https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-secret-intelligence-files--7272439enHistoryCopyright Ngochttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/d14751c41a28cb93b4d83ba0d901f0ea.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-secret-intelligence-files--7272439Sun, 23 Aug 2026 14:52:33 +0000NgocNgocfeeds@spreaker.comBehind every war, diplomatic crisis, covert mission, and political deception is another conflict most people never see: the struggle to control information.The Secret Intelligence Files explores true stories of espionage, intelligence agencies, double...falsef6dba823-8dff-5a56-8c39-53b08f9e3649episodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-spy-who-was-supposed-to-catch-soviet-spies--74201817For years, suspicion circled around him without producing a decisive break. Then friends disappeared, operations collapsed, defectors spoke, and the evidence became harder to ignore. Newly released British files add another disturbing detail to the story. When a Soviet officer once offered Britain information that could have exposed penetration inside British intelligence, Philby helped make sure Moscow heard about him first.
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74201817Mon, 17 Aug 2026 12:18:18 +0000NgocKim Philby was not merely a Soviet spy operating somewhere inside Britain. He entered the British Secret Intelligence Service, gained access to some of its most sensitive operations, worked closely with American intelligence, and reached positions...For years, suspicion circled around him without producing a decisive break. Then friends disappeared, operations collapsed, defectors spoke, and the evidence became harder to ignore. Newly released British files add another disturbing detail to the story. When a Soviet officer once offered Britain information that could have exposed penetration inside British intelligence, Philby helped make sure Moscow heard about him first.
]]>964agents,british,cambridge,cold,counterintelligence,double,espionage,five,history,intelligence,kgb,kim,konstantin,mi5,mi6,philby,soviet,spies,volkov,warfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-dead-man-who-fooled-hitler--74201206The officer did not exist. His personal life had been manufactured. His documents were false. And his body belonged to another man entirely. This is the story of Operation Mincemeat, one of the Second World War's most remarkable deception operations, and the larger question behind it. Did Germany really believe the lie, and did that belief actually change the war?
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74201206Mon, 17 Aug 2026 12:05:32 +0000NgocIn the spring of nineteen forty three, a dead British officer washed ashore on the coast of neutral Spain. Chained to his body was a briefcase containing highly sensitive military correspondence. The documents appeared to reveal where the Allies...The officer did not exist. His personal life had been manufactured. His documents were false. And his body belonged to another man entirely. This is the story of Operation Mincemeat, one of the Second World War's most remarkable deception operations, and the larger question behind it. Did Germany really believe the lie, and did that belief actually change the war?
]]>778british,charles,cholmondeley,deception,espionage,ewen,glyndwr,history,intelligence,major,michael,military,mincemeat,montagu,operation,spy,two,war,william,worldfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-listening-device-with-no-battery--74198699Hidden inside the carving was one of the most ingenious listening devices of the early Cold War. It had no battery, no conventional transmitter, and almost nothing that security officers expected a bug to contain. This episode reconstructs how the device worked, why it escaped detection, how it was finally discovered, and what it taught Western intelligence about an espionage technology they had badly underestimated.
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74198699Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:20:31 +0000NgocIn nineteen forty five, Soviet children presented the American ambassador in Moscow with an elaborate wooden carving of the Great Seal of the United States. It looked like a diplomatic gift. It was hung inside the ambassador's residence and remained...Hidden inside the carving was one of the most ingenious listening devices of the early Cold War. It had no battery, no conventional transmitter, and almost nothing that security officers expected a bug to contain. This episode reconstructs how the device worked, why it escaped detection, how it was finally discovered, and what it taught Western intelligence about an espionage technology they had badly underestimated.
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