by Piper Bayard | Jan 12, 2016 | Espionage, News
Bayard & Holmes ~ Jay Holmes On January 17, 1961, US President Dwight D Eisenhower delivered his farewell speech. The retired five star general had served two presidential terms and was being replaced by his fellow military veteran, the newly elected John F....
by Piper Bayard | Nov 23, 2015 | Espionage, Mohammed Faqwahdi, News
Bayard & Holmes ~ Piper Bayard and Jay Holmes News and social media are awash with opinions and pseudo-facts about the Syrian refugees. One fact, though, is that hundreds of thousands of people are caught in a desperate situation between a Europe that is closing...
by Piper Bayard | Apr 27, 2015 | Espionage, History
Bayard & Holmes ~ Jay Holmes Prostitution may be the oldest profession, but spying is the second oldest. While no one knows when the first intelligence operative conveyed information to his government, historians can safely agree that spying dates as far back as...
by Piper Bayard | Oct 6, 2014 | Bayard, Holmes, Movie, No Popcorn, Espionage
By Piper Bayard The Equalizer is a thriller film by Antoine Fuqua in which an ex-CIA operative must defeat the Russian mob to save his friend. Denzel Washington plays Robert McCall, a widower who has left his former life of intelligence fieldwork. He keeps a simple...
by Piper Bayard | Aug 31, 2014 | Espionage
Bayard & Holmes ~ Piper Bayard The November Man is an espionage movie in which an ex-CIA operative is brought back by the Company for a personal mission in Moscow, only to find himself pitted against his protégé. It is a fast action thriller starring...
by Piper Bayard | Nov 4, 2013 | Espionage, News, PRISM
By Piper Bayard “Compulsive Hoarding is a mental disorder marked by an obsessive need to acquire and keep things, even if the items are worthless, hazardous, or unsanitary.” ~ Hoarders At this point, we know the following about the NSA and its electronic data...
by Piper Bayard | Oct 28, 2013 | Espionage, Famous Spooks, History, Love-A-Spook Day
By Jay Holmes In 2010, my writing partner, Piper Bayard, declared October 31st to be Love-A-Spook Day in appreciation of the quiet contributions of the intelligence community. In real life, versus Hollywood, not all spooks are highly trained supermen and superwomen...
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