“I would regularly bump into a parade of Hollywood types, including Harrison Ford and Ben Affleck. I often wondered why these actors were allowed to walk around a top-secret facility. Because he’s going to be playing a CIA guy in a movie? That’s the criteria now?”
Former CIA Analyst John Kiriakou
“It [Instagram] is a way to explain our mission to the public, to show what is real and what’s not. So many of our officers’ identities can’t be revealed, so the public comes to know us through these fictional spies even though they are not necessarily who we are. We have a fun Instagram Story up right now about different actors and actresses who have come to our headquarters.”
Sara Lichterman — Media spokesperson and entertainment industry liaison for the CIA (June 27 2019)
While discussing the movie ‘ARGO’, Ben Affleck said that Hollywood is full of CIA Agents. Of course he would be familiar with the CIA’s Entertainment Liaison Office which works hand in hand with film studios to oversee production of major blockbuster movies.
July 15 2019 — As we mark the 3 year anniversary of our blog, let us take a look at the stories we posted on July 15 2016, 2017 and 2018. And never forget. History must be lived forwards, but it can only be understood backwards.
July 15 2016 — The CIA has a long history of “spooking the news,” dating back to its earliest days when the legendary spymaster Allen Dulles and his top staff drank and dined regularly with the press elite of New York and Washington, and the agency boasted hundreds of U.S. and foreign journalists as paid and unpaid assets. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY
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