Story by Erin Thompson | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 02.13.2026
On Feb. 19, 1945, a bomb exploded in the vehicle of two U.S. Army officers in Panama City, Panama. A subsequent Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC) investigation of the attack stopped a series of terrorist acts across Panama....
Story by Erin Thompson | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 01.09.2026
On Jan. 11, 1948, Brig. Gen. Edwin A. Zundel became the chief of the Army’s Counter Intelligence Corps. Despite having no intelligence background, General Zundel would oversee the CIC during its postwar personnel crisis....
Story by Erin Thompson | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 12.19.2025
On Dec. 28, 1946, the commander of U.S. Forces in the European Theater (USFET) instructed the Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC) to investigate black market operations in occupied Germany. This order came during intense political pressure to address misconduct within the U.S. occupation force....
Courtesy Story | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 12.12.2025
On Dec. 19, 1944, U.S. Army Counter Intelligence Corps agents learned of a German plot to assassinate General Dwight D. Eisenhower at Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces in Paris as part of their Ardennes Offensive. Heightened security measures along the front and in Paris were enacted to prevent the rumored plan’s success....
Story by Erin Thompson | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 07.18.2025
On Jul. 21, 1945, agents from various Counter Intelligence Corps detachments participated in the first large-scale security operation in occupied Germany. Operation TALLY HO succeeded in uncovering a vast array of security threats active in the U.S. occupation zone....
Story by Lori Stewart | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 07.11.2025
On Jul. 15, 1943, Masanori “Mike” Miyagishima enlisted in the U.S. Army. He went on to serve twenty-eight years in uniform, retiring as a lieutenant colonel, and then completed an additional eleven years as an Army civilian before retiring a final time in 1982....
Story by Erin Thompson | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 05.09.2025
On May 16, 1945, Allied counter-intelligence agents arrested an Abwehr (German intelligence) agent in recently liberated Italy. Through interrogations of this agent and his associates, the U.S. Army Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC) was able to uncover a large network of saboteurs operating in Milan....
Story by Erin Thompson | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 04.18.2025
On Apr. 20, 1947, special agents from the 971st Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC) Detachment in South Korea investigated the murder of communist activist Jeong Jin-ryong at the hands of the notorious Kim Du-han....
