Militær efterretningstjeneste

"I statens hemmelige tjeneste" fortæller Jacob Kaarsbo om sine 15 år i Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste med tophemmelige missioner, politiske magtspil og skandaler.Jacob Kaarsbo gjorde gennem 15 år tjeneste i Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste (FE), og var en af meget få personer, der sikkerhedsgodkendes på allerøverste niveau. I denne bog tager han os helt med ind i de dybeste kamre af FE og med på hemmelige missioner, hvor menneskeliv og nationens sikkerhed var på spil. Det er sager om terror, pirater, hemmelige kilder, kontraspionage og kampen imod Saddam Hussein, Al -Qaeda og Islamisk Stat. "I statens hemmelige tjeneste" åbner for første gang en ellers lukket dør til FE, og giver et levende indblik i efterretningstjenestens dagligdag men også tjenestens dramatiske magtkampe, dens afgørende rolle som brik i dansk politik og de seneste års hovedrystende skandalesager. Jacob Kaarsbo har skrevet bogen i samarbejde med Steffen Nyboe McGhie.

Da chefen for Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste, Lars Findsen, i december 2021 landede i Københavns Lufthavn, blev han anholdt og fængslet for landsskadelig virksomhed.Det var kulminationen på en historisk efterretningsskandale, der går hele vejen til toppen af regeringen, og som også førte til sigtelsen mod tidligere forsvarsminister Claus Hjort Frederiksen. En helt igennem usædvanlig og udansk sag.Men i virkeligheden begyndte den ti år tidligere, længe før Mette Frederiksen blev statsminister. På Amager blev en af spionvæsenets it-eksperter så kritisk over for Danmarks overvågningssamarbejde med USA, at han gav sig til at optage sine samtaler med kolleger og chefer for at bevise, at stormagten spionerede mod sine allierede.Det udløste en kæderække af begivenheder, herunder en langvarig overvågning af efterretningsfolk og journalister; blandt dem denne bogs forfatter, som på baggrund af sine artikler om sagen i Politiken og årelange dækning af de danske efterretningstjenester forsøger at levere et svar på, hvordan det kom så vidt.

Det er aldrig sket før, at en regering i Danmark har hjemsendt sin spionledelse og givet Politiets Efterretningstjeneste lov til at døgnovervåge chefen for Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste i et år for derefter at anholde, fængsle og tiltale ham og den tidligere forsvarsminister for landsskadelig virksomhed. Senere er sagen faldet til jorden, fordi Højesteret krævede åbne døre og bekræftede landets største statshemmelighed gennem årtier – hemmeligheden om et dansk-amerikansk kabelsamarbejde.I De aflyttede fortæller journalisten og forfatteren Hans Davidsen-Nielsen hele historien om, hvordan det kom så vidt, og hvordan han selv – som ”journalist E” i anklageskriftet – blev en ufrivillig del af det, der i dag kendes som FE-sagen.Foruden beretningen om selve sagen rummer bogen interviews med blandt andre Lars Findsen, Claus Hjort Frederiksen og hidtil ukendte hovedpersoner, som har fået deres liv forandret for altid.

I begyndelsen af 2022 rumler krigstrommerne over Europa. Russiske kampvognsenheder bevæger sig langs grænsen til Ukraine, og i syd rykker bombefly i stilling. I Moskva passer den erfarne danske forsvarsattaché Carsten Rasmussen sit arbejde og rapporterer hjem til København om de russiske troppebevægelser. Den danske ambassade har opdateret sine evakueringsplaner, men de vestlige diplomater kan stadig bevæge sig frit i den russiske hovedstad. De berygtede russiske sikkerhedstjenester, som ikke står tilbage for mord og anholdelser af vesterlændinge, har indtil videre ikke rørt de danske diplomater.Men en dag, da den danske forsvarsattaché forlader sin lejlighed for at spadsere til kontoret på den danske ambassade, står to civilklædte mænd på gaden og ryger cigaretter. Da Carsten Rasmussen runder hjørnet for at gå igennem den nærliggende park, er de to mænd sat i bevægelse, og nu følger de efter ham.Vor mand i Moskva beskriver, hvordan den danske forsvarsattaché Carsten Rasmussen pludselig befandt sig i kikkertsigtet hos den frygtede russiske sikkerhedstjeneste FSB, og hvordan han til sidst måtte flygte ud af Rusland en forårsnat i 2022.Carsten Rasmussen er kendt for sin ledende rolle i det internationalt anerkendte kampvognsslag i Jugoslavien kendt som Operation Bøllebank, den første større danske ildkamp siden Anden Verdenskrig. Han har før sin udstationering i Moskva arbejdet som Danmarks forsvarsattaché i Warszawa og Beijing.

