1 УС-К & УС-КС Russian early warning satellites
One-time pad Unbreakable encryption system
Operation Tinker Bell Spy game decryption Challenge
OSS U.S. Office of Strategic Services
OXCART (A-12) U.S. Spy Plane, predecessor SR-71
Permissive Action Link (PAL) Security system for nuclear weapons
Phased Array Radar fixed radar with electronically directed beam
Podcast Nuggets Selection of excellent podcasts from the web
Propaganda Radio broadcasts during the Cold War
Radio Moscow USSR foreign service broadcast station
RSS WW2 Radio Security Service, U.K.
RUBICON Joint-purchaise and exploit of Crypto AG vy CIA and BND
SAGE Semi Automatic Ground Environment, USAF radar & guidance
Secret Splitting Secure sharing of a secret code or password
SIGABA U.S. crypto machine
SIGINT Signals Intelligence
Silent Warriors Cold War Military
Simulators Freeware crypto machine software simulation
SIS a.k.a. MI6, Secret Intelligence Service, U.K.
SOE Special Operations Executive, U.K.
Spy Ring Espionage groups
SR-71 Blackbird U.S. strategic reconnaissance aircraft
SRV Sluzhba Vneshney Razvedki, Russia
Stasi East Germans State Security
StB Státní bezpečnost, Czech Cold War Secret Service
STUFT Ships Taken Up From Trade, charterd by British MOD
Teufelsberg Man-made hill in Berlin with U.S. SIGINT Station
TICOM WW2 Target Intelligence Committee
TINKER BELL Operation to track Soviet Colonel (fictitious challenge)
TRIGON Aleksandr Ogorodnik
TSEC/KL-7 (AFSAM-7) U.S. Cold War crypto machine
Tundra Russian Federation early warning satellite
USAFSS U.S. Airforce Security Service
US-K & US-KS Soviet first generation early warning satellites
USS Halibut U.S. Nuclear Submarine -(Operation Ivy Bells)
USS Pueblo U.S. SIGINT Ship, captured by North Korea
UVB-76 a.k.a. The Buzzer, Military transmitter in Russia
VENONA U.S. operation to decrypt KGB and GRU messages
VIC Cipher Russian cipher message in hollow nickel
VIRUS A The Afghan Saur Revolution and Soviet intervention
Vogelsang Two military bases in FRG and GDR during Cold War
Voice of America (VOA) U.S. foreign service broadcast station
Voronezh (Воронеж) Russian early warning radar system
Vula operation Communications network of South African ANC
Windscale Nuclear Disaster Fire in Britain's first nuclear reactor
WPS (words per sentence) Steganography
Wullenweber (FLR-9) German and Cold War HF-DF antenna
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