In February of 2011, Fox News reported the account of Robert Carter, one of 6,000 Manhattan Project scientists that contributed to the Top Secret Project. The Manhattan Project was an effort by the Allied Powers, led by the United States, which resulted in the first atomic bomb during World War II. The U.S. Army component [...]

I have to admit that when I saw the news reports about Craig Monteilh and his claims of being an FBI informant, I was immediately reminded of my own interactions with con-men in the past who have reported that they were informants or agents for the CIA, OSI or the DoD. They can never provide [...]

For TSW Readers that have an interest in all matters military, I have a special treat for you. A couple of weeks ago, I was honored to interview Chuck Donabedian of the DET3 Foundation. You may remember that we covered Chuck’s efforts to support the troops in Dean’s article on the foundation back in January. [...]

During the 1960s, each side of the Cold War was in a race to get the technological edge on one another. Only a few short years prior to the ’60s, the CIA implemented projected OXCART. The project consisted of a series of reconnaissance aircrafts (A-12s) that could reach speeds of mach 3.2, could easily reach [...]

In the spring of 2003, Iraq was forcefully invaded with a US-led multinational force. From the get-go there were doubts expressed from several EU countries, many world leaders and even the UN, which would subsequently declare the invasion to be an illegal act. As most readers already know, the main reason for the invasion was [...]

During the height of the Cold War, the United States government was in the midst of another battle that the general public was unaware of. This secret war, of sorts, was not with any foreign government, terrorist group, or domestic paramilitary group. It was at war with itself. A declassified document, dated March 26, 1965, [...]

“On August 15, 2007, the Wall Street Journal disclosed that the United States was planning to expand its use of reconnaissance satellites over the United States in support of civil agencies, in response to recommendations by an independent study group. The term ‘civil agencies’ refers to agencies outside of the Defense Department and Intelligence Community [...]

During the height of the Cold War, the CIA was doing everything it could think of to give America an edge over the Soviets. The edge came from all sorts of ideas. However, one of the wildest ideas was a little-known project labeled Acoustic Kitty. The Directorate of Science and Technology, the branch of the [...]

The National Security Agency was formed in 1952 and tasked with being the heart of all communications intelligence gathering on America’s side of the Iron Curtain. This was at a time when long range communication was still transmitted via the airwaves and encryption was getting more advanced by the day. Despite good intentions and high-hopes [...]

In 2001, President Clinton signed a Presidential Directive calling for a more predictive and proactive counterintelligence system. This directive was satisfied a year later with the creation of the Counterintelligence Field Activity (CIFA). CIFA was created under a Department of Defense (DoD) directive. The DoD directive also outlined various goals and responsibilities, such as: • [...]