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1. Between 1956 and 1971, the FBI, at the command of J. Edgar Hoover, engaged in covert and illegal methods and spent their time infiltrating, disrupting, and discrediting organizations, such as the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), Students for a Democratic Society, and the Congress of Racial Equality. What was the name of this covert FBI operation?
2. Military plans, intelligence activities, weapons systems, operations, and scientific information relating to U.S. national security are all destroyed by shredding the documents in-house.
3. Joe Pistone worked as an undercover FBI agent for 6 years and was responsible for infiltrating and bringing down the Colombo and Bonanno crime families in New York City; he even had a popular movie made about his time undercover. What was this secret agent's alias?
4. This 33 member German spy ring caused the largest espionage case in the history of the United States and resulted in convictions and cumulative sentences of 300 years. What was the name of this notorious spy ring?
5. This spy was known as the "Doll Woman" and was convicted of espionage against the United States, on behalf of Japan, during the Second World War. She sent coded messages about naval operations in coded "doll" based language to Buenos Aires through her stenography machine. What was the name of the "Doll Woman"?
6. She was known by her stage name and used her Dutch citizenship as a means to travel throughout many European nations during World War I. She was known as a courtesan and exotic dancer. She was eventually accused of spying on behalf of Germany and providing information that supposedly led to the death of 50,000 soldiers. Whether she was really guilty has been questioned ever since. What was the name of this accused spy and femme fatale?
7. In the 1970s, the Church of Scientology engaged in a conspiracy to destroy "unfavorable records" about L. Ron Hubbard, their founder. In their quest to destroy these records they infiltrated and stole documents from over 100 government agencies, foreign embassies, and private organizations spanning across 30 countries. What was the name of Scientology's secret operation?
8. In the 1950s, these Communist men were recruited by a Russian talent scout in Britain to pass information back to the Soviet Union. Which British city identifies the name of this spy ring?
9. In the 1940s and 1950s, Vilyam Fisher, a spy for the Soviet Union, was caught exchanging information between himself, his contacts in the KGB, and other Soviet defectors. The information was transmitted in a very odd vessel/format. What was used to transmit the tiny messages?
10. This American communist married couple were executed in 1953 for conspiracy to commit espionage; the information they allegedly transmitted to the Soviet Union related to the first atomic bomb and it was the first time civilians were executed for espionage. What was the last name of this famous couple?
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