Posted on 07/08/2012 10:01:31 AM PDT by nickcarraway
is all this new info??? i just finished reading The Longest Day...and see no mention whatsoever of this character, and the book itself does go over agents from both sides, etc...
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I wonder how Canaris saw him.
This guys sounds like President Ladies Tee, our own 0bamatax
I read the book “Double Cross” by Ben McIntyre. That’s gives the full story of Garbo and all the other double agents who helped the British fool the Nazis about D-Day. The British tried to convince the FBI to use double agents, but Hoover was more intent on throwing spies in prison or having them executed. The Brits, who were better than Americans at spy intrigue, thought it was more worthwhile to have double agents and try and fool the Germans. It was a risky plan, because at any time a double agent could become a triple agent. But in the end it worked.
Story of a convincing spy....Hmmm?
“Chicken feet” is obviously supposed to be “chicken feed”, meaning low level relatively insignficant information used to increase a double agent’s credibility in the eyes of the target.
“Chicken feed” has been used as a synonym for a paltry sum, at least since 1836, according to Merriam-Webster.
I downloaded ‘Garbo the Spy’ documentary from Netflix. It was very interesting.
was there but incognito as Ian Fleming!
His contributions were many and vaaried. Reading the history of his military career is as varied and as exciting as the "Bond Books!"
In 1943, Operation Golden Eye was a plan that he lead along with liasing with Donovan the US Secret Service (before CIA formed) Commander.
“The British tried to convince the FBI to use double agents, but Hoover was more intent on throwing spies in prison or having them executed. The Brits, who were better than Americans at spy intrigue, thought it was more worthwhile to have double agents”
There was a time when America took pride in not engaging in European treachery. If you dealt with us, you knew what to expect. A lot to be said for that. Not so much today,,,
We have lost a lot as a nation because of a century of deep engagement and alliance with the UK and Europe. That dogs, fleas thing.
Netflix has a movie/documentary about this.
I was wondering about “chicken feet”, but what do you expect from someone who says the following?
“The British were terrified. They were like, ‘Someone has sneaked past our lines....
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They were like?!
The Germans had a bigger and better “double cross” system than the Brits. “ A life of secrets: Vera Atkins and the missing agents of WWII”- Sarah Helm
compelling
"The British were terrified. They were like, 'Someone has snuck past our lines"?
The article is incredibly lame, even by the standards of the NPR. Only someone almost completely unaware of the history of Overlord and Allied deception plans could have written it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Overlord#Deception
Conjugate: sneak.... snuck... snack!!
Yeah, he was real. I don’t remember The Longest Day spending much time on the deceptions, but Garbo was part of elaborate deceptions the Allies put together. Another one was that they deposited a dead body in the sea with fake papers hoping the Germans would take the bait, and they did.
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I think they got it right... "chicken feet"
When you pluck, clean & cut a chicken for food, only the "chicken feet" are truly "useless"....
The even the neck, liver, gizzard, etc., ...can be turned into stock, "giblets", soup or stew,...
---by-products of the whole bird.
Carry the metaphor into WWII espionage-speak....
All intel/information is useful...
The big meaty pieces make a fine meal.
Some of the bits and pieces of info have to be combined into "by-products"... but still have some use.
Yet....
...intel/info "chicken feet"-- are still genuine parts of the "whole bird" -- yet remain useless for consumption....
Just food for thought... pun intended....
You could be quite right, also.
Have a great day
Yeah, and they almost drowded....
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