By Alyssa Danigelis
"The world of espionage is not divorced from the rest of the world," Thomas Boghardt, the International Spy Museum's historian says. That became even evident when The FBI announced the arrest of 10 alleged Russian spies living and working in the United States and a couple of years ago, when the CIA released World War II era personnel files, including one for chef Julia Child, who did admin work for the intelligence service back when she was Julia McWilliams. And because spies live and work among us, they need every day objects to conceal their secret files and transmissions.
In the previous century, technology we may find quaint today was invaluable for covert operations. The broadest collection of these gadgets can be found at The International Spy Museum, one of a few spy museums in the world. The Central Intelligence Agency also has a museum in Langley, but it can only be visited with an invitation. There is, however, a virtual tour. While you wait on that special invitation, Boghardt shines a light on 10 famous - and infamous - spy gadgets housed at the International Spy Museum, which is open to the public:
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In the previous century, technology we may find quaint today was invaluable for covert operations. The broadest collection of these gadgets can be found at The International Spy Museum, one of a few spy museums in the world. The Central Intelligence Agency also has a museum in Langley, but it can only be visited with an invitation. There is, however, a virtual tour. While you wait on that special invitation, Boghardt shines a light on 10 famous - and infamous - spy gadgets housed at the International Spy Museum, which is open to the public:
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