Antonio J. Mendez
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Antonio J. Mendez

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Tony Mendez is a retired CIA officer who worked undercover for 25 years, participating in some of the most important operations of the Cold War. He earned the CIA's Intelligence Medal of Merit and was chosen as one of 50 officers to be awarded the Trailblazer Medallion. He is an award-winning painter and the author of The Master of Disguise and Spy Dust, which he co-wrote with his wife Jonna Mendez, also a retired intelligence officer. His most recent book is Argo, which tells the story of the operation he ran to rescue six Americans hiding in the Canadian Embassy in Tehran during the hostage crisis. The operation inspired the Warner Brothers feature film of the same name. Mendez currently lives and works in his studios and gallery on his farm in Maryland with his wife.
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    • How the CIA and Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History
    • By: Antonio Mendez, Matt Baglio
    • Narrated by: Dylan Baker
    • Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 09-13-12
    • Language: English
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