This is the story of how MOSAD sent undercover agents into enemy territory to secretly repatriate the lost tribe of Israel. It’s one of the most daring rescue missions in the history of espionage. Damian Lewis: Spy Wars s1e8: Exodus
Tigray region, Ethiopia: This ancient tribe of over 80,000 Jews were the descendants of those who had fled Jerusalem more than 2,500 years ago … in an enclave of around 500 villages … Operation Brothers: and smuggle their Jewish brethren from the refugee camp to the Sudanese coast. ibid.
In 1949 the Soviet Union tested their first ever atomic bomb. Their actions shocked the world … The Soviets had caught up four years earlier than they [US] predicted. But how had the Russians made this giant leap in technology in such a short space of time? A network of spies embedded within America’s and Britain’s secret atomic programme had been stealing research secrets and sending them back to Moscow. With one woman at the centre of it all: Sonya [Ursula Kuczynski] – one of the Red Army’s best and most highly training wireless operators. The Spy Who Stole the Atom Bomb, PBS 2019
Her Soviet controllers took her out of China with postings first in Poland and then in Switzerland: it was here that Sonia was to be instrumental in setting up one of Europe’s most notorious spy rings – the Red Orchestra. ibid.
Sonya’s brother Jurgen put [Klaus] Fuchs in contact with Sonya and set up a meeting for them both … Sonya was handling some of the most classified and high-grade atomic research in existence. ibid.
I’m investigating if the government research facility may have been infiltrated by Russian spies. I need to find out if our national security is at risk. The Plot Against America, Dennis Franks reporting, History 2019
American Intelligence officials believe there are over a thousand Russian spies operating on US soil today. ibid. caption
Oak Ridge national laboratory began as a military installation where the atomic bomb was developed as part of the Manhattan project. It’s been the target of Russian spying for decades. It’s the lab where George Koval, a Russian spy, worked. In 1944 he took the design of the Manhattan project and gave it to the Soviets. ibid.
Today, Oak Ridge national laboratory has an annual operating budget of £1.6 billion. It provides key resources to the Department of Homeland Security, including nuclear weapons technology. ibid. caption
I’m determined to dig deeper into this [student] exchange program [near Oak Ridge]. ibid.
Vladimir & Ydia Guryev = Richard and Cynthia Murphy: together they were able to infiltrate financial and policy making circles. ibid.
After being monitored by the FBI for two years, the Murphys were arrested in June of 2010. The entire family was deported to Russia as part of an exchange for Western spies being held by the Russian government. ibid. captions
Anna Chapman was a Russian Intelligence operative who married a British citizen before settling in the United States. She was arrested by the FBI in 2010. ibid.
Take one unclaimed cadaver that had died at St Steven’s hospital – a labourer of no fixed abode; give him a name, a rank, a British uniform, and false mission papers; and set him adrift where the Germans will find him. And so begins Operation Mincemeat: an incredible Allied deception to divert the Reich armies from Sicily. This is the true story of the spy who never was, the corpse that changed the course of World War II. Spies of War I: The Soldier Who Never Was, History 2019
The body would carry confidential documents suggesting an invasion in Sardinia and Greece. ibid.
You don’t know their names. You’ve never seen their faces … British spies during the Second World War – their mission to deceive Adolf Hitler to ensure the success of the D-Day landings in Normandy. A life in the shadows that transformed these five agents into masters of deception. Spies of War II: The D-Day Spies
The biggest deception campaign in military history was conceived: Operation Bodyguard. At the head of the mission, the London Controlling Section: an ultra-secret organisation of high ranking army and secret service personnel. ibid.
Its mission: using a network of double agents to mislead intelligence services of the Reich. ibid.
The largest military operation of the twentieth century. ibid.
Under the direction of spymaster Thomas Harris, Garbo quickly expands his network of fictional informants, creating 27 imaginary agents. ibid.
The target of an upcoming Allied attack: the Bay of Biscay, north of Spain. ibid.
