The National Intelligencer Validating Cowardice: How a Washington D.C. Newspaper Redefined Defeat into Republican Victory

The fall and burning of Washington D.C. without substantial resistance by the American army and militia was initially an obvious disgrace, however the widely read Washington based newspaper, The National Intelligencer, sought to rewrite this story of defeat into a narrative highlighting republican virtue. Utilizing preexisting stereotypes perpetuated in their paper of British soldiers acting immoral, the staff of The National Intelligencer articulated that the men defending Washington had to return to their individual homes on account of the impending barbarism and savagery of the British invaders, therefore vindicating the militiamen of their lack of resistance and praising their virtuous paternalism

A spy’s guide to Boston University

This article originally appeared in the Vol 23, No 3, Winter 2017-18 edition of AFIO’s Intelligencer journal, which is published by AFIO (Association of Former Intelligence Officers), Falls Church, VA.In this article, Professor John Woodward, a retired CIA officer, examines the people and places associated with Boston University that have made significant, or otherwise interesting, contributions to the world of intelligence

'All at Sea': an Accusation of Piracy against William Herle in 1565

This article will concentrate—in case-study form—on a body of littlestudied and unpublished archival documents in the High Court of Admiralty (HCA) papers at the National Archives in London relating to the Elizabethan intelligencer William Herle (d. 1588). The HCA papers reveal the day-to-day workings of the administrative body responsible for the surveillance and legal process of England’s substantial coastline and home waters

Missouri Intelligencer Article on the Road to New Mexico, July 26, 1827

Missouri Intelligencer Article on the Road to New Mexico, July 26, 182

Missouri Intelligencer Article on the Road to Mexico Survey, October 28, 1825

Missouri Intelligencer Article on the Road to Mexico Survey, October 28, 1825. Article discusses the early progress that the commissioners have made on surveying the Santa Fe Trail

Newspaper Birthday

"On December 10, 1933, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer celebrated its seventieth birthday.