Chatter: Spy Disguises in Fact and Fiction with Jonna Mendez
The Lawfare Podcast7 Maalis 2024

Chatter: Spy Disguises in Fact and Fiction with Jonna Mendez

Jonna Mendez advanced in her Central Intelligence Agency career to become Chief of Disguise despite the many institutional challenges to women's promotions. And now she has written a memoir, In True Face, about it all.


David Priess spoke with Jonna about career options for women at CIA in the early Cold War, her own start there in the 1960s, how photography classes set her on a path that ultimately led to service as Chief of Disguise, her interactions over the decades with Tony Mendez, the tandem-couple problem for intelligence professionals, semi-animated mask technology and other CIA disguises, her experience briefing President George H. W. Bush in the Oval Office, how the story behind the Canadian Caper became declassified and eventually the movie Argo, the International Spy Museum, and more.


Among the works mentioned in this episode:


The book In True Face by Jonna Mendez


"How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran," by Joshuah Bearman, WIRED, April 24, 2007


The movie The Ides of March


The movie Argo


The book Argo by Antonio Mendez and Matt Baglio


The book The Master of Disguise by Antonio Mendez


The movie Mission Impossible


The TV show The Americans


The TV show Homeland


The movie Casino Royale


Chatter is a production of Lawfare and Goat Rodeo. This episode was produced and edited by Cara Shillenn of Goat Rodeo. Podcast theme by David Priess, featuring music created using Groovepad.

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