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Im #SpyMuseum in #WashingtonDC #USA gibt es Dinge zu sehen, von deren Existenz man eigentlich gar nichts wissen wollte. #washpics
Proktologisch sicher interessant für @frumble :-)
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Sure, you know George Washington was the United States' 1st President, but did you know he was our 1st American SpyMaster as well?
Orchestrating the intelligence operations against the British was an important role & he used a number of spy techniques including writing secret messages written in invisible ink with a unique formula of Gallic Acid & Ferrous Sulfate.
(Also from the International Spy Museum in Washington DC)
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Fun fact: To mess with German scouts spying from the air during WWII, Allied forces used fake tanks (like the INFLATABLE one pictured) & fake wooden plane structures to mislead the enemy about the strength of their forces.
They were very effective. 😜
(Courtesy of the International Spy Museum in Washington DC)
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These days, it's both Russia & China. The Chinese government attempts to steal US technology... everything from drought-resistant corn to the the secret formula for making Oreo cookie's 'stuff' white.
(The FBI caught the Chinese "Oreo" spy & he's serving 15yrs. Photos courtesy of the "International Spy Museum", Washington DC)
"Moscow’s Spies Were Stealing US Tech — Until the FBI Started a Sabotage Campaign" - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/08/04/us-spies-soviet-technology-00164126 -
BTW The International Spy Museum is the 1st museum in a long while where I wanted to go back IMMEDIATELY for a second pass at everything. It's total nerdvana.
(I already bought tickets. You have to reserve time slots during the day.)
Even the Spy Museum gift shop was awesome. Spy centric t-shirts, hats, gloves, gadgets, books, "Spy x Family" anime gear... and they even have our company President's book for sale!
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The "International Spy Museum's" section on traitors show revealing dossiers of the Cambridge 5, British turn coats that supported the Soviets by sending them secrets of the CIA or MI6 in the name of Communism advocacy.
Some were caught but not prosecuted. Others escaped to Moscow when suspected but died in Russia largely from alcoholism & loneliness.
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The British's mole, Kim Philby, was part of a group called the Cambridge 5, a set of Soviet recruited spies who graduated from Cambridge.
As seen at the "International Spy Museum", here's the dossier on Kim Philby as well as transcripts of his speeches about how he recruited the others from Cambridge to be Soviet spies.
The next post will share the other members of the Soviet-recruited Cambridge 5.
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The US wasn't the only ones with deeply embedded traitors. British Intelligence had Kim Philby, a Soviet spy embedded as an agent responsible for 'countering Soviet espionage'. This is his exhibit at the 'International Spy Museum'.
In charge of the anti-Soviet bureau, Philby worked with both the US's CIA & British's MI6 & was privy to most of their operations & gave them to the Soviets.
A 'committed Communist', he got 100s killed by Soviets by revealing US/British ops.
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Robert Hanssen, the FBI's biggest traitor, has this exhibit at the "International Spy Museum".
Hanssen's job was to hunt Soviet spies but instead he gave 6,000 classified docs to Russia & got 2 KGB Intel officers working for the US executed.
He was a religious father of 6, who wrote online erotica & let his friend watch him & his wife in their bedroom thru a secret camera.
The FBI's most damaging spy ever, Hanssen was sentenced to life in solitary & died in 2023.
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Traitors. The exhibit of some of the biggest traitors in American history at the "International Spy Museum" was riveting.
Here's the exhibit on Aldrich Ames who spied for the Soviets for 10yrs+ while actively operating as the CIA's Counterintelligence Chief. Ames betrayed over 100 CIA operations & got at least 10 Soviet sources for the US executed.
"I did it for money - period, " Ames is noted as the worst security breach in CIA history.
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Interrogation is covered in a brick room off to the side & the International Spy Museum doesn't pull any punches.
Topic #1: "Enhanced Interrogation Techniques" including & up to waterboarding. They have 5 authoratative testimonies from both 'should we/shouldn't we' camps.
The exhibits go over torture's illegality under Intl law, what waterboarding is & how it's been investigated.
I recommend seeing this thought-provoking exhibit for yourself.
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Interrogation is covered in a brick room off to the side & the International Spy Museum doesn't pull any punches.
Topic #1: "Enhanced Interrogation Techniques" including & up to waterboarding. They have 5 authoratative testimonies from both 'should we/shouldn't we' camps.
The exhibits go over torture's illegality under Intl law, what waterboarding is & how it's been investigated.
I recommend seeing this thought-provoking exhibit for yourself.
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There's also the Top Secret area of the International Spy Museum where the highest level of classified materials were stolen by individuals.
The Rosenbergs, Bonnie Raines, Edward Snowden are all highlighted.
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There's a fun area in the International Spy Museum called, "Cyber: The New Battlefield" which was like a walk down memory lane.
Remember state-sponsored attacks like Stuxnet? Or Moonlight Maze?
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@fuzzface I was giddy like a little 4th grader running around with the children.
There were kids playing the games with me & I was explaining stuff to them about spywork & gadgets & they were in awe saying', "WHOA, that's just like James Bond!" & I was like," YEAH! Exactly!"
And speaking of 007, right now they have a whole separate exhibit there with a ton of the vehicles from the Bond movies! Here's some of the photos I took... note the car-mounted MACHINE GUNS. 😜
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Attention GenX nerds:
✅ If you like spy tech, covert ops, & clandestine intrigue...
✅ If you remember Aldrich Ames, Robert Hansen & Edward Snowden...
✅ If you've read about assassinations...
✅ If you read about mitigated threats the CIA has stopped...You're going to lose your mind at the "International Spy Museum" in Washington DC! Easily the most fun I've had in a while.
Nerds, you gotta go visit this place!
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#SpyArtifact - Stirn's Buttonhole Camera, Germany, c. 1886
Meet the world's first "Buttonhole Camera." Hidden in a vest pocket, it shot through a buttonhole and held six photos. Users pulled a string to release the shutter.
The International Spy Museum
@IntlSpyMuseum
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For someone who studies covert influence, a highlight of #aejmc23 thus far is: #SpyMuseum!