Spying has long been viewed as a man’s game, but throughout history, women have played pivotal roles in intelligence operations that significantly influenced the outcomes of wars. These women worked ...

The former slave known for leading more than 300 people—including her elderly parents—to freedom as a conductor on the Underground Railroad was also a Union spy. Born in Maryland around 1820, Tubman ...

Christina Hillsberg joined the CIA as an eager 21-year-old in 2006. She spent more than a decade there: traveling undercover to CIA stations across the globe, meeting with clandestine sources in cafes ...

The world of spying is full of drama, glamour and sex – or so it would appear if you read the classic novels... In the early 2000s, after a career as a journalist and editor, I had been offered a job ...