Cold War

Subscribercast #66 – The Undeclared War vs Slow Horses

Soumis par Aggregation le sam, 07/16/2022 - 08:42
When it comes to British intelligence, there are three rules: (1) Trust no one, (2) Trust nothing that they say... The post – The Undeclared War vs Slow Horses first appeared on .
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https://www.spyculture.com/subscribercast-66-the-undeclared-war-vs-slow-horses/

ClandesTime 229 – Black Operations and the Entertainment Liaison Offices

Soumis par Aggregation le sam, 05/21/2022 - 10:26
Black operations make the world go round, and have become the subject of major movies and TV, from Jack Ryan... The post first appeared on .
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https://www.spyculture.com/clandestime-229-black-operations-and-the-entertainment-liaison-offices/

‘We Don’t Request Script Changes’ – US Navy File on Crimson Tide

Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 05/12/2022 - 12:57
The 1995 nuclear submarine mutiny thriller Crimson Tide was rejected by the US Navy, for fairly obvious reasons (the whole... The post first appeared on .
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https://www.spyculture.com/we-dont-request-script-changes-us-navy-file-on-crimson-tide/

What Connects the next Mission: Impossible to the First Movie to Shoot at CIA Headquarters?

Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 01/21/2022 - 07:50
Something I found while flicking through Production Weekly (a Hollywood newsletter that charts in-production TV and films) is that the...
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https://www.spyculture.com/what-connects-the-next-mission-impossible-to-the-first-movie-to-shoot-at-cia-headquarters/

John Wayne’s FBI File Says Nothing About Stalin Assassination Plot

Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 09/13/2021 - 06:15
According to legend, Joe Stalin hated John Wayne and tried on several occasions to have the leading man killed.  This story has been told and re-told across books, blogs, articles, youtubes.  In every version, the FBI play a key role in stopping at least one of the supposed plots against Wayne.  But Wayne's FBI file doesn't mention anything about any of these state-sponsored attempted murders, begging the question of where these stories originated, and why?
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https://www.spyculture.com/john-waynes-fbi-file-says-nothing-about-stalin-assassination-plot/

Limited Hangout Podcast ‘Winds of Change’ Being Adapted for TV

Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 12/27/2020 - 08:37
Online streaming service Hulu have announced that they are adapting the popular podcast series ‘Winds of Change’ into a TV...
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https://www.spyculture.com/limited-hangout-podcast-winds-of-change-being-adapted-for-tv/

Angelina Jolie, MI6 and the CIA – Spy Culture in Mint Press News

Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 11/04/2020 - 15:17
Following Angelina Jolie&;s recent interview with the head of MI6 Sir Alex Younger, journalist Alan Macleod assembled a critical profile...
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https://www.spyculture.com/angelina-jolie-mi6-and-the-cia-spy-culture-in-mint-press-news/

The Pathology of Government Secrecy

Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 08/21/2020 - 07:00
Reading Time: 15 minutesEveryone talks about the need for transparency in public affairs, but what the government means by transparency turns out to be… not all that clear.  In this week’s WhoWhatWhy podcast, award-winning author Nicholson Baker (Baseless: My Search for Secrets in the Ruins of the Freedom of Information Act) desc
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https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/08/21/the-pathology-of-government-secrecy/

Cold War 2.0, Gold Record, Weird Seeds – New World Next Week

Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 07/31/2020 - 05:27
This week on the New World Next Week: BoJo and Pompeo turn up the heat on Cold War 2.0; Gold hits records as dollar debasement continues; and weird seeds flood the new normal.
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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CorbettReportRSS/~3/BOT2MiY3oZ4/

Mighty Bombs, Mighty Terrorists & Mighty Bugs Make Mighty Propaganda for Mighty Wars

Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 04/12/2020 - 13:14
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https://www.newsbud.com/2020/04/12/mighty-bombs-mighty-terrorists-mighty-bugs-make-mighty-propaganda-for-mighty-wars/

The Pentagon Changed the Entire Premise of MegaForce to Shape Our View of the Future

Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 03/27/2020 - 17:46
MegaForce has to be one of the dumbest movies the Pentagon has ever supported but hidden until now is the...
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http://www.spyculture.com/the-pentagon-changed-the-entire-premise-of-megaforce-to-shape-our-view-of-the-future/

The Pentagon Changed the Entire Premise of MegaForce to Shape Our View of the Future

Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 03/27/2020 - 17:46
MegaForce has to be one of the dumbest movies the Pentagon has ever supported but hidden until now is the...
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https://www.spyculture.com/the-pentagon-changed-the-entire-premise-of-megaforce-to-shape-our-view-of-the-future/

The Pentagon Changed the Entire Premise of MegaForce to Shape Our View of the Future

Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 03/27/2020 - 17:46
MegaForce has to be one of the dumbest movies the Pentagon has ever supported but hidden until now is the...
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https://www.spyculture.com/the-pentagon-changed-the-entire-premise-of-megaforce-to-shape-our-view-of-the-future/

ClandesTime 201 – Thirteen Days and the Cuban Missile Crisis

Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 03/01/2020 - 05:15
In 1962 the US and the Soviet Union came to the brink of nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis...
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http://www.spyculture.com/clandestime-201-thirteen-days-and-the-cuban-missile-crisis/

ClandesTime 201 – Thirteen Days and the Cuban Missile Crisis

Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 03/01/2020 - 05:15
In 1962 the US and the Soviet Union came to the brink of nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis...
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https://www.spyculture.com/clandestime-201-thirteen-days-and-the-cuban-missile-crisis/

ClandesTime 201 – Thirteen Days and the Cuban Missile Crisis

Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 03/01/2020 - 05:15
In 1962 the US and the Soviet Union came to the brink of nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis...
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https://www.spyculture.com/clandestime-201-thirteen-days-and-the-cuban-missile-crisis/

Spy Culture Accused of Being Pro-Russian Propaganda (Spoiler: It Isn’t)

Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 01/02/2020 - 10:18
A recent article on Insider accused my work of being &;the worst example&; of pro-Russian propaganda based on the leaked...
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https://www.spyculture.com/spy-culture-accused-of-being-pro-russian-propaganda-spoiler-it-isnt/

Spy Culture Accused of Being Pro-Russian Propaganda (Spoiler: It Isn’t)

Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 01/02/2020 - 10:18
A recent article on Insider accused my work of being &;the worst example&; of pro-Russian propaganda based on the leaked...
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https://www.spyculture.com/spy-culture-accused-of-being-pro-russian-propaganda-spoiler-it-isnt/

Spy Culture Accused of Being Pro-Russian Propaganda (Spoiler: It Isn’t)

Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 01/02/2020 - 10:18
A recent article on Insider accused my work of being &;the worst example&; of pro-Russian propaganda based on the leaked...
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https://www.spyculture.com/spy-culture-accused-of-being-pro-russian-propaganda-spoiler-it-isnt/

CIA Mascot Jack Ryan & Venezuelan Regime Change Prestige – Tom Secker on Media Roots

Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 12/19/2019 - 07:48
Robbie Martin of Media Roots invited me back on the show for a lengthy, often funny discussion partly inspired by...
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https://www.spyculture.com/cia-mascot-jack-ryan-venezuelan-regime-change-prestige-tom-secker-on-media-roots/

CIA Mascot Jack Ryan & Venezuelan Regime Change Prestige – Tom Secker on Media Roots

Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 12/19/2019 - 07:48
Robbie Martin of Media Roots invited me back on the show for a lengthy, often funny discussion partly inspired by...
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https://www.spyculture.com/cia-mascot-jack-ryan-venezuelan-regime-change-prestige-tom-secker-on-media-roots/

CIA Mascot Jack Ryan & Venezuelan Regime Change Prestige – Tom Secker on Media Roots

Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 12/19/2019 - 07:48
Robbie Martin of Media Roots invited me back on the show for a lengthy, often funny discussion partly inspired by...
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https://www.spyculture.com/cia-mascot-jack-ryan-venezuelan-regime-change-prestige-tom-secker-on-media-roots/

