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Antonio Joseph Mendez (November 15, 1940 – January 19, 2019) was an American technical operations officer for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), who specialized in support of clandestine and covert CIA operations. He wrote four memoirs about his CIA experiences.
Jan 20, 2019 · At the CIA, Mendez specialised in disguises, forgery and rescues. He is best known for smuggling six American diplomats out of Iran during the 1979-81 hostage crisis by posing as a film...
Feb 20, 2013 · Ex-CIA agent Tony Mendez explains how he hatched a "hairy" plan to rescue six Americans hiding in Tehran, on which the film Argo was based.
While decision-makers mulled options to address the crisis, Tony Mendez, a CIA officer who specialized in supporting covert operations, masterminded the elaborate plan that was ultimately chosen. The mission was to exfiltrate the six U.S. diplomats, or in other words, sneak them out of the country.
Jan 21, 2019 · Mr. Mendez orchestrated one of the most audacious covert operations in the agency’s history: the rescue of six American diplomats from Iran in 1980.
Antonio Joseph Mendez was a CIA intelligence officer, an author and an artist. He lived with his family and worked in his studios and gallery on his forty acre farm in rural Washington County Maryland.
Nov 7, 2000 · From the author of Argo comes an unforgettable behind-the-scenes story of espionage in action. In the first ever memoir by a top-level operative to be authorized by the CIA, Antonio J. Mendez reveals the cunning tricks and insights that helped save hundreds from deadly situations.
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Jan 20, 2019 · Tony Mendez became a legend inside the CIA with his daring 1980 rescue of six American diplomats who were given shelter by the Canadian Embassy in Tehran after the U.S. Embassy had been...
Jan 21, 2019 · Former CIA officer Tony Mendez, whose 1980 rescue operation saved six Americans trapped in Iran during the revolution, died at 78.
Jan 19, 2019 · Tony Mendez, the "Argo" spy who in 1980 smuggled U.S. hostages out of Iran during the embassy takeover, died Friday at an assisted-living center in Frederick, Md., at age...
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