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The CIA is the world’s most famous secret intelligence agency. Its directors, in retirement, write best-selling memoirs. Its veterans write autobiographies like Jonna Mendez’s engaging and enlightening “In True Face,” an important addition to the canon of nonfiction books about an institution encrusted in myths created by movies, television, novels, hostile intelligence services and, occasionally, the agency itself.

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Inside Edition Interview
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Inside Edition Interview

For 27 years, Jonna Mendez had one of the most illustrious and dangerous jobs on the planet: serving as a CIA agent. She is now sharing her journey, or what she can safely share about her journey, in her newest book, “In True Face: A Woman’s Life in the CIA: Unmasked.”

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GoodDay New York Interview
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GoodDay New York Interview

With over 27 years of experience in the CIA, including serving as the Chief of Disguise, Jonna Mendez has stories that would be fitting of a James Bond film. Her new book, In True Face, A Woman’s Life In The CIA, Unmasked, gives a firsthand look at exactly what it was like to be one of America’s top spies.

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SPY Museum: Spies & Spymasters Virtual Happy Hour Recording
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SPY Museum: Spies & Spymasters Virtual Happy Hour Recording

[Video recording] We love sorting out fact and fiction in spy movies at the Spy Museum. But how about when Hollywood stars are the spies? Join us tonight for some unusual celebrity gossip at this virtual happy hour! We’ll tell you some of our favorite stories about operatives who loved the limelight more than the shadows—your mission: shake up the perfect cocktail or mocktail.

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Atlas Obscura: Meet a Former CIA Chief of Disguise
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Atlas Obscura: Meet a Former CIA Chief of Disguise

Meet Jonna Mendez, the former CIA Chief of Disguise (a real job!). During her tenure, Mendez oversaw the equipment used by spies to conceal their identities, including a five-second mask, which had been inspired by Hollywood. The technology, developed over a period of 10 years, allowed for facial movement—and, unlike its cinematic counterparts, which required hours in the makeup chair, it could be put on and removed at a moment’s notice. Listen to Mendez explain the ins and outs of this unique piece of spy technology.

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SPY Museum: Spies & Spymasters Virtual Happy Hour
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SPY Museum: Spies & Spymasters Virtual Happy Hour

We love sorting out fact and fiction in spy movies at the Spy Museum. But how about when Hollywood stars are the spies? Join us tonight for some unusual celebrity gossip at this virtual happy hour! We’ll tell you some of our favorite stories about operatives who loved the limelight more than the shadows—your mission: shake up the perfect cocktail or mocktail.

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Throomers: COVID-19: The Unseen Enemy
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Throomers: COVID-19: The Unseen Enemy

Living undercover for years, Jonna Mendez has served tours of duty around the world and became the CIA’s chief of disguise. She’s helped steal a top-secret encryption machine from a Soviet Embassy and helped America win the Cold War. Now, the coronavirus is threatening Americans and everyone worldwide. We’ve asked Mendez for her insights on this unseen enemy.

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SPY Museum Webinar - Spy's Eye View with Jonna Mendez
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SPY Museum Webinar - Spy's Eye View with Jonna Mendez

Who needs a cloak of invisibility when you have a wizard of disguise by your side? When spies need to go undercover, evade enemy surveillance, or slip by without anyone noticing, they depend on the expertise of a Tech Ops officer who specializes in the art of disguise. Join Jonna Mendez former CIA Chief of Disguise, in conversation with the Museum’s educators as she reveals some of her techniques and spine-tingling missions.

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Spy Wars with Damian Lewis: EPISODE 5 - Escape from Tehran
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Spy Wars with Damian Lewis: EPISODE 5 - Escape from Tehran

In November 1979, 53 American employees of the U.S. Embassy in Iran were taken hostage by Islamic revolutionaries. Six diplomats managed to escape, but getting out of the country seemed impossible. Enter CIA officer Tony Mendez, who used inspiration from Hollywood to school six frightened diplomats in the art of assuming false identities and pulled off a bold rescue mission during one of the darkest moments in American foreign policy history.

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Lawfare - How Do You Spy When the World Is Shut Down?
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Lawfare - How Do You Spy When the World Is Shut Down?

The novel coronavirus presents significant challenges to the mission and operations of every government agency and department—and the Central Intelligence Agency is no exception. In fact, the agency’s intelligence officers now face a more difficult challenge than ever when it comes to their efforts to recruit spies.

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