Tag Archives: agency

A Brief History of the Office of Strategic Services: America’s First Intelligence Agency

The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was formed during World War II as a wartime intelligence agency to organize espionage… View Article

I’ve been following news about the new “social network for cops” called BlueLine (by Bratton Technologies) which is due to… View Article

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Oscar M

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series U.S. Spies

The world can be an ugly place, even in the relative safety of the United States. It doesn’t take long… View Article

Posted in Tradecraft | Tagged threat, agency, analysis, Intel, Intelligence, Recon, safety, Security, Spy | 6 Comments

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Oscar M

When I first considered entering the intelligence community (“IC”), the notion of classic Cold War-style cloak and dagger espionage was… View Article

Posted in Tradecraft | Tagged FBI, agency, CIA, clearance, Intel, Intelligence, military, spook, Spy, top secret | 5 Comments

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Oscar M

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series U.S. Spies

I’m often asked what I do and I feel obligated to respond, “I could tell you, but then I’d have… View Article

Posted in Tradecraft | Tagged agency, CIA, clearance, FBI, Intel, Intelligence, military, spook, Spy, top secret | 14 Comments