Hidden in Plain Sight: Concealment Devices of the OSS
Photo courtesy CIA. During World War II, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS)—the precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)—pioneered a new era of espionage. Tasked with gathering intelligence and sabotaging enemy operations, OSS agents relied on creativity and innovation to outwit their adversaries. Among their most remarkable tools were concealment devices, which allowed agents…