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CIA Secrets: Five quirky facts about the spy agency

CIA Secrets: Five quirky facts about the spy agency

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Feb 07, 2023
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1. THE CIA EMPLOYS MAGICIANS

Among the many tricks the CIA had at its disposal during the Cold War was a top-secret manual of deception written by magician John Mulholland. The CIA paid Mulholland $3,000 to write a top-secret guide on trickery and deception - a ‘James Bond meets Harry Houdini’, textbook, as master magician Lance Burton described it. All …

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