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The Debrief - Argo
When the movie Argo came out, people started asking, “did CIA really create a fake Hollywood production company to exfiltrate six State Department employees from Tehran?” We absolutely did.
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The Debrief - Dr. Zhivago
Russian author Boris Pasternak won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1958 for his book Doctor Zhivago, which was banned two years earlier by the Soviet government. CIA created small, pocket-size versions of the book to sneak into their country so people could read it.
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The Debrief - GLOMAR
CIA has always found innovative ways to solve complex issues. In 1968, a Soviet sub sank to the bottom of the ocean. We wanted to go after it, so we created the technology and the perfect cover with GLOMAR.
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The Debrief - Skyhook
What do Batman, James Bond, Agent Sydney Bristow, and John Wayne have in common? They all used the Fulton Skyhook system to successfully accomplish daring missions.
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The Debrief - CIA Cover in the Sky
This episode highlights CIA’s proprietary cover airlines during the Vietnam war – an example of the great lengths to which the Agency goes in order to accomplish the mission and keep its people safe. The motto of one of the airlines was: “Anything, anywhere, anytime, professionally.”