Long before modern intelligence agencies existed, George Washington relied on an unlikely network of merchants, tavern keepers, and ordinary civilians operating in the shadows of British-occupied New York. Known today as the Culper Ring, this secret spy network became one of the most effective intelligence operations of the American Revolution.

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