THE WORLD OF SPIES IS A CRAZY PLACE
Added on: 14th Oct 2016
WILFRED “BIFFY” DUNDERDALE, AN M16
AGENT IN PARIS, WAS THE MODEL FOR
JAMES BOND. DUNDERDALE WAS FRIENDS
WITH IAN FLEMING AND SEVERAL OF
WILFRED “BIFFY” DUNDERDALE'S EXPLOITS
ENDED UP IN FLEMING'S NOVELS
KIM PHILBY WAS THE HEAD OF M16'S ANTI-SOVIET DIVISION.
HE WAS EVENTUALLY FOUND TO BE A SOVIET SPY.
GEORGE KOVAL WAS A SOVIET SPY WHO
INFILTRATED THE MANHATTAN PROJECT AND
PROVIDED THE SOVIETS WITH EVERYTHING THEY
NEEDED TO BUILD NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
HE WAS ONLY DISCOVERED IN 2002
CODE TALKERS ARE PEOPLE WHO USED THEIR
KNOWLEDGE OF AN OBSCURE LANGUAGE TO
SEND MESSAGES ON THE BATTLEFIELD
THE MOVIE WINDTALKERS PROFILES IS ABOUT
THE NAVAJO CODE TALKERS OF WORLD WAR II.
THE ALLIES USED THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF
NAVAJO, A NOTORIOUSLY HARD NATIVE
AMERICAN LANGUAGE, TO SEND MESSAGES.
THE NAVAJO CODE REMAINS ONE OF THE ONLY
CODES TO NEVER BE BROKEN
BRITISH MATHEMATICIAN ALAN TURING, WIDELY
SEEN AS ONE OF THE FIRST COMPUTER SCIENTISTS,
CREATED A MACHINE THAT COULD DECRYPT THE
GERMAN ENIGMA CODE. TURING'S WORK IS SEEN
BY MANY TO HAVE SHORTENED THE WAR BY
UP TO 4 YEARS
JULIUS AND ETHEL ROSENBERG ARE THE ONLY
CIVILIANS IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
TO BE EXECUTED FOR ESPIONAGE
DURING WORLD WAR I, THE UNITED STATES
PASSED THE SEDITION ACT OF 1918 WHICH
FORBID CITIZENS FROM SPEAKING NEGATIVELY
OF THE US GOVERNMENT OR THE WAR EFFORT.
IT WAS REPEALED 2 YEARS LATER
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