Technological Espionage Wars

BOURBON - SILVER - GOLD - IVY BELLS - TAW - ABSORB - KH-11 - RYAN - TRANSPONDER - MONOPOLY.....These are only a few of some of the most sensitive, inventive and sometimes dramatic codenames in the technological espionage wars. From sewers, buildings, bridges, basements, tunnels and railways to the very depth of the ocean floor, around the world and in space, technical collections espionage operations have been implemented with amazing secrecy and bravado.

The battles were waged out of the sight and sound of the public. The KGB, CIA, NSA, NRO, NASA, FBI and the US Navy have conducted some of the most successful, productive and imaginative technical intelligence collections conceived. The development, deployment, productivity and subsequent compromise of some of these highly classified projects represented some of the most daring unknown battles in the espionage wars. The details of these operations and how they were compromised will be revealed in this session.

Known and sometimes unknown espionage agents operating for or against the West such as Edward Howard, Robert Hanssen, William Weisband, Glen Souther, William Kampiles, Ron Pelton, Rick Ames, George Blake, Adolf Tolkachev and Victor Sheymov all played a significant role in this unseen and largely unknown espionage war. [1 day]

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