IT’S TIME FOR STRANGE SPY FACTS! BOOKSTORE AND LIBRARY EDITION!
Avril_Haines, who once owned a bookstore, was first woman to serve as #CIA’s Deputy Director and the first woman to serve as Director of National Intelligence. pic.twitter.com/l9jgstjrYP
— SPIES&VESPERS (@SpiesVespers) February 18, 2024
Day: February 18, 2024
A Pennsylvania judge who allegedly shot her ex-boyfriend in the head and then tried to convince him that he shot himself was charged with first-degree attempted murder and aggravated assault. https://t.co/i7fvJ5HgaH
— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 18, 2024
#OTD in 2001, the #FBI arrested veteran counterintelligence agent Robert Hanssen for committing espionage on behalf of the former Soviet Union and its successors. He pleaded guilty to 15 counts of espionage and was sentenced to life in prison. https://t.co/aQyOHuFdpe pic.twitter.com/6NO5Yq2w6e
— FBI Detroit (@FBIDetroit) February 18, 2024
Addressing US Jewish leaders on Gaza war, PM says: ‘We have to finish the job’ https://t.co/rdlkmgXrNG
— The Times of Israel (@TimesofIsrael) February 18, 2024
OTD Feb 18, 1967 American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer died. Headed Manhattan Project, director of Las Alamos Lab and “father of atomic bomb.” Controversial figure. Later stripped of security clearance. pic.twitter.com/HMCV0Hru6Q
— SPIES&VESPERS (@SpiesVespers) February 18, 2024
Who Is Konstantin Nikolaev? Putin Ally Behind Mike Johnson Campaign Donation https://t.co/V2c7hkfvbp
— Leonid Nevzlin (@Nevzlin) February 18, 2024
New York Times portrays Melania Trump as one of the laziest, most disengaged First Ladies ever:
“Jill Biden wanted to keep teaching. Melania Trump just wanted to go home.”
“The outgoing First Lady (Melania Trump) had taken to wearing terry cloth bathrobes during the day and… pic.twitter.com/Hew9svYLRo
— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) February 18, 2024
Jimmy Carter 🇺🇸 #POTUS 🥜 pic.twitter.com/ls8judS8jT
— Presidential Wisdom (@PrezWisdom) February 18, 2024
TOO OBSCURE TO MATTER
At the height of Great Depression as many as 10,000 Americans moved to Soviet Union. At first welcomed. There was the Foreign Workers’ Club of Moscow baseball team that played regular games in Gorky Park.Then gulags. pic.twitter.com/thtcYPiTsn
— SPIES&VESPERS (@SpiesVespers) February 18, 2024
Report: Iran cautioned Hezbollah not to spark full-scale war with Israel https://t.co/MdjfPCvDoT
— The Times of Israel (@TimesofIsrael) February 18, 2024