Militær efterretningstjeneste

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.

"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.

Michele Rigby Assad er kristen og forhenværende agent for den amerikanske efterretningstjeneste CIA. Som hemmelig agent for CIA gjorde hun tjeneste i nogle af de mest risikofyldte områder i Mellemøsten. Hun var leder for nogle af de allerdygtigste agenter på kloden. Truslerne var virkelige. Operationerne var farlige, og inderst inde spurgte Michele sig selv, om hun virkelig var den rette til jobbet. Var hun det rigtige sted på det rigtige tidspunkt, eller havde hun misforstået sit livs kald undervejs? Havde hun det, der skulle til for at overleve?I Ud af skjul har Michele fået tilladelse til at droppe sit dække og stå frem og fortælle sin historie – en historie om indædt kamp, uventede udfordringer, mislykkede operationer og frem for alt: beretningen om, hvordan hun fandt en tro og et formål, der kunne overvinde selv hendes værste frygt.Da Michele og og hendes mand, Joseph, trak sig tilbage fra aktiv tjeneste var de med til at planlægge og udføre en nervepirrende redningsoperation, hvor en stor gruppe internt fordrevne kristne irakere blev evakueret til en ny tilværelse i Slovakiet.Hardback med jacket.

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.

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.

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.

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 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 for war.From different worlds, their lives first intersect during clandestine training to become agents with Winston Churchill’s secret army, the Special Operations Executive. As the world’s deadliest conflict to date unfolds, Sonia and Guy learn how to parachute into enemy territory, how to kill, blow up rail lines, 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.Writing in vivid, heart-stopping prose, Ayed follows Sonia as she plunges into Nazi-occupied France and slinks into black market restaurants to throw off occupying Nazi forces, while at the same time participating in sabotage operations against them; and as Guy, in another corner of France, trains hundreds into a resistance army.Reconstructed from hours of unpublished interviews and hundreds of archival and personal documents, the story Ayed tells is 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.

A history of Norwegian skippers hired by the CIA to command fast patrol boats on secret missions into North Vietnam

Miguel Nazar Haro tenía una fijación con los tigres: se identificaba con uno tenía uno en su oficina lo usaba para torturar a sus detenidos Nazar Haro podría ser la personificación de la oscuridad: dirigió la institución considerada más perversa en la historia de México —la Dirección Federal de Seguridad— durante el tiempo en que ésta destrozó a activistas y desapareció a cientos de guerrilleros, opositores y estudiantes; además, creó la Brigada Blanca y para los que él consideraba “enemigos del sistema” fue el rostro más represivo y corrupto del Estado…   Este libro reconstruye su historia. Es el resultado de un gran número de entrevistas realizadas entre febrero de 1993 y diciembre de 2011 al extitular de la extinta DFS. El Tigre retrata su niñez, su adolescencia, su vida como agente, su anticomunismo, su pasado poderoso y útil para los hombres que dirigieron este país, así como su caída y abandono por parte de aquellos con quienes colaboró, como Luis Echeverría Álvarez. En estas páginas —que sólo ahora se pueden dar a conocer—está la historia que llevó a su detención en febrero de 2004, su retorno a la libertad y su muerte por tristeza.ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONMiguel Nazar Haro was fixated with tigers. He identified with one he had in his office. He used it to torture his detainees. Nazar Haro could be the personification of darkness. He led what is considered the most perverse institution in Mexican history—the Federal Security Agency—during a time in which it destroyed activists and disappeared hundreds of rebels, dissidents, and students. He also created the White Brigade, and to those he considered “enemies of the system,” Nazar became the most repressive and corrupt face of the government…   This book puts together his story. It is the result of a great number of interviews with the former head of the now extinct agency, conducted between February 1993 and December 2011. The Tiger portrays his childhood, his adolescence, his life as an agent, his anti-communism beliefs, his powerful past, useful to the men who ran the country, as well as his downfall, and being abandoned by those he collaborated with, people like Luis Echeverría Álvarez.   These pages—that only now can be made known—tell the story that led to his arrest in February 2004, his return to freedom, and his dying of grief.

From the snowy Soviet shooting range to the heat and dust of Africa, nothing is what it seems. And neither is Sue Dobson.The image of South Africa in the 1980's as the golden paradise on the tip of the African continent conceals a brutal, racist Apartheid regime. Those who oppose it risk their lives. Beauty and brutality go hand in hand.Sue Dobson, a young white South African woman lives a 'legend'-a life where she pretends to conform, moving easily through the echelons of the racist government in her work as a journalist, whilst concealing her espionage and military training in the Soviet Union, and her intelligence work for the banned African National Congress. Matters come to a head when sinister forces try to derail the Namibian independence process and Sue's cover is blown during a difficult honey trap operation, bringing the Cold War to Africa, and leading to her desperate flight across Southern Africa with the Apartheid security police snapping at her heels.

"The true story of socialite spy Marguerite Harrison, who slipped behind enemy lines in Russia and Germany in the fraught period between the world wars Foreign correspondent. Author. Filmmaker. Spy. Marguerite Harrison was born into Gilded Age American privilege and launched a successful career as a culture writer for the Baltimore Sun as a young widow. But when America entered World War I, Harrison secretly applied for a position in intelligence. She was sent undercover into Germany after the armistice. With her society connections and gift for languages, Harrison delivered reports of mounting tensions and the growing power of the German right, and returned home an unsung heroine. Harrison next fought for an intelligence posting in the newly formed Soviet Union. Posing as a reporter sympathetic to the Communist cause, she entered the USSR and was soon caught and jailed as a spy. Set the terrifying task of becoming a double agent for the Soviets, she strove to remain loyal to America. In both places, Harrison saw the future --a second war with Germany, a cold war with the Soviets--and was little believed back home. Janet Wallach captures Harrison's daring and glamour in this stranger-than-fiction history of a socialite drawn to the impossible"--