Accompanying her parents to Berlin in the 1930s, Martha Dodd knew almost nothing about Adolf Hitler or the Nazis. Yet almost overnight, she stepped into the spotlight, and found herself at the over-heated centre of Hitler's 'New Germany', befriending and dating several high-ranking Nazis, including the then-head of the Gestapo.An affair with a dashing Russian diplomat saw her recruited as a spy, and so began a long and tumultuous career in both Berlin and America, including infiltrating First Lady Eleanor Rooevelt's inner circle and playing a key role in Henry Wallace's disastrous 1948 presidential campaign.Betrayed by a Hollywood-hustler-turned-double-agent, Martha spent years under deep FBI surveillance - escaping twice - and went to ground in Cold War Prague, sad, lonely, rich and bored, living out her final decades in a Communist Sunset Boulevard.Largely forgotten, Martha Dodd began emerging as an iconic historical figure in the early 2000s. While her scandalous behaviour and pro-Soviet leanings were never much in dispute, the actual matter of her guilt remained unresolved. Using recently released KGB archived information and FBI files, in Traitor's Odyssey, author and journalist Brendan McNally corrects this, telling the full epic of Martha Dodd's life for the first time, casting her in a new and bright light.

Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, Adolf Hitler's chief of military intelligence, accomplished something that neither President Franklin D. Roosevelt nor Prime Minister Winston Churchill could ever achieve - he saved the lives of hundreds Jewish refugees and other racial and political undesirables by rescuing them from Nazi Germany and other Nazi-occupied countries. Admiral Canaris is a page-turning story of one of the most important and least likely saboteurs within the Third Reich.

The Second World War changed the course of modern history. It is filled with incredible stories of daring risks and exceptional struggles, but in the popular imagination, these stories are more often than not the stories of men. There is, however, a hidden treasure trove of untold stories of heroic women who have risked their lives in the monumental battle against fascism. We've heard of women who became nurses treating soldiers with battlefield injuries, partisans who fought occupying armies, and skilled laborers who worked in wartime industries. But in the shadows, as part of a secret war against the Nazis, women served as intelligence agents who risked their lives to collect and relay information vital to the war effort. Danger lurked at every turn-a danger that some were not able to evade forever. These courageous women spies worked in secret, but their stories, which are finally coming to light today, offer a significant and unique perspective on the history of World War II. Inside Princess, Countess, Socialite, Spy: True Stories of High-Society Ladies Turned WWII Spies you'll learn ¿ the thrilling stories of Virginia Hall, Christine Granville, Noor Inayat Khan, Nancy Wake and Aline Griffith, who went behind enemy lines to aid the war effort, and what motivated them to take such risks, ¿ what it takes to run a successful espionage operation as a woman during a time when women had little respect in the professional realm,¿ the risks of operating undercover and secretly collecting information from the enemy, and ¿ how these women heroes of WWII helped shape the course and outcome of the most significant war in modern history.You'll gain insights into why some high-society ladies chose to give up a life of comfort to fight against global tyranny and live under constant threat of exposure and imprisonment or death. If you're looking for a unique and enlightening view of the Second World War and are interested in women's historically overshadowed roles in international espionage, then look no further than Princess, Countess, Socialite, Spy.

The 12th volume of the Archive opens with a study by Yefim Melamed (Kyiv) on the history of Stalinist secret services' surveillance of Jewish writers in the late 1930s and early 1950s, which resulted in repression and the physical destruction of many of them. In the appendix to his article, a unique material is published - reports of a secret agent who reported on the activities of the fellow-writers: Grigory Khan (Moscow) makes another contribution to the study of the ""endless"" topic: the Jews and the Russian revolution. His research is dedicated to Aaron Zundelevich (1852-1923), a prominent figure in the narodnik movement, a member of the Executive Committee of the Narodnaya Volya organization (lit. People's Will). Roberta de Giorgi (Udine, Italy) devoted her extensive research to the history of translations and publication of Leo Tolstoy's Three Tales, which, at the request of Sholom Aleichem, gave him for publication in a collection in favor of the Jews who suffered from the pogrom in Chișinău. The story turned out to be extremely intricate and fascinating, and it adds additional touches to the biography of Leo Tolstoy, Sholom Aleichem, as well as to the history of literary life and publishing in the early twentieth century. Maria Gulakova (St. Petersburg) publishes a letter from the ethnographer and public figure Moses Krol (1862-1942) to Chaim Zhitlowsky. Information contained in a letter from Krol (then an émigré in Paris) dated March 26, 1936, sheds light on a little-known attempt to organize the resettlement of European Jews in the 1930s in Ecuador. The published materials are based on documents extracted from various archives in Moscow, Kyiv, New York, Jerusalem and Leeds.

