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19 Cards in this Set
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Cambridge spy ring
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A spy ring recruited by the Soviets from undergraduates at the British university in the 1930s, including Kim Philby, Anthony Blunt, Guy Burgess, Donald MacLean, and John Cairncross.
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Lawrence, Thomas Edward
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(1888–1935): Mythologized as “Lawrence of Arabia,” a British archaeologist who helped inspire Arab revolt in World War I and suffered from his legendary status after the war.
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William Friedman
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(1891–1969): Talented American code breaker who had worked under Herbert Yardley breaking German codes during World War I; he was put in charge of the new Signal Intelligence Service, established in 1930, and led the team that broke the Japanese codes during World War II, in Operation MAGIC.
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Sidney Reilly
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(1874–1925): British master spy, born in Russia, who may have been one of the models for James Bond; nemesis of the Bolsheviks who likely lured him back to Russia and his death.
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Dzerzhinshky, Feliks
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(1877–1926): Known as “Iron Felix,” this Polish aristocrat led the Cheka secret police of the Bolsheviks.
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Zimmerman Telegram
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German secret message sent in January 1917 to the German ambassador in Washington DC, suggesting Mexico enter the First World War against United States; its revelation by the British prompted American entry into the war.
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(1944– ): An FBI agent who used subtle tradecraft to spy for the Soviets for more than 20 years, beginning in 1979. Through his communications to the Soviets, Hanssen never revealed his identity to his handlers. He was arrested in 2001 after a former Soviet agent pinpointed him. His activities did vast damage and cost two American agents their lives.
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Robert Hanssen
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Mukden Incident
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An act of sabotage staged by Japanese forces in Manchuria in 1931 to offer a pretext for attacking China.
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SIGINT
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a newer form of intelligence gathering that relies on technical means to crack the communications stream of the targeted group. It involves the interception of secret messages, breaking codes, or even cyber warfare. SIGINT has recently acquired a new subcategory—ELINT, electronic intelligence.
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OPERATION MAGIC
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American decoding operation focused on Japanese codes, run by William Friedman
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MI5
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The British counterintelligence service, founded 1909 as the Special Intelligence Bureau.
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MI6
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The British overseas intelligence bureau, founded in 1912
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James Jesus Angleton
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(1917–1987): Former OSS agent, later the CIA’s expert on counterintelligence, who after being tricked by his friend—the Soviet spy Kim Philby—engaging in a hunt for moles in his own organization that threatened its cohesion, was forced to resign in 1974. His actions earned him the nickname “Gray Ghost.” He called counterintelligence a “wilderness of mirrors.”
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Graham Greene
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(1904–1991): British author and former MI6 intelligence ofcer whose works also explore morality in spying, especially the novel Our Man in Havana(1958).
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Enigma
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German code machine
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Comitern
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The Communist International, organized 1919, to encourage the founding of communist parties loyal to Moscow.
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Alfred Dreyfus
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Dreyfus, Captain Alfred (p.75) (1859–1935): French Jewish ofcer falsely convicted in 1894 of spying for Germany; only acquitted years later after the protracted Dreyfus Affair.
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Moles
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Moles are agents who burrow into the structures of the targeted power over a long period of time, working their way up to astonishingly high positions. Sleepers are agents who are sent to inltrate a targeted enemy, whose task it is to wait, or sleep, until in some decisive hour they are activated for a mission.
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Battle of Midway
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Battle of Midway: The turning point of World War II in the Pacic, which took place in June 1942, wherein American decoding of Japanese communications played a key role.
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