Ray’s Discoveries

The American revolution was one of the most fascinating events in all of history. Ever since I was in 6th grade, I was fascinated by it. At the time, I was into cloak and dagger stuff – the cold war was in full swing, and I dreamed of outsmarting Russians like James Bond did – and so I did a report on spies in the American revolution. I had no idea how big a role skulduggery played in the war of independence until I actually looked into it myself. Counter-espionage was not very sophisticated at the time, so both sides made extensive use of intelligence to gain information on troop movements, enemy supplies, popular support, and all other manner of important information.

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