Former CIA Chief of Disguise Breaks Down Cold War Spy Gadgets | WIRED
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Published 2020-11-25
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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, you can see firsthand some of these spy gadgets: www.spymuseum.org/
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Clint Emerson’s Five Second Mask, also courtesy of International Spy Museum
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Former CIA Chief of Disguise Breaks Down Cold War Spy Gadgets | WIRED
All Comments (21)
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Why is no one talking about the fact that she looks like the most peaceful grandma if you didn't know who she was
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Imagine the amount of things she DIDNT tell us.
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Russian officer: “What is ligma?” Agent: “Ligma balls.” bites cyanide glasses
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“The Russian said he was dead before he hit the floor. I hope. It’s what he wanted.” Fucks sake the chill that line gave me…..
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"You gotta have real balls to be a spy" "No, fake ones actually"
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Russian search guard: He's clean. Got 4 balls though.
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I would absolutely LOVE to see an interview with the taxidermist who was contracted by the CIA to make dead drop rats. What a life.
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Being a spy doesn't sound cool at all, it sounds horrifying.
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I’m just picturing a Cold War spy picking up a supposed package only to discover that it’s a regular dead rat.
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Friendly reminder: this is just the surface.
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oh my god the best thing i've ever learned is that doggo was a term used by spies during the cold war 3:43
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This sounds so much more interesting than those James Bond action hero stuff. I'm truly impressed by how inventive they were.
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She's really a 6'2" black dude named Marcus.
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"where are the documents?" "These nuts." "This isn't very professional of you." "They're in these nuts. I don't know what to tell you."
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I absolutely LOVE ideas like the ‘dead’ rat drop. One of those things that simultaneously so ingenious yet so simple. Even down to the Tabasco sauce
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10:35 imagine an agent just naturally chews on glasses, like chewing on a pen, and then he accidentally does it with those.
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plot twist, thats not her talking, she's actually disguised as the table lamp in the back.
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She is so good at her job, that most people don’t realize she is actually a 8’ Hawaiian male body builder
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3:06 "did you see a blonde, clean-shaven man go this way?" "no, but I did see ringo starr"
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The whole subject of spycraft is really fascinating. Like others have said already, what's shown here is outdated, but what they must have today would be even more incredible.
