Category: gestapo

Meet Virginia Hall, Famous WWII Spy With a Prosthetic Leg

The cruel Pyrenees Mountains stared down at Virginia Hall in November 1942. As a spy for Britain’s Special Operations Executive (SOE), Hall had risked her life gathering information and establishing safe houses for downed Royal Air Force (RAF) pilots. Though this brave American woman had operated for over a year out of the French city…


Why Is the FBI Targeting Law-and-Order Americans? What Enabled the FBI’s Sweeping Surveillance Powers?

In the wake of the 9/11 attack, the FBI saw its power—and budget—expand. And yet the recent hostage situation in a Texas synagogue is the latest in a long line of FBI failures to stop Islamic terror attacks. After all, the Bureau’s mission is to keep Americans safe from terrorists and hostile foreign agents. Instead,…