He pursued a brilliant career in the Soviet army. One of the most influential members of the USSR. But in 1960 he betrays his country to offer his services to the American enemy. Colonel Oleg Penkovsky, a spy embedded in the vaults of Soviet power. But can he be trusted? Spies of War III: The Spy Who Saved the World
America’s secret weapon: a prolific spy who almost single-handedly pulled the world from the brink of nuclear wear. ibid.
He compromised over 300 KGB & GRU officers. ibid. Randy Burkett, CIA historian
At the end of 1961, Pentovsky continues sharing intelligence with his contact Janet Chisholm, unaware of the intense surveillance on him by the Soviet secret service. ibid.
It was supposed to be the best kept secret on the planet – codenamed the Manhattan Project. Its success would assure the United States’ dominance over its new rival. Yet from the start it became the target of the greatest industrial spy operation of the twentieth century. No secret was safe; no-one could be trusted. Spies of War IV: The A-Bomb Spies
Spies infiltrate every research site including Los Alamos. ibid.
The spy Klaus Fuchs is invaluable to USSR Intelligence Services. ibid.
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg: the couple has been a part of the New York network of Soviet agents for a long time. ibid.
You are being charged with 27 breaches of the Official Secrets Act and must come with us now. Red Joan 2018 starring Judi Dench & Sophie Cookson & Tom Hughes & Tereza Srbrova & Stephen Campbell Moore & Ben Miles & Laurance Spellman & Stephen Boxer & Freddie Haminara & Robin Soans et al, director Trevor Nunn, female hockey stock
We’ve got to get underground. These guys are everywhere. London Has Fallen 2016 starring Gerard Butler & Aaron Eckhart & Morgan Freeman & Alon Moni Aboutboul & Angela Bassett & Robert Forster & Melissa Leo & Radha Mitchell & Charlotte Riley & Jackie Early Haley et al, director Babak Najafi, Banning
For some reason we’re being managed. Closed Circuit 2013 starring Eric Bana & Ciaran Hinds & Rebecca Hall & Isaac Hempstead-Wright & Denis Moschitto & Jemma Powell & Riz Ahmed & Anne-Marie Duff & Kenneth Cranham & Julia Stiles & Jim Broadbent et al, director John Crowley
In 2018 the people of Salisbury were faced with an unprecedented crisis. A chemical weapons attack on a British city. Based on first-hand accounts and extensive interviews, this is their story. The Salisbury Poisonings I, caption, BBC 2020
Tell you what, mate. Let’s let Trumpton give that [bench] a proper hose down. God knows what’s happened here. ibid. rozzer on scene
Sergei was a high-level MI6 agent inside Russia’s GRU Intelligence service. Now he was moved to the UK as part of the spy swap. ibid. senior rozzer
This is one of the most toxic substances on Earth. That has been specifically designed to be invisible, undetectable. And for the 46,500 people in Salisbury we are their only line of defence. ibid. Tracy, public health lady
Skripal Was Part Of 2010 US/Russia Spy Swap. The Salisbury Poisonings II, 2018 Fox News banner
He [Skripal] contaminated the house. He picked it up on his way in, on the door handle. ibid. senior rozzer DCC Lindsay
There are 11 confirmed deposits at Zizi’s, 6 at The Mill, 14 in the Skripal car, 15 in the Skripal house, all lethal doses. ibid. Tracy
I’m sleeping there tonight. And probably quite a lot from now on. I’m sorry. ibid. Tracy to hubby
Whitehall are going to take over, aren’t they? ibid. Tracy to Supt Dave Minty
‘It was highly likely that Russia was responsible for this wretched and despicable act. They have treated the use of a military-grade nerve agent in Europe with sarcasm, contempt, and defiance.’ The Salisbury Poisonings III, Theresa May
Mandy: Sergei?
Sergei: Yes. You booked me B&B? Mandy III: Russian, BBC 2020
Mandy: Whereabouts did you want to go?
Sergei: Salisbury. Did you know clock tower is over 200 years old? I would also like to visit GCHQ. ibid.