# Spycraft 101 Welcome to your clandestine classroom. Page: Feed: --- ## [Soldiers of Misfortune](https://spycraft101.substack.com/p/soldiers-of-misfortune) _2026-08-08 · Justin Black_ Nine men were arrested on charges of planning a prisoner escape operation in Indiana after answering a classified ad in Soldier of Fortune magazine in 1986. ## [From Paramilitary Officer to Inmate](https://spycraft101.substack.com/p/from-paramilitary-officer-to-inmate) _2026-08-03 · Justin Black_ Former CIA officer Dale Britt Bendler pleaded guilty in April 2025 to mishandling classified information and acting as an unregistered agent of foreign governments. ## [Burglary in Buenos Aires](https://spycraft101.substack.com/p/burglary-in-buenos-aires) _2026-07-27 · Justin Black_ An intelligence officer armed with a pry bar and silenced pistol broke into the home of Argentinian political candidate Sergio Massa in July 2013. ## [Insider Threat at Foggy Bottom](https://spycraft101.substack.com/p/insider-threat-at-foggy-bottom) _2026-07-25 · Justin Black_ State Department officer Michael Charles Schena was convicted of charges related to espionage for China in September 2025. ## [A Disappearance in Stockholm](https://spycraft101.substack.com/p/a-disappearance-in-stockholm) _2026-07-21 · Justin Black_ Police recovered the body of Swedish journalist Cats Falck from the Hammarby Canal in Stockholm in May 1985, six months after she disappeared. ## [A Death in Dupont Circle](https://spycraft101.substack.com/p/a-death-in-dupont-circle) _2026-07-01 · Justin Black_ A former aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin was found dead with severe injuries in his hotel room in Washington DC in November 2015. ## [Perseus Unmasked](https://spycraft101.substack.com/p/perseus-unmasked-053) _2026-06-27 · Justin Black_ For decades, one of the greatest mysteries in espionage history was the suspected existence of an atomic spy codenamed Perseus, believed to have infiltrated the Manhattan Project during World War II. ## [The Profumo Affair](https://spycraft101.substack.com/p/the-profumo-affair) _2026-06-25 · Justin Black_ Christine Keeler was a 19-year-old model and call girl caught in a love triangle with the British Secretary of State for War and a Soviet spy in 1961. ## [Silent Submersibles for Sabotage](https://spycraft101.substack.com/p/silent-submersibles-for-sabotage) _2026-06-23 · Justin Black_ Motorized submersible canoes were designed for sabotage and reconnaissance during World War II ## [Accept your Doppler invite (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/4QNo597ngIx0) _2026-06-23 · **Sponsored**_ Create your Doppler account using the invite code you received. ## [The Enduring Mystery of Kryptos](https://spycraft101.substack.com/p/the-enduring-mystery-of-kryptos-1b1) _2026-06-19 · Justin Black_ The Kryptos sculpture at CIA Headquarters remains one of the greatest unsolved encryption codes in the world – for now.