Thursday, July 9, 2026

Bibi? CIA chief of disguise on masks, spy tricks

Is it me, or is it silicone? Can't tell, right? CIA-Mossad-AI can do so much nowadays! Ha ha!


WIRED(WIRED) Nov. 25, 2020: Former CIA Chief of Disguise JM breaks down Cold War spy gadgets | WIRED. During the Cold War, surveillance in Moscow was the most difficult kind of surveillance that the USA had encountered around the world.

Moscow had its own set of rules since it was such a difficult place to work. Former CIA Chief of Disguise Jonna Mendez talks about some of the tactics, gadgets, masks, and disguises CIA operatives used in the field during the Cold War.

Check out Jonna Mendez’s most recent book The Moscow Rules or find more information about her on her website on themasterofdisguise.comMoscow Rules on amazon.com...
We've been spying for decades

Archival images courtesy of the International Spy Museum (SPY) in Washington, DC, a Guinness World Record recognized nonprofit with the largest collection of spy artifacts in the world. At the Museum, see firsthand some of these spy gadgets: spymuseum.org. Additional archival images courtesy of: Clint Emerson’s Five Second Mask, also courtesy of International Spy Museum Image of Trigon courtesy of the CIA who does not endorse the contents of this production Crypto Museum: cryptomuseum.com. Getty Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.

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