After a long wait, World War II spy service honore...

In February 1945, Billings, flying on behalf of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the World War II-era precursor to the CIA, signed up for what...

A female spy finally gets the recognition she dese...

By Petula Dvorak, Washington Post Columnist

Stephanie Czech Rader finally got what was rightly hers at the Old Post Chapel at Fort Myer on Wednesday,...

Jedi Knights wanted for fight against IS

By Charles Pinck

http://www.armytimes.com/story/military/americas%20military/2015/12/18/commentary-jedi-knights-wanted-fight-against-isis/77495890/

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Give Thanks for the OSS

By Charles Pinck

What do attorney James Donovan (portrayed by Tom Hanks in “Bridge of Spies”), the “French Chef” Julia Child, Virginia Hall (the only...

Spy party: Tuxedos, martinis and some of the great...

By Dan Lamothe November 9 at 1:57 PM in the WASHINGTON POST 

Army Maj. Frank A. Gleason’s small unit was facing an advancing Japanese army in China in...

General William Donovan: A Non-Political Intellige...

By: Charles Pinck

In an age when there’s almost nothing our two major political parties can agree about, it seems there’s one exception: besmirching G...

Charles Pinck Discusses Chinese Spies on the BBC

Georgetown Group Partner Charles Pinck discusses the five Chiniese nationals accused of cyber spying against the United States on BBC world News.  

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Remembering the work of the OSS

As our nation’s intelligence community finds itself under attack, it is worth reminding ourselves that it was born in the crucible of World War II whe...

CONGRESSMEN SEEK MEDAL FOR WW II-ERA US SPY AGENCY

The men and women who spied on Germany and Japan for the U.S. during World War II parachuted behind enemy lines, led guerrilla raids, invented special...

Inside the Beltway: Congressional gold for clandes...

They had legendary good spirit and the inner mettle to grapple with grim reality as well. That would be the Office of Strategic Services — the OS...

OSS - Washington’s Intelligence Community Comes Ou...

No one in the ballroom came right out and shouted, “William McRaven for elected office!” but the idea hovered like a thought bubble over the OSS Socie...

Snowden, Russian Espionage and Typewriters - Charl...

Georgetown Group Founding Partner Charlie Pinck speaks with BBC News about the problem Snowden presents to Russian and why the Russians may be conside...

The Best Spies Didn't Wear Suits

For those who have been around long enough, the debate over the reorganization of the United States intelligence community has a familiar air. The iss...

OSS photo from the Archives

Office of Strategic Services (OSS) founder General William “Wild Bill” Donovan with members of the OSS Operational Groups, forerunners of today’s U....

Intelligence reform: Why it’s 1945 all over again

Like skinny ties or handlebar mustaches, what’s old is new again. Amid the current talk​ of better coordination among intelligence agencies in the w...

Swiss-born man to rest in Arlington cemetery for s...

Armed with a Colt .45 and fluency in four languages, Rene Joyeuse spent five months undercover near German-occupied Paris for an American spy agency...

Pinck: Repeal DC security and investigation taxes

Read Charles Pinck’s Letter to the Editor in The Washington Post:



The D.C. government recently announced a $240 million surplus [Metro, Jan. 31...