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Critical Thinking, Espionage and Cryptography, Newspapers, The War Years (1775-1783) March 7, 2023 May 8, 2023

Newspapers as a Rebel Source of Intelligence

by Jeffrey H. Michaels

The study of intelligence has always suffered from a bias towards the derring-do of spies, stealing of secrets, breaking of codes, and covert action….

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Diplomacy, Espionage and Cryptography, People, The War Years (1775-1783) February 12, 2019 February 15, 2019

The “Hynson Business”—The Story of a Double Agent

by Richard J. Werther

Wars have a way of creating strange alliances, and the American Revolution was no exception. I encountered one such unusual relationship while researching my…

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The War Years (1775-1783) March 24, 2015 August 28, 2016

4 Infamous Intelligence Failures

by Michael Schellhammer

Battles are complicated events where conflicting or unclear information can confuse even good generals. Here are some examples of when American intelligence systems failed,…

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1. Phil Weaver Caleb Brewster’s Spy Boat Boys

Thanks Joe. There is so much there in such things if you take a look. It gets you to the minutia that people like you and me get into.
2. Phil Weaver Caleb Brewster’s Spy Boat Boys

Thanks Mike. The support documents often have a lot of information. If drill down a bit farther, there are sometimes letters from later generations in the application file that identify…
3. Phil Weaver Caleb Brewster’s Spy Boat Boys

You need to take these depositions with a large grain of salt. I use them a lot for my research/writing, but they need at least some confirmation or a parallel…