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Oct 25, 2024
Of the various Russian intelligence
agencies, there is an interesting one—especially for readers of the
Charlemagne Files—that is named by a number. It is...
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Oct 08, 2024
The fiction I write is informed and
supported by the non-fiction I read. For fans of The Charlemagne
Files who would like to delve into the real world of...
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Sep 27, 2024
You may be curious about the main
graphic for the Charlemagne Files website. What is that building
and who is the guy depicted in the statue?
I took photos of both the...
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Jun 22, 2024
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May 29, 2024
I dimly understood the danger, but it could not dampen the
thrill that went through me when I held that standard form message
peppered with all the usual,...
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Nov 14, 2023
In a blog series about great spies and spy masters, I must include
John Le Carré, the best ever espionage writer. He hooked me for
life with Tinker, Tailor, Soldier,...
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Nov 05, 2023
Any history of
Cold War Espionage must include the Cambridge Five, a group of
students who attended Cambridge University in the 30s and 40s and
went on to hold...
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Aug 29, 2022
At first
glance, this blogpost does not appear intelligence related. But if
we use some of the principles of document security developed by
intelligence entities all...
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Aug 24, 2022
Unless you are one of the small number of Homo sapiens who thinks
it is okay, necessary even, to slaughter large numbers of people
who disagree with you in order to...
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Jun 09, 2022
You may ask why is the author of a series of espionage thrillers
writing blog posts about fascism? Answer: because the topic
pertains to deadly deception.
To recap...
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May 02, 2022
In Cetus
Wedge, Frank warns the young Jay Turner and Steve Donovan
against thinking political ideology can be depicted on a line
between left and right. Using a...
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Mar 12, 2022
When there is
too much information, much of it false or irrelevant, it can make
you so cynical you decide not to hazard any opinion at all. While
this can be a wise...
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Mar 03, 2022
"What is
the first rule of deception, Steve?"
"Lead,
don’t feed."
"Very
good. The best deceptions are thought of by the deceived. Now tell
me the first rule of...
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Feb 25, 2022
You will not
be surprised when I tell you that I am very much exercised by the
possible beginning of World War III in Ukraine. The former KGB
major-cum-wannabe...
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Feb 17, 2022
Where does
Vladimir Putin fall on the scale between sanctity and ruthlessness?
Is he closer to the canonized Russian prince of Kiev who first
accepted Christianity or...
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Dec 20, 2021
Felix is mentioned by Frank in Cetus Wedge.
The spymaster with perhaps the longest reach in time and also
one of the highest death tolls must be Felix Dzerzhinsky a...
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Oct 01, 2021
Its official name is the Museum of Occupations and
Freedom Fights, but I have always privately called it the KGB
museum. The building faces a graceful boulevard,...
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Sep 01, 2021
One of the most successful counterintelligence
false flag operations in history was conducted by Felix
Dzerzhinsky’s OGPU during from 1921 to 1926 Known...
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In Cetus Wedge, the
second book of the Charlemagne Files, Frank Cardova mentions the
subjects of the first two articles in this series. First, I
introduced Felix...
