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Wednesday, April 25, 2007
 
CIA Stories

I've read my share of CIA books over the past couple of years, and I always find the clandestine training, research, and missions to be fascinating. I think that since I feel that most of my interactions with the outside world are largely a ruse, I like to believe I'd be well suited to similarly pretend with foreign assets. Too bad I don't speak fluent Russian or some other helpful language. Any way, here's a good story about how the CIA got some of the Americans out of Iran during the hostage crisis back in '79. The lengths that they went through to ensure the operation ran smoothly are humorously impressive.