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Parade: Tony Mendez Talks Argo, the CIA, and Edward Snowden
Parade Magazine Tony Mendez Talks Argo, the CIA, and Edward Snowden + Win a Copy of the New Argo Blu-ray If you’re a fan of the 2012 Academy Award Best Picture winner Argo, then you probably know the name Tony Mendez. Portrayed by Ben Affleck in the film, Mendez is the CIA officer who was instrumental…
Read More2013 Honorary Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal
On Thursday, October 3, 2013 the Partnership for Public Service presented nine outstanding public servants with the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals (Sammies). The twelfth annual Sammies gala was held at the historic Andrew Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C. This special award recognizes a former federal employee whose accomplishment decades ago is representative…
Read MoreInternational Spy Museum – Jonna Mendez – My Bond Moment
Hear real stories from real spies as they share their “Bond” moments.
Jonna Mendez spans over twenty-seven years with the CIA including serving as the Chief of Disguise. Her duties included instructing the CIA’s most highly placed foreign assets in the use of spy assets and the processing of intelligence gathered by them.
Read MoreTony Mendez Keynote Speaker at Hood College Graduation Ceremony
Tony was the Keynote speaker at Hood College graduation ceremony in Frederick on May 18th. The ceremony was held in a huge tent on the campus residential quadrangle. It was a near perfect day, cool and sunny. What an honor! Hood President Ronald Volpe awarded Tony with an Honorary Doctorate Degree.
Read MoreCIA Trailblazer Tony Mendez Visits With DNI James Clapper
Office Of The Director Of National Intelligence CIA Trailblazer Tony Mendez Visits With DNI James Clapper Antonio “Tony” Mendez is a retired intelligence officer recognized in 1997 as one of the first class of CIA Trailblazer honorees. Mendez specialized in the support of clandestine and covert CIA operations. He has written three memoirs about his…
Read MorePainting Commemorating ARGO Operation Joins Intelligence Art Gallery
CIA’s Intelligence Art Gallery recently acquired its newest item – a painting titled “ARGO – The Rescue of the Canadian Six.” The painting’s unveiling coincided with the 33rd anniversary of the ARGO operation. In this operation, CIA and Canadian officials smuggled six American diplomats out of Iran after the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy…
Read MoreHeroines Undercover: Better Half Of Discretion
[vc_row el_position=”first last”] [vc_column] [vc_single_image image=”72″ img_size=”full” img_link_target=”_self” el_position=”first”] [vc_column_text] Heroines Undercover: Better Half Of Discretion The Washington Times Most people who meet Jonna Mendez don’t see her as a spy ” and that’s exactly the way she likes it. A good spy, she says, would never be as ostentatious as James Bond in a…
Read MoreSeeing Is Deceiving
KNOXVILLE, Md. –– The master of disguise steps back from his subject, and cocks his head to one side. He’s just applied spirit gum to the upper lip and cheeks of the man on the stool before him. Then he stuck on a false beard and grotesque nose, drew in wrinkles and veins and transformed…
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