The Langley Files: CIA’s Podcast
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You might’ve seen spies use disguises in movies, but for real-life CIA officers, masks, wigs, makeup, and clothing are just the beginning. So what else do Agency officers need to transform themselves into someone else? How do they pull off such sleight of hand under pressure—and under surveillance? And most of all, who makes their disguises and how? On this episode of The Langley Files, Dee and Walter sit down with two of CIA’s disguise specialists to pull back the curtain on those questions and more. Tune in to learn some of the tricks of the disguise trade—and hear how they’ve made all the difference in real-world CIA operations.
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Want to dive deeper into today’s episode? Here's a look into more of Langley's (unclassified) files:
Want to read about the life—and surprising second career—of another CIA master of disguise? Check out this profile.
CIA’s disguise technology has had an impact on more than national security—it has also benefitted the world of custom prosthetics. Read about that and other CIA contributions to modern technology.
How does CIA test applicants to its disguise team? One way has been to ask them to sculpt an ear.
See a piece of CIA disguise history with this disguise kit.
Did the CIA really create a fake Hollywood production company to exfiltrate six State Department employees from Tehran? Watch The Debrief: Behind the Artifact - ARGO.
For more information about ARGO, check out this story.
Are you curious about some of the occupations CIA has to offer? Check out our website CIA.gov for more information.
FILE 015 - Spies Supercharged: Talking AI and Digital Innovation at CIA
FILE 014 - A Conversation with CIA's Spymaster in Chief
FILE 013: PART II - The Side of the Argo Mission You’ve Never Heard – Exfiltration
FILE 013: PART I - The Side of the Argo Mission You’ve Never Heard - Infiltration
FILE 011 - How an Ops Officer and an Industry Expert Drove a New Focus on Wellbeing at CIA
FILE 010: CIA Travel Safety 101
FILE 009 - CIA's First Line of Defense: Security Protective Officers
FILE 008 - CIA's Analytic Chief on the Tradecraft Behind the Agency's Assessments
FILE 007 - CIA's First Chief Technology Officer Talks Start-Up Culture vs. Spy Culture
Episode 6 - Reel vs. Real: CIA's Second in Command Sorts Spy Fact from Fiction
Episode 5 - The Greatest Museum You'll Never See
Episode 4 - Into the Archives: Why Does CIA Have Historians?
Episode 3 - The Recruiter: What Does it Take to Join CIA?
Episode 2 - CIA: 75 Years and Counting
Episode 1 - CIA Director Bill Burns Brings the Agency Out from the Shadows
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