Video of the facilities and techniques of the FBI and its agent training and dramatizes apprehensions. Reel 1, J. Edgar Hoover introduces the film. Fingerprints and criminal files are shown and explained. Dramatizes events in the capture of John Dillinger. Personages, Homer S. Cummings, John Dillinger. Reel 2 shows prominent persons, places, and objects in […]
On October 1, 2013, former FBI Special Agent Mike Rochford, author David Wise, and psychiatrist David Charney talked about the career of Robert Hanssen, an FBI agent who spied for the Soviet Union and subsequently Russia for 22 years. The speakers focused on the contradictory nature of Hanssen, a self-described “patriot” who committed espionage against […]
From James Hoyer Investigative Law Firm: James Hoyer Lead Investigator Al Scudieri is President of the Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI. This week, he presided over the organization’s national convention in Sun Valley, Idaho. Every year, the Society pays tribute to agents killed in the line of duty in the region where the […]
At the Newseum, I explain how Robert Hanssen orchestrated his career to avoid being too closely scrutinized by the FBI. After the Hanssen case broke, the FBI revamped its procedures for regular screening of its own agents. I joined author David Vise in the discussion of this case. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
The Doublecross system during World War II Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5
Follows twenty-seven year old law school graduate, Tom Holliday, progress through thirteen week training course at FBI Academy at Quantico, Virginia. Trainees learn when, where, what, and how to investigate bank robbies, kidnappings, extortion and espionage crimes, and laws and federal statutes covering these crimes. Demonstrates how to photograph and read burned paper, how to […]
Shows FBI Hoover building and describes mission of Bureau. Shows old footage of 1930’s gansters, George “Machine Gun” Kelly, “Babyface” Nelson, “Prettyboy” Floyd, and John Dillinger to illustrate how aggressive Agency was at solving crimes under Director Hoover. Discusses expansion of agency after WW II to include investigations of espionage, sabotage, loan sharks, interstate gambling, […]
Military Newsreels 1942, Issue 12 Nazi spies are tried in the Supreme Court. Shows FBI agents with incendiary devices carried by the Germans who landed on the Atlantic shore from a submarine. Personages- John Edgar Hoover and Attorney General Biddle.
Careless talk costs lives propaganda from World War Two. Good soldiers on leave scenes. One tells his mother something and she spreads it around. Also warnings about foreigners in occupied countries, don’t trust them. North Africa. Military training film.
Here is the video of my talk on “Ronald Reagan: Counterintelligence and the Evil Empire” at the Institute of World Politics for their Third Annual Reagan Intelligence lecture in April 2013.
A 1970s documentary concerning the subversive activities of Soviet and communist KGB agents, operatives and spies within the United States over the past several decades. There is a brief interview with Larry Grathwohl and some Bill Ayers footage, with a bit of background on the Weather Underground. Additionally, there is a rare interview with KBG […]
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