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Espionage

Distinctive gold cuff links provided a recognition signal between Soviet mole Pyotr Popov and his CIA contacts.

A Private Tour of the CIA’s Incredible Museum

Inside the agency’s headquarters is a museum filled with relics from half a century of cloak-and-dagger exploits

Soviet propaganda, circa 1920

Cool Finds

Thousands of Secret KGB Espionage Documents Are Now Available to the Public

The papers contain names of spies, descriptions of secret weapons and detailed plots against the West

How One Chinese Corporate Spy Dodged the FBI to Steal Inbred Corn Seeds from Iowa

Mo Hailong faces a decade in prison for allegedly trying to steal millions of dollars-worth of corn seeds

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America — and Gary Powers — Caught Red-Handed

On this day in 1960, CIA pilot Gary Powers was shot down over the USSR. Read how a military maneuver became an international incident

Koval in an undated photograph from his FBI file.

George Koval: Atomic Spy Unmasked

Iowa-born and army-trained, how did George Koval manage to steal a critical U.S. atom bomb secret for the Soviets?

International Spy Museum

For Your Eyes Only

Keith Melton’s museum contains the finest collection of espionage paraphernalia anywhere—and it’s so secret we can’t even tell you where it’s located

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