Just received #CIA's response regarding my #FOIA request for the documents about the controversial Soviet intelligence general Pavel Sudoplatov.

The estimated completion date is August 19, 2027. #spies #ops #intelhistory

#spies #writers #intelhistory @socintelhist.bsky.social

Thank you to the Hoover Library & Archives and @hooverinstitution.bsky.social for a research grant this semester! @socintelhist.bsky.social
#coldwar #KGB #intelhistory

Who was #CIA's first penetration of Soviet intelligence?

Perhaps not who you think.

Find out in my new article on Substack. #spies #coldwar #intelhistory @socintelhist.bsky.social

Here's the link: tinyurl.com/yh46crbs

My new article on Substack!

"Death and the Maidens: How Two Polish Sisters Deceived Soviet #Counterintelligence in Post-WWII Vilnius"

Based on my ongoing research of #KGB files at @hooverinstitution.bsky.social. #intelhistory #SMERSH @socintelhist.bsky.social

The link: tinyurl.com/3cubry5e

Countdown has begun! #newbook #intelhistory

#KGBLiterati will be released in 20 days. (pre-order: amazon.com/KGB-Literati...)

Here's a sneak #preview of some of the main themes.

Kevin Riehle is right: "Russian services hope low-level agents will progress & handle them that way, just as their Soviet predecessors did. They are not disposable from the outset, even if some get caught."

This is why it is important to study #intelhistory.

www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/01/23/d...

Honored to step into the role of Treasurer for Society for Intelligence History!

Thanks to everyone for your trust and support. Here's to a successful term! @socintelhist.bsky.social

#intelhistory #intelstudies

Can't believe it's been 6 months since I unboxed #KGBLiterati... still as excited as day one. #spies #writers #intelhistory @socintelhist.bsky.social

Just dropped: my interview on Roland Elliott Brown's podcast The Orwellians talking about my new book #KGBLiterati and #KGB spies & counterspies who wrote spy fiction.
#intelhistory #writers #ColdWar @socintelhist.bsky.social

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Spent the day researching David K.
E. Bruce at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture. Very impressive career. He had been involved in Virgina politics, in the SWW headed secret intel for the OSS and headed the office in London. He went on to be ambassador to France, Germany & UK. #intelhistory

What was inside a top secret regional #KGB spy museum in 1960? @socintelhist.bsky.social

Find out in my new article based on the ongoing archival research of #KGB documents at @hooverinstitution.bsky.social. #spies #intelhistory #coldwar

The link: tinyurl.com/y6v3by35

When CIA files go declassified, it’s like opening a vault of real-life spy thrillers—half the time you think, “No way that actually happened”… but it did.
#CIAMissions #USA
#DeclassifiedFiles
#SpyCraft #CIA
#IntelHistory #Espionage
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