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elce's avatar

Your wonderful tales remind me of that popular book a number of years back "The Spy Who Wore Red" , written by a young American woman recruited to be a spy for the early OSS during WWII. Tales stranger than fiction was the riveting/rollicking story line that took her from recruitment, to training and plenty of harrowing encounters as an official spy, with romantic intrigues as well.

There seemed to be a Santa Barbara connection with the author "Aline Griffith" but I can't remember exactly what that was. Do you have any memories of a local connection with her too, if you were in town at that time? GROK drew a blank. Thanks.

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Michael Callahan's avatar

WOW!

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Brian MacIsaac's avatar

What a lovely recollection. Thank you for sharing.

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DLDawson's avatar

very interesting experiences with spies Calla…problem with spies, is that many will change allegiance as the winds shift…

https://x.com/fnowisthetime/status/1519825333171605504?s=61

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Howard Walther's avatar

Hello DL right again but the very top espionage players are like

a stable of the best Football QBs waiting for the highest bidder.

They are recruited for the Big Game and paid accordingly.

Can we say USAID Funds.

" Genius in strategy is when all five types of spies are in use

and remain unknown to all but you..."

Any Chinese on any Campuses in SB and CALI?

Just walk around UCSB Campus and LO-OK.

Drive around Goleta and LO-OK at the Mercedes, Porches,

and Land rovers; who is driving them??? IN PLAIN SIGHT!

I think that is a serious problem here>

https://x.com/search?q=spies&src=typed_query&f=top

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Howard Walther's avatar

Chinese are EVERYWHERE STEELING EVERYTHING NOT NAILED DOWN!!!

"I was Blown Away" umm walk around any High Tech Campus!!!!

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/fbi-director-wray-says-scale-chinese-spying-us-blew-away-rcna14369

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DLDawson's avatar

It’s worse than one can imagine…

thanks for selling all of our secrets to the highest bidder Hillary!

she should be locked up…TREASON

didn't think MILITARY PLANES were falling out of the skies all within a short period of time in 2018 we’re just by chance…did you?

Outside of the standard deviation?

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Howard Walther's avatar

I read this interesting SPY article titled "Spies I Have Known and Loved"

by Calla Jones Corner. I quote from same "I suppose, that good spies must

marry exceptional women who can keep secrets."

I am surprised that a women such as Calla Jones would not think that some

good women spies marry solid men for support. Is this a reverse discrimination

issue playing out or is it just that typically men are the spies of the world.

You may want to look at the women alittle closer as they are the unknown spies

who are never written about as an example Nancy Wake >>

https://allthatsinteresting.com/nancy-wake

Lets bring this back to our Lil Ole Beach Town of Santa Barbara.

Any Spies Hangin Out In Santa Barbara, how about in CALI?

https://lamag.com/news/chinese-russian-korean-spies-in-california/

Howard Walther, Member of a Military Family

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DLDawson's avatar

Excellent HW…remembering the old adage ‘follow the wives’…

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Howard Walther's avatar

Yeah DL you can say that again and again and again as goes that ADAGE!!!

He remembered the old adage "I SPY WITH MY LITTLE EYE" is especially

applicable in our Lil Ole Sleepy Russian Beach Town of Santa Barbara

https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/07/24/american-soap-opera-explains-how-russia-feels-about-everything-santa-barbara-trump-putin/

Oh and any UKRAINE RATS RUNNING AROUND SB MAY WE ALL ASK>>???

Cannot leave out Ukraine now can we. SLAVA UKRAINE SPIES!!!!! RIGTH!!!!

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Calla Corner's avatar

Merci Brian! So glad you enjoyed!CJC

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Stephen H Siemsen's avatar

Soldiers have a DUTY to refuse to obey unlawful orders. "Just following orders" is not a defense (Nuremberg Trials). "All I did was shove them into a conveyance." "All I did was put a 10-year-old terrorist alien into a cage." "All I did was turn on a gas valve." If your moral compass is telling you that Trump's order is illegal, see UCMJ Article 90 and CALL the G.I. Rights Hotline (877) 497-4487. You are NOT alone!

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Stephen H Siemsen's avatar

Release the files. Sanction Russia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GvBtI2pUUQ

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Tom Fitzgerald's avatar

Spies, I have learned, come in all types, sizes, genders, races, cultures and loyalties. 'Tis always best to not be known as being amongst them. Cheers.

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