Rape, Murder, Drugs and Racism: Why the Pentagon Rejected Platoon

Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 12/17/2019 - 05:14
The Vietnam war drama Platoon was recently inducted into the US Library of Congress&; National Film Registry, in recognition for...
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https://www.spyculture.com/rape-murder-drugs-and-racism-why-the-pentagon-rejected-platoon/

Rape, Murder, Drugs and Racism: Why the Pentagon Rejected Platoon

Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 12/17/2019 - 05:14
The Vietnam war drama Platoon was recently inducted into the US Library of Congress&; National Film Registry, in recognition for...
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https://www.spyculture.com/rape-murder-drugs-and-racism-why-the-pentagon-rejected-platoon/

Rape, Murder, Drugs and Racism: Why the Pentagon Rejected Platoon

Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 12/17/2019 - 05:14
The Vietnam war drama Platoon was recently inducted into the US Library of Congress&; National Film Registry, in recognition for...
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https://www.spyculture.com/rape-murder-drugs-and-racism-why-the-pentagon-rejected-platoon/

MI5 (Wrongly) Suspected Odeon Cinema Chain of Being Front for Commie Spies

Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 10/23/2019 - 05:38
A 1940s MI5 file shows that British intelligence suspected that the Odeon chain of cinemas was a front organisation providing cover for Soviet spies to get into the UK.  Proving once again that it is the intelligence services who are the bigge
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https://www.spyculture.com/mi5-wrongly-suspected-odeon-cinema-chain-of-being-front-for-commie-spies/

MI5 (Wrongly) Suspected Odeon Cinema Chain of Being Front for Commie Spies

Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 10/23/2019 - 05:38
A 1940s MI5 file shows that British intelligence suspected that the Odeon chain of cinemas was a front organisation providing...
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https://www.spyculture.com/mi5-wrongly-suspected-odeon-cinema-chain-of-being-front-for-commie-spies/

MI5 (Wrongly) Suspected Odeon Cinema Chain of Being Front for Commie Spies

Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 10/23/2019 - 05:38
A 1940s MI5 file shows that British intelligence suspected that the Odeon chain of cinemas was a front organisation providing...
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https://www.spyculture.com/mi5-wrongly-suspected-odeon-cinema-chain-of-being-front-for-commie-spies/

Subscriber Podcast #35 – China, Censorship and South Park

Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 10/20/2019 - 10:59
Over the last few weeks a storm has been brewing about the Chinese government’s censorship of American movies, as well...
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https://www.spyculture.com/subscriber-podcast-35-china-censorship-and-south-park/

Subscriber Podcast #35 – China, Censorship and South Park

Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 10/20/2019 - 10:59
Over the last few weeks a storm has been brewing about the Chinese government’s censorship of American movies, as well...
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https://www.spyculture.com/subscriber-podcast-35-china-censorship-and-south-park/

ClandesTime 195 – The New Cultural Cold War

Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 10/08/2019 - 06:58
The original Cultural Cold War has been the subject of numerous books and articles on both sides of the divide, but the new version has been almost entirely ignored.
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https://www.spyculture.com/clandestime-195-the-new-cultural-cold-war/

ClandesTime 194 – Oliver Stone’s JFK

Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 09/29/2019 - 05:19
This week, I welcome to the show author and friend James Oddy to discuss the JFK assassination case and its treatment in the Oliver Stone movie JFK. We look at the psychological and political consequences of the assassination, as well as the political and cultural impact of the film.
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https://www.spyculture.com/clandestime-194-oliver-stones-jfk/

ROI: Does the Pentagon Fund Movies?

Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 09/20/2019 - 07:48
One of the most common conspiracy theories you hear in this line of research is that the Pentagon and CIA fund Hollywood movies.  This isn't entirely untrue - the CIA covertly funded productions of Animal Farm and 1984 in the early Cold War period - but on the whole, it is untrue.  In all the many thousands of documen
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https://www.spyculture.com/roi-does-the-pentagon-fund-movies/