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Beluga Whale

Is a Beluga Whale Working for the Russian Navy?

Norwegian fisherman found this guy snooping around the Arctic Ocean

"Simple Sabotage" extended to factories, (Getty Images)

“Simple Sabotage” — The CIA’s Guide for “Rascally Spies”

Early 1940s Indo-China. (Getty Images)

The “Free-Wheeling” Amateur Spies of WWII Indochina

Belfast,Ireland early 1970s, when the laundry launched. (Getty Images)

Why the British Military Ran a Laundry Service and Massage Parlor

Looking to the sky for military weaponry is a thing. (Getty Images)

Rods From God: A Space Weapon to Make Thor Jealous

Libyan chief of state Muammar al-Qaddafi attends a 1981 graduation at the women's military academy in Tripoli. The academy opened in 1979 during Qaddafi's push to include women in Libya's armed forces. (Photo by Christine Spengler/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images)

“No One Is Safe”: Hunting the Libyan Hit Squads of the 1980s

Caricature of Ulysses S. Grant inebriated. (Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)

How Ulysses S. Grant Came to Be Seen as a Failure

During World War II, Fort Hunt was known only as P.O. Box 1142. (Getty)

Inside the Secret WWII Training and Interrogation Base in the Shadow of D.C.

A KGB badge lays on a closed KGB identity book. (Getty Images)

The Unsolved Case of Accused Spy Felix Bloch

Soviet Union and United States of America flags. (Getty)

Inside the CIA’s Secret Cold War Program to Spy on a Soviet Embassy

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US Hacker Squads Constantly On the Attack in New Cyberwar Strategy

A safety glass with a bullet hole through the glass. (Getty Images)

How the Assassination of a CIA Station Chief Became a Greek Tragedy

33 new Vatican Swiss Guards recruits prepare to be sworn in during a ceremony at St. Damaso courtyard on May 6, 2018 in Vatican City, Vatican. The annual swearing in ceremony for the New Papal Swiss Guards takes place every year on May 6, commemorating the 147 soldiers who died defending Pope Clement VII on the same day in 1527 during the sack of Rome. (Photo by Alessandra Benedetti - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)

How the World’s Smallest Military Force Has Survived for 500 Years

The British actor Edward Fox, left, as the titular character, checks the precision rifle made by the Irish actor Cyril Cusack in the film The Day of the Jackal. Genova, 1973 ( Getty Images)

Real-Life “Jackal” Revealed “Killing De Gaulle Was Only the First Step”

CONSEQUENCES OF NUCLEAR TESTING IN KAZAKHSTAN (Photo by Alain Nogues/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images)

How to Make an ‘Atomic Lake’ (Nuclear Bomb Required)

Benedict Arnold was a traitor

The CIA’s Long, Failed Quest to Get Inside the Mind of a Traitor

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These paratroopers, members of US Paramarine troops, take a practice jump -- similar to what carpetbaggers may have been required to do -- in 1943. (Getty Images)

In the Air With Operation Carpetbagger, a Secret WWII Mission

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Confessions of a Soviet Assassin

Czech intelligence sought to listen in on secret discussions about U.S. plans in Eastern Europe, as the Cold War between America and the Soviet Union intensified.(Getty)

How the CIA Finally Caught One of Russia’s “Most Successful” Spies

Vintage photograph of authentic World War II army soldier in battle reenactment. (Getty)

The Unknown Story of Spy Doctors of World War II

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The CIA Is Taking Notes From James Bond

Consolidated PBT Catalina amphibious aircraft, of the Black Cat Squadron, patrolling the coasts during the Pacific Campaign of World War Two, circa 1941-1944. (Photo by US Navy/Getty Images)

CIA-Linked Black Cat Squadron Put Chinese Spies in the Sky

President George H.W. Bush visits Somalia in 1992. (Photo by Larry Downing/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images)

The Legacy of George H.W. Bush’s Decision to Send U.S. Forces Into Somalia

Soviet Union Space Program Commemorative Stamp, CCCP, Mars Mission, 1971. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

How Historic First Mission to Mars Surface… Ended in a Crash Landing

U.S. helicopters land under heavy sniper fire near Bong Son in South Vietnam during Operation Eagle's Claw. (Getty)

Inside the Rescue That Earned an Air Force Pilot the Medal of Honor in Vietnam

Police and pedestrians help a man wounded 11 July, 2005 after an explosive artifact exploded in a busy shopping district in downtown Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, wounding 13 people. Police have yet to confirm if the blast was caused by a bomb or a hand grenade thrown into the bin, as some eyewitness reported. AFP PHOTO STR MAXIMUM QUALITY AVAILABLE TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO OUT (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

Terror in Paradise? How U.S. Is Fighting Extremism in Island Tourist Destination

Store window of a psychic parlor in the East Village, Manhattan, New York City (Getty)

America’s Most Far-Out Secret Spies: Psychics

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A Century of Secrets and Dangerous Journeys Delivered by State Dept.’s Diplomatic Courier Service

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