The CIA’s Secret Plan for Aerial Recon Using Spy Cameras on Birds
A 1975 CIA memorandum titled “Bird Camera Program” outlines a classified push to develop and test miniature surveillance cameras mounted on birds. This was part of a broader effort to achieve low-altitude photography over sensitive sites without using...
Feature: When The CIA & KGB Both Watched Oswald & Looked Away
He defected to Russia. Then came back. Everyone watched. No one acted. In the world of Cold War espionage, defectors were never left alone. Especially not those who played both sides. Lee Harvey Oswald was one of those men. And according to newly released JFK files...
Moscow’s Eyes on Mexico: A Forgotten Pattern of Embassy Surveillance
In the recently released CIA memo from document 206-10001-10003, a curious Soviet national in Mexico City asked targeted questions about U.S. embassy staffing in 1962. While the memo has no known connection to Lee Harvey Oswald, it reveals something deeper: a quiet,...
The Cuban Intelligence Asset That Slipped Through the Net
In the trove of CIA records released in 2025, a short memo dated September 1963 points to a Cuban intelligence officer operating in the United States-one with direct ties to groups Lee Harvey Oswald associated with. The memo was never acted on, never referenced in...