"From the bestselling author of The Indispensables, the unknown and dramatic story of irregular guerrilla warfare that altered the course of the Civil War and inspired the origins of America's modern special operations forces. The Civil War is most remembered for the grand battles that have come to define it: Gettysburg, Antietam, Shiloh, among others. However, as bestselling author Patrick K. O'Donnell reveals in The Unvanquished, a vital shadow war raged amid and away from the major battlefields that was in many ways equally consequential to the conflict's outcome. At the heart of this groundbreaking narrative is the epic story of Lincoln's special forces, the Jessie Scouts, told in its entirety for the first time. In a contest fought between irregular units, the Scouts hunted John Singleton Mosby's Confederate Rangers from the middle of 1863 up to war's end at Appomattox. With both sides employing pioneering tradecraft, they engaged in dozens of raids and spy missions, often perilously wearing the other's uniform, risking penalty of death if captured. Clashing violently on horseback, the unconventional units attacked critical supply lines, often capturing or killing high-value targets. North and South deployed special operations that could have changed the war's direction in 1864, and crucially during the Appomattox Campaign, Jessie Scouts led the Union army to a final victory. They later engaged in a history-altering proxy war against France in Mexico, earning seven Medals of Honor; many Scouts mysteriously disappeared during that conflict, taking their stories to their graves. An expert on special operations, O'Donnell transports readers into the action, immersing them in vivid battle scenes from previously unpublished firsthand accounts. He introduces indelible characters such as Scout Archibald Rowand; Scout leader Richard Blazer; Mosby, the master of guerrilla warfare; and enslaved spy Thomas Laws. O'Donnell also brings to light the Confederate Secret Service's covert efforts to deliver the 1864 election to Peace Democrats through ballot fraud, election interference, and attempts to destabilize a population fatigued by a seemingly forever war. Most audaciously, the Secret Service and Mosby's Rangers planned to kidnap Abraham Lincoln in order to maintain the South's independence. The first full chronicle of the shadow war between North and South, rich in action and offering original perspective on history, The Unvanquished is a dynamic and essential addition to the literature of the Civil War"--

"Love, betrayal, and a secret war: the untold story of two elite agents, one Canadian, one British, who became one of the most decorated wartime couples of WWII. On opposite sides of the pond, Sonia Butt, an adventurous young British woman, and Guy d'Artois, a French-Canadian soldier and thunderstorm of a man, are preparing to go to war. From different worlds, they make their way to fight in Winston Churchill's secret army against the German forces and, unlike most involved in the world's deadliest conflict to date, to fight from behind enemy lines. Their lives first intersect during clandestine training to become agents with the Special Operations Executive. Sonia and Guy learn how to parachute into enemy territory, how to kill, blow up rail lines, support the French resistance, and eventually...how to love each other. But not long after their hasty marriage, their love is tested by separation, by a titanic invasion--and by indiscretion. Written in vivid, heart stopping prose, we follow their stories of uncommon courage--as Sonia plunges into Nazi-occupied France and slinks into black market restaurants to throw off German forces who knew she'd arrived, while at the same time participating in sabotage operations against them by night; and as Guy, in another corner of France, trains hundreds into a resistance army, fashioning himself a military leader, weapons instructor, and peacemaker all at once. Reconstructed from hours of unpublished interviews and hundreds of archival and personal documents, Ayed tells a story of sacrifice and youthful folly; a story about the ravaging costs of war paid for disproportionately by the young. But more than anything, The War We Won Apart is a story about love: two secret agents who were supposed to land in enemy territory together, but were fated to fight the war apart."--

"In a little-known episode of the Vietnam War, the CIA hired Norwegian skippers to command fast patrol boats to land South Vietnamese commandos and combat swimmers on the coasts of North Vietnam. This book will explain who the "Vikings" were, describe their missions, and detail their equipment (primarily Swift- and Nasty-class patrol boats). Author Alessandro Giorgi relied heavily on recently declassified source material to piece together the story"--Publisher's description.

All is fair in love and war. At least the Nazis thought so. They deployed sex like any other weapon in the service of the Third Reich. Al Camino examines many shocking cases, where brothels were hotbeds of bugging and blackmail, and pillow talk could topple nations. Cases include: - The bugging of Salon Kitty, a high-class brothel in Berlin which was taken over by the SS. - Nazi spy Lilly Stein, a 'good-looking nymphomaniac' who slept with US men in order to blackmail them. - Princess Stephanie Julianne von Hohenlohe, who used her intimate relationship with Lord Rothermere to get the British newspaper Daily Mail to support the Nazis in the 1930s Full of intrigue and surprise, Nazi Sex Spies presents a fascinating history of a little-known aspect of World War II.

