Behind the front lines of the Korean War, the American military's logistical backbone was riddled with vulnerabilities that invited espionage and compromised the security of thousands.
By Constance Bell ·
Thousands of soldiers were pushed into the Korean meat-grinder while the command group's reports were smoothed into narrative summaries to hide the friction of a failing intelligence apparatus.
By Vera Kessler ·
Thousands of informants and interrogated subjects were reduced to administrative entries in records kept secret for decades, while the operational core of their surveillance remains missing.
By Marcus Boone ·
Prisoners of war and those flagged by the Counter Intelligence Corps faced an unaccountable security apparatus during the Korean War and its aftermath.
By Miriam Adler ·
Mao Anying was killed by napalm while his father and Joseph Stalin promised 1,652 guns to counter a feared American attack in spring 1953.
By Vera Kessler ·
Li Kenong was secretly dispatched to Kaesong to lead negotiations as Mao feared neutral observers would monitor Chinese military transport on the border and in Korea.
By Vera Kessler ·
North Korean divisions dwindled to 3,000 men while General Peng Dehuai urged a strategic pause to prevent a reckless charge and proposed drafting 20,000 prisoners into the ranks.
By Roy Castellano ·
Espionage convicts and Korean defectors served a secret strategy that linked special weapons to the fight against Soviet influence.
By Constance Bell ·
Psychiatric patients and returning Korean War POWs were eyed as 'bodies' for mind-altering drug tests during a CIA effort to bypass official oversight and avoid public scrutiny.
By Eleanor Voss ·
Target populations had their thoughts and behaviors shaped by a secret alliance of the CIA and Defense Department, while specific tactics and failures stay locked in archival files.
By Marcus Boone ·