wired.com — The story, a tale of Hindu-inspired mystical science fiction, took place on a colonized planet. Iran's landscape could provide many of the rugged settings required by the script. A famous underground bazaar in Tehran even matched one of the necessary locations. "This is perfect," Mendez said. He removed the cover and gave the script a new name...
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sid0Apr 25, 2007
Dugg for the Ross Perot reference -- On Wings of Eagles was an outstanding book.
pagitApr 25, 2007
then there were the Canadians who rescued Americans our of IranFrom Time 1980:<a class="user" href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,950226,00.html">http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,950226,00.html</a>
bajedaApr 25, 2007
<a class="user" href="http://www.whale.to/b/ruppert1.html">http://www.whale.to/b/ruppert1.html</a><a class="user" href="http://www.lycaeum.org/drugwar/DARKALLIANCE/ciaheron.html">http://www.lycaeum.org/drugwar/DARKALLIANCE/ciaheron.html</a>Theres plenty of other fun stuff the CIA did in those days that you can look at. They may have had a few good PR stories, but otherwise they were just as f**ked up as they are now.
commissarvladApr 25, 2007
Cool story, I wonder how many times things like that happen every day.
tipexyApr 25, 2007
that okay, some of us can read quite quickly, and our lips don't even get tired. That how you can identify us as intellectuals.
sovereign3Apr 25, 2007
Antonio Mendez's book covers all of the story that was previously classified. It's only been declassified in the last several years. Master of Disguise Antonio Mendez<a class="user" href="http://www.amazon.com/Master-Disguise-Secret-Life-CIA/dp/0060957913/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-8084451-1215002?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1177507418&sr=8-1">http://www.amazon.com/Master-Disguise-Secret-Life-CIA/dp/0060957913/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-8084451-1215002?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1177507418&sr=8-1</a>The Canadians were quite helpful because not only did they provide a safe refuge for the hunted Americans at their embassy in Tehran, but they also granted us permission to forge identities for the Americans using their passports. This is crucial because it is illegal to create Canadian passports and we needed their express permission. The Canadians played a crucial role, but ultimately it was the planning of Mendez's team that lead to their escape from the country. If you want all the intimate details or want to read more Mendez's work in Moscow, Laos, and elsewhere, I recommend his book.
captbob007Apr 25, 2007
I wanna work for the CIA!
flukemanApr 29, 2007
Discovery Channel have previously aired (several times) a documentary called "The Master of Deception" where Mendez' story are reconstructed. Quite fascinating really. His stories have also been recreated in many other documentaries as well. Here's a quote from Mendez' wikipedia page:"To date, Mendez has been a part of 22 different documentaries, including works for Discovery, Travel Channel, the Canadian History Channel, AMC and a PBS piece entitled "Escape from Iran; The Hollywood Connection" (tapes available) which most recently aired marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Iranian Hostage Crisis . Two for Travel Channel include "Secrets of the International Spy Museum" and "Washington DC; City of Spies." Work for Discovery Channel includes a one hour show entitled "The Master of Deception" which chronicled the espionage exploits of Mendez and his wife, Jonna, who was also Chief of Disguise and worked at CIA for twenty-seven years."<a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_J._Mendez">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_J._Mendez</a>