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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.
- Technical Operations Officer, SIS-2
- University of Colorado
- CIA
- Antonio Joseph Mendez, November 15, 1940, Eureka, Nevada, U.S.
Jan 20, 2019 · Ex-CIA agent Tony Mendez, who inspired the Oscar-winning film Argo, has died at the age of 78. He had been suffering from Parkinson's Disease. At the CIA, Mendez specialised in disguises,...
Jan 20, 2019 · Tony Mendez, the former CIA officer who rescued six American diplomats from revolutionary Iran in 1980, died Saturday. He's shown here in 2012 in Washington, D.C., at the premiere of Argo, a...
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- Greg Myre
Jan 21, 2019 · Tony Mendez, 78, Dies; C.I.A. Officer Celebrated in the Film ‘Argo’ - The New York Times. Tony Mendez in a photograph taken around the time he orchestrated the rescue of six American...
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.
Jan 19, 2019 · A forgery artist and master of disguise for the CIA, Tony Mendez once transformed a black agent and an Asian diplomat into a pair of white business executives, using masks that gave them an...
Jan 21, 2019 · Tony Mendez, the CIA Spy Who Inspired the Movie Argo, Dies at 78. 2 minute read. Retired CIA operative Tony Mendez is seen at his painting studio in rural Maryland on Feb. 19, 2013. Mark...
