Industrial espionage

Hitchcock described his film, The Thirty-Nine Steps, as “a film of episodes. He made sure the content of every scene was very solid, so that each one would be a little film in itself” (Truffaut, p.95). The sequence “The Crofter and His Wife” is one of the sections that acts as a film within the film. The central theme of this sequence is character entrapment. At around mark 26:30, the scene opens with a view of the countryside which appears to be picturesque and peaceful. However, it is clear that

How To Be A Spy In Double or Die James Bond gets caught up in a mix where he is trying to solve a coded letter. In his little adventure James Bond drives his perfect car and solves problems every so often. Knowing what James Bond has gone through and how he has saved the world twice at a young age, I was curious to learn about how an organization like the CIA or M16 find young recruits and how someone could become a spy. Attempting to figure out how James Bond would become a spy is very clear

Wiretapping is an essential tool in finding wanted men, but at the same time the Government likes to abuse this power. Before we get any further I feel I should explain what Wiretapping actually is. Wiretapping is “the practice of connecting a listening device to a telephone line to secretly monitor a conversation.”. Now that’s the definition that google gave me so I’ll try and explain it in my own words. Basically after the 9/11 terrorist attacks a new law was passed Called the “Patriot Act”, Which

The topic of espionage and spying has been a fascination with people around the world for decades. The secrecy, complexity, and exciting nature of the acts involved in espionage are intriguing and solicit curiosity. This curiosity by people has led to the creation of numerous movies depicting acts of espionage for the purpose of entertainment. Some films, like James Bond and the Jason Bourne series, go to great lengths to make the espionage world seem like secret gadgets, cools cars, fancy clothes

In the 1930s, s series of documents were discovered to provide evidence of General George Washington had an underground network of spies. This interconnected of spies was called The Culper Spy Ring was instrumental in leading the Continental Army to victory and Washington vital documents that exposed British’s troop locations and movement, and British spies hidden among his military camps. The British captured and occupied New York in 1776 and from that moment on, Washington became driven to take

Spies and Secret Agents of the Civil War During wars, countries often use spies or secret agents to spy on other countries to receive information. Spying is very risky, and every move you can give yourself away very easily. During the Civil War spying was difficult because the lack in technology made it difficult to send information back and forth. In the civil war women, slaves, and men helped work as spies. During the Civil War women from the Confederacy and the Union, served as spies for

The Swincar Spider is a crazy electric car that looks like something straight out of Bioshock. It’s got this weird steam-punk vibe that throws me back to memories of trying to make an escape after just foiling the plans of some quasi-dystopian government. Of course, this is real life, so fortunately nothing like that is happening. At least not yet. The Swincar Spider A french company named Mecanroc is the brains behind the operation. The Swincar Spider is a really flexible buggy that is ran completely

Week three’s module includes links that mention two highly public whistleblowers Ed Snowden and Julian Assange. I wanted to look into NSA and perhaps find an earlier whistleblower. One that is older, not as publicized or maybe has been forgotten. I found Perry Fellwock, who like Snowden is a former NSA agent. Fellwock worked for the NSA over a period of years in 1960’s. During his employment he acquired knowledge with the ECHEOLN or better known as SIGNINT. These terms refer to various signal intelligences

The start The spies were created in 1914 during world war one to fight the undercover wars. The spies of world war one - two were created all for the same reasons. The spies were created for a lot of reasons but the biggest reason was to collect information and send it back to their home Country. The spies all came from different countries to try and collect lots of information. The majority of the spies Hitler hired were all from different countries hired to collect information about the Nazis and

country, the United States of America, but with a completely foreign nation, the Soviet Union. It was one of the most controversial trials of the 20th century. A man, Julius Rosenberg, and his wife, Ethel, both accused of conspiracy to commit espionage. Some argued that they were innocent of all charges laid against them. Others declared them guilty without question. Though the Rosenbergs were executed in 1953, the verdict of their guilt was still under scrutiny after their deaths. As more