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Former CIA Chief of Disguise Breaks Down 30 Spy Scenes From Film & TV | WIRED

Jonna Mendez, former CIA Chief of Disguise, takes a look at spy scenes from a variety of television shows and movies and breaks down how accurate they really are. To learn more, check out Jonna and Tony Mendez’s new book “The Moscow Rules” out now: The International Spy Museum located in Washington, D.C. is a…

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Jonna Mendez, former CIA Chief of Disguise, takes a look at spy scenes from a variety of television shows and movies and breaks down how accurate they really are.

To learn more, check out Jonna and Tony Mendez’s new book “The Moscow Rules” out now:

The International Spy Museum located in Washington, D.C. is a 501c3 nonprofit with a mission to educate the public about the history and impact of espionage and intelligence. The Museum features the largest collection of international espionage artifacts ever placed on public display. www.spymuseum.org

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  1. whatucker

    May 22, 2019 at 2:02 am

    Well, reading her body and facemovement was kind of thrilling.

  2. Macky Day

    May 22, 2019 at 3:14 am

    i was waiting for White Chicks… dissapointed

  3. prophtube

    May 22, 2019 at 3:25 am

    Incredible stories!

  4. Professor Hamamoto

    May 22, 2019 at 4:13 am

    I wanna do one of these on portrayals of university professors. Hit me at facebook: Darrell Y. Hamamoto. I’m an authority on American television and cinema.

  5. AudOldEnds

    May 22, 2019 at 4:47 am

    I think there isn’t a single Superman movie that does the Superman disguise well. It’s not just the glasses it’s the whole demeanor and his whole personality that is wildly different. I’ve yet to see it done right

  6. lovebouquet77

    May 22, 2019 at 4:58 am

    I need to watch all these movies now

  7. Victoria Reynoso

    May 22, 2019 at 5:52 am

    I would do anything for her to give an uncut story time

  8. isabel

    May 22, 2019 at 6:08 am

    i was waiting for the winter soldier or civil war but they never showed up

    • isabel

      May 22, 2019 at 6:09 am

      you can’t talking about spying and NOT bring up miss natasha romanov

  9. Mr. Fufu Cudlypoops

    May 22, 2019 at 6:20 am

    Would’ve liked if she talked about avoiding suspicion like in game of thrones with Davos on the beach.

  10. hydro78878

    May 22, 2019 at 7:14 am

    can you please stop adding in thoes completely pointless reactions? it only causes anoyance and i realy hate them! otherwise good video, but completely ruined!

  11. Richard wong

    May 22, 2019 at 7:29 am

    She should rate the whole Burn Notice series, it is very good

  12. Wolverine FTW

    May 22, 2019 at 7:48 am

    I need me one of those L Pills

  13. Sydney Owens

    May 22, 2019 at 9:11 am

    I very much enjoy listening to her!

  14. Elite Salad

    May 22, 2019 at 10:25 am

    Priest is too vulnerable yet get away with rapes on a daily ok.

  15. Emily Hare

    May 22, 2019 at 11:26 am

    Fascinating. How can 1.6k people click dislike? It’s so riveting!

  16. Naschaat

    May 22, 2019 at 12:46 pm

    CIA = World’s leading Terrorist Organisation!

  17. zzz pt

    May 22, 2019 at 12:55 pm

    I’m european and I start counting 1 with my pinky. The thumb is number 5.

  18. Frank

    May 22, 2019 at 1:17 pm

    14:20 I mean, he was European tho?

  19. gabbytrocious

    May 22, 2019 at 2:18 pm

    Can i get the name of the editor? For research purposes.

  20. Catharina Venter

    May 22, 2019 at 2:33 pm

    But Jason isn’t a spy… He is an assassin…

  21. Mariusz Ciechoński

    May 22, 2019 at 3:15 pm

    “Priests have no structure to protect them, they’re so vulnerable.”
    Wait, what?

  22. Thomas J Voss

    May 22, 2019 at 3:15 pm

    I always wondered in the Americans how he could wear a wich with that woman he was pretending to have a relationship with, in reality it would be impossible to hide?

  23. Erin Cromer

    May 22, 2019 at 3:18 pm

    Whoohoo peace corps!

  24. Hailee Lawrence

    May 22, 2019 at 3:30 pm

    What a great woman

  25. Tyler The Loser

    May 22, 2019 at 3:48 pm

    CIA Agent Capture Rate Increases By 300%.

  26. lgnfve

    May 23, 2019 at 1:46 am

    “we don’t use media as a cover for spies” she lied, watch her body language….obvious

  27. lgnfve

    May 23, 2019 at 1:57 am

    19:20 “we always had three names….a first, a middle and a last name” omg, she just outed a ton of assassins. all assassins have 3 names. are they all cia operations???? JFK ?

  28. lary_go

    May 23, 2019 at 2:17 am

    I want to see her more!!! that was fun!

  29. chancia23

    May 23, 2019 at 2:25 am

    No Michael Westen??? Dude it the most versatile Undercover Operative in history! Michael hasn’t been this burned since, well… Burn Notice.

  30. Darkraft

    May 23, 2019 at 2:26 am

    “We also don’t use the media as a cover” Blinks 1 billion times.

  31. Lulu Harshie

    May 23, 2019 at 3:18 am

    I don’t care about these movie scenes. Just let this lady tell spy stories for 16 hours! ??

  32. Lana

    May 23, 2019 at 3:22 am

    I often find movies get it wrong.

  33. Ajay bennett

    May 23, 2019 at 5:10 am

    She would definitely be at my ultimate dinner party

  34. Benjamin Belland

    May 23, 2019 at 5:17 am

    4 months before this video was published, Tony Mendez passed away

  35. Brenda Gonzalez

    May 23, 2019 at 5:26 am

    I hate how they edit the video to show as if the videos are having a dialogue with the guest speaker. STOP IT!

  36. Erik Peterson

    May 23, 2019 at 6:08 am

    Deceptive.

  37. Todd Ellner

    May 23, 2019 at 6:32 am

    No Get Smart? I am disappointed

  38. averagejoe455

    May 23, 2019 at 6:35 am

    I’m sure the CIA really loves the Peace Corps…

  39. Owl Tin

    May 23, 2019 at 8:26 am

    19:50

  40. Hana nouch

    May 23, 2019 at 9:36 am

    She complimented J.Garner and Alias… I love this woman already <