Five Americans Built an Unbreakable Spy Ring
FROM THE ARCHIVE (2023): References to current events, governmental administrations, or public policies may not reflect present-day circumstances.
Did you know that five Americans built one of the greatest spy rings of the 18th century? Or that a failed spy has a statue outside the CIA? Alexander Rose answers all these questions and more, in this 2023 speech brought back from the archive.
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“Intelligence in the Revolutionary War”
Alexander Rose
Author, Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring
This speech was given on October 1, 2023, during a Hillsdale College CCA seminar, “U.S. Intelligence: History and Controversies”.
Attribution list (all clips & images): https://docs.google.com/document/d/14Gvif4rb1qpuvez_5qnIPmv8l3J8wxrBxiGn-9G1MPk/edit?usp=sharing
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