Oct 21st, 2010 at 6:00PM:
Do spies wear sundresses? Flickr user jrodmanjr snapped this woman in Moscow's Red Square and imagines she may be a cold war spy, her black briefcase full of classified documents. More likely an art student with a portfolio, but any any rate, its fun to speculate on the secret lives of strangers. As a photo, it's pretty interesting too: nicely framed, distinctly Russian, and the mysterious girl's ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Oct 21st, 2010 at 6:00PM:
Do spies wear sundresses? Flickr user jrodmanjr snapped this woman in Moscow's Red Square and imagines she may be a cold war spy, her black briefcase full of classified documents. More likely an art student with a portfolio, but any any rate, its fun to speculate on the secret lives of strangers. As a photo, it's pretty interesting too: nicely framed, distinctly Russian, and the mysterious girl's ...Not a nomad: Unusual traveler looks for way into politics
Sep 8th, 2010 at 5:00PM: Warning: this won't work for everybody. It helps to be female, smokin' hot and be able to lie comfortably through your teeth.
When you travel, I suspect you don't roll like Anna Chapman. Rather than book a flight, get a room at an upscale hotel (or pay-by-the-hour joint) and see the usual sights, she truly blended in like a local ... and kept here eyes on the sorts of attraction that people ...SkyMall Monday: Top 10 pieces of spy gear
Jul 26th, 2010 at 1:00PM: The world is a scary place. Heck, even the Cold War is heating up (er, cooling off?) again with Russian spies being kicked out of the US. It's becoming harder and harder to trust anyone, even your family. Here in the SkyMall Monday headquarters, I trust Calvin the Garden Yeti and no one else. In these crazy times, it's best to find out all the information you can on those around you, lest they try ...Outsiders not welcome at Chinese spy museum
May 2nd, 2009 at 9:00AM: Foreigners keep out!
Committed to preserving national secrets, the new Jiangsu National Security Education Museum in Nanjing is only open to Chinese citizens. So, if you want to see guns embedded in lipstick, maps hidden in decks of cards and other accoutrements of the spy trade (or, "tradecraft," as spies over here call it), you have to have the right passport.
Most of the items on display are ...Flipbac - a mega useful camera accessory for spies and tourists alike
Nov 18th, 2008 at 4:00PM: Ladies and Gentlemen, behold the Flipbac. The "Flipbac Angle Viewfinder and LCD Screen Protector for Digital Cameras" is a little mirror on a hinge that attaches easily to any digital camera to make it possible to "shoot from the hip," as they say. Snapped shut, it looks nice and tidy, and protects your LCD screen from scratches, smudging, and lipstick from your purse. This reminds me of the ...I Spy a Museum
Dec 9th, 2006 at 9:31AM: The NY Times had a fun piece by a former CIA case officer, in which she talks about visiting various spy museums. He went to NSA's National Cryptologic Museum in Fort Meade, MD, and the International Spy Museum in DC.
Having visited the International Spy Museum myself, she describes the experience well, while adding in little tidbits about her experiences with the CIA in Eastern Europe in the ...