In Chuck Howe's Using Industry Analysis for Strategic Intelligence: Capabilities and Strategic Intent, the author argues that the Intelligence Community should evaluate globalization as a strategic factor affecting interdependencies between nations. He outlines a variety of industry analysis techniques-including the Five Forces Model, the External Environment Model, and the Value Chain Model-that could be valuable to analysts. Using the semiconductor industry as a case study, Howe illustrates methods that analysts should use in deriving strategic insights from industrial capability.

The true story of a German agent sent to the United States during World War I to launch a terror campaign of sabotage and murder, and the American counterintelligence effort that led to his capture. Full of drama and intrigue, with master spies and double agents, diabolical sabotage devices, secret codes, and invisible ink, Agent of the Iron Cross is the first detailed account of this legendary espionage operation.

For a long time, the Australian Signals intelligence (or Sigint) story has been kept secret. Until now...Why does Australia have a national signals intelligence agency? What does it do and why is it controversial? And how significant are its ties with key partners, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand, to this arrangement?Revealing Secrets is a compelling account of Australian Signals intelligence, its efforts at revealing the secrets of other nations, and keeping ours safe. It brings to light those clever Australians whose efforts were for so long entirely unknown or overlooked. Blaxland and Birgin traverse the royal commissions and reviews that shaped Australia's intelligence community in the 20th century and consider the advent and the impact of cyber. In unearthing this integral, if hidden and little understood, part of Australian statecraft, this book increases our understanding of the past, present and what lies ahead.'George Orwell famously wrote during World War Two, "we sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm". Reading this superb history by John Blaxland and Clare Birgin on Australia's involvement with Sigint and cyber we can contemplate a new formula. We sleep safer because 24/7 intelligent, technologically competent patriotic men and women who work for our agencies, develop and work our electronic defence and offence capacities at worldclass standard. This in a world now in which we are constantly under attack. The work so secret it is proving impossible to produce an official history. This is the closest we can get and it is very good. If you are seriously interested in our defence and survival, or you would just like a good read, this belongs on your bookshelf.' - Kim Beazley, former Defence Minister'A meticulous compilation of the largely unsung past achievements of our most consistently productive intelligence source. And a thoughtful analysis of how to approach the extraordinary challenges posed by the new cyber universe. Blaxland and Birgin make an important contribution to our understanding of issues needing much more open debate than our own and allied governments have traditionally allowed or encouraged.' - Gareth Evans, Former Australian Foreign Minister'Australia has been part of sigint since the practice began, which has shaped its history in ways that Australians know little about. Their government likes to keep things that way. Revealing Secrets overcomes efforts to keep Australians ignorant about their sigint history, by discussing everything that can be said about it without access to secret records. Anyone interested in the past and future of Australia has much to learn from this book.' - John Ferris, author of Behind the Enigma, The Authorised History of GCHQ, Britain's Secret Cyber Intelligence Agency'The most comprehensive and best-informed account we have had of the history of signals intelligence in Australia. Essential reading for anyone seeking to understand not just our country's past, but Australia's strategic future as well.' - Allan Gyngell, author of Fear of Abandonment: Australia in the World Since 1942'Revealing Secrets tell the remarkable but little-known story of how a small, back-room military office grew into a major Australian government agency. Deeply researched, authoritative and accessible, it is a valuable and timely contribution to understanding issues that have never been more important to national security.' - Emeritus Professor David Horner, author of The Spy Catchers

The real world of espionage and counterespionage was not what I expected. An ordinary guy like me, a roofer with a Master's degree in Library Science and with no prior training in intelligence work, nothing in my imagination prepared me for what I faced during the sensitive time when the United States and the Soviet Union were at each others throats.This true story includes 63 minutes of taped conversations between me and my spy handlers. A reader will see and be part of the real world of spying: of talking to the Feds, the Russians, and always watching one's back.

Entdecken Sie die aufregende Welt der Spionage durch die Augen von Robert Baden-Powell, einem britischen General, Schriftsteller und Gründer der Pfadfinderbewegung. In "Meine Abenteuer als Spion" lernen Sie den Mann kennen, der in den schwierigsten Kriegen und Konflikten eingesetzt wurde und durch seine gerissenen Methoden und sein messerscharfes Urteilsvermögen zu einem der gefürchtetsten Spione seiner Zeit wurde.Erleben Sie hautnah, wie Baden-Powell seine Feinde überlistete und wie er seine Fähigkeiten im Überleben und in der Überwachung feindlicher Aktivitäten zu seinem Vorteil nutzte. Lassen Sie sich von Robert Baden-Powells Kühnheit und seinem Abenteuersinn begeistern und erleben Sie eine Welt voller Gefahr und Intrigen. "Meine Abenteuer als Spion" ist eine unterhaltsame und lehrreiche Lektüre für alle, die an Geschichte, Abenteuer und Spionage interessiert sind.