Union Intelligence Service organization

“In 1938 through the intervention of a Polish mechanic just fired from the production facility in eastern Germany British intelligence learned that the Nazis were developing an improved Enigma mechanical cipher process…”

“I'll tell that story real quick. Oh, real quick. So after he becomes a Pinkerton agency, Pinkerton uses his own skills in espionage, starts attracting clients, and they're growing. And eventually, because they're such big backers of Lincoln…”

“freely acknowledges that many documents were still classified, but there were already abundant information released, obviously because of the Italian investigation. And he's quoting from the foreword in his book, quote, the executive agents…”

“that the British monitored in the Rimini area of Italy. They just mysteriously walked right out of camp. Americans told the Russians they had no idea where he was. Meanwhile, Bandera's organization, with the help of British intelligence, re…”

“stay-behind configuration. The CIA's Ukraine operation began two days later when two agents dropped by parachute after a flight from Germany into the area. Like so many, the CIA project became a joint effort with the Brits. Wisner's office …”

“So Alan Pinkerton resigned his post in protest towards the end of 1862 after McClellan was relieved of command following the Battle of Antietam. Afterwards, the Union Intelligence Service would be taken over by military officer Lafayette Ba…”

“So Alan Pinkerton resigned his post in protest towards the end of 1862 after McClellan was relieved of command following the Battle of Antietam. Afterwards, the Union Intelligence Service would be taken over by military officer Lafayette Ba…”

“the landscape of the PR work. He did research at Gallup polling back in the day, like way back in the day. And then he takes all of that and works for British intelligence during World War II, which, you know, some people would say is the s…”

“It talked about how Donovan had forged an alliance with the Catholic Intelligence Service, which of course is something that we talked about in our last book as well. It talks about Pope Pius decorating while Bill Donovan, and that they had…”

“to familiarize himself with the lay of the land, seize the moment to coordinate with the Brits. Dulles' staff encouraged the British to abandon Bandera. At the London conference, Harry Carr flatly refused to do that. Two British missions se…”

“now offers the prospect of compelling England to make peace within a few months. Acknowledge receipt, signed Zimmerman. Mexico at the time was in the midst of a revolution. They did not have any military capacity to invade the United States…”

“I'll tell that story real quick. Oh, real quick. So after he becomes a Pinkerton agency, Pinkerton uses his own skills in espionage, starts attracting clients, and they're growing. And eventually, because they're such big backers of Lincoln…”

“Intelligence agents operated at grave disadvantage. It was only in 1951, apparently, that the CIA learned that the printing processes the Russians used to produce internal passports and other documents was being used. Planes to drop agents …”

“So, Alan Pinkerton resigned his post in protest towards the end of 1862 after McClellan was relieved of command following the Battle of Antietam. Afterwards, the Union Intelligence Service would be taken over by military officer Lafayette B…”

“In 1865, the Intelligence Service became the modern Secret Service, firmly under the control of the U.S. government. Pinkertons would continue to work for the Union during the Civil War, probably as spies, however, being dispatched to New O…”

“and the abolitionist movement, both good and bad abolitionists, he gets appointed as the head of the Union Intelligence Service. That's why it started with Washington spies. These are Lincoln spies. Now, the story is that he headed off an a…”

“had disappeared without a trace. We're going down the same route that we did in Albania. The CIA and the British remained deadlocked, with a practical result of support continuing for both sides. In 1951, the British dropped three parties o…”

“had disappeared without a trace. We're going down the same route that we did in Albania. The CIA and the British remained deadlocked, with a practical result of support continuing for both sides. In 1951, the British dropped three parties o…”

“in January of 1917, just before the German U-boats started, about the exact same time. This is a telegram from the German foreign minister, Arthur Zimmerman, where he's supposed to have sent a secret coded telegram to the German ambassador …”

“looking back, have been very critical of the intelligence that Pinkerton provided to the Union Army. He said he would exaggerate troop movements. And if you tell a Union general that the South has twice as many troops as they actually have,…”