Audience waiting for Jonna Mendez talk

Audience awaiting Jonna Mendez talk at Association of Former Intelligence Officers - AFIO NY Metro Chapter - New York, NY - Photograph by Alex Goodwin

Jerry Goodwin and Jonna Mendez

Chapter President Jerry Goodwin and Jonna Mendez at Association of Former Intelligence Officers - AFIO NY Metro Chapter - New York, NY - Photograph by Alex Goodwin

Jonna Mendez presenting at TEDx Bermuda

Jonna Mendez presenting at TEDx Bermuda.

PBS News Hour Jonna Mendez Meet the CIA’s disguise artists who helped Cold War spies disappear

Jonna Mendez shares her trove of cloaks and daggers with Nick Schifrin.

Jonna Mendez talks with CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett on The Takeout Podcast

Jonna Mendez talks with CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett on The Takeout Podcast

Valuetainment CIA Chief Disguise Officer Opens Up

Valuetainment -CIA Chief Disguise Officer Opens Up

Intl Spy Museum The Moscow Rules with Jonna Mendez

INTERNATIONAL SPY MUSEUM - The Moscow Rules with Jonna Mendez

the moscow rules book talk by jonna mendez at the Spy Museum on CSPAN BookTV

the moscow rules book Talk by Jonna Mendez at the Spy Museum on CSPAN BookTV

Jonna Mendez at the International Spy Museum book talk on May 29, 2019

JONNA MENDEZ: INSIDE THE CIA AND THE MOSCOW RULES

JONNA MENDEZ: INSIDE THE CIA AND THE MOSCOW RULES

Jonna Mendez at iHeart radio interview

Jonna Mendez at Barnes & Noble NYC book signing event.

Jonna Mendez on MSNBC Morning Joe

Jonna Mendez on MSNBC Morning Joe

Jonna Mendez on MSNBC Morning Joe

Jonna Mendez at White House

Jonna in the White House, briefing President George H. W. Bush, who had been Director of the CIA, on the latest disguise system.

Jonna in the White House, briefing President George H. W. Bush, who had been Director of the CIA, on the latest disguise system.

Jonna in the White House, briefing President George H. W. Bush, who had been Director of the CIA, on the latest disguise system.

The magic shop in LA was consulting with magic builders for ideas on how to create deceptions and illusions for use on the streets of Moscow.

Jonna in Cuba

Jonna on elephant

Jonna in Peshawar trying on Soviet military belts and hats during the Afghan war.

Tony Mendez with Soviet Soldier

Christmas morning in Berlin, 1990: Antonio is purchasing items from the Soviet soldiers at the Brandenburg Gate where the wall came down November 9th one year earlier.

Maryland House of Delegates (Antonio and Bruce Poole)

CIA Trailblazer Award (Antonio and George Tenet) …I am very pleased to inform you that you have been selected as a “CIA Trailblazer” in this, our 50th anniversary year…Nominees were limited to those individuals – of any grade, in any field, and at any point in CIA’s history – who distinguished themselves as leaders, made a real difference in CIA’s pursuit of its mission, and who served as a standard of excellence for others to follow. …I hope you will accept this award as an expression of thanks from a grateful nation… From George J. Tenet The Director of Central Intelligence…

Antonio ready to board a Pilatus Porter for his first trip into enemy territory, Laos 1968. As a career intelligence officer in the murky field of espionage, Antonio moved the CIA’s most sensitive agents clandestinely through international borders in daring top secret exfiltration operations utilizing his skills in the art of deception and illusion, and creative use of disguise.

Picture of Tony taken at about the time he went into Tehran for the ARGO operation

Tony disguised as a homeless man on the streets of Washington, D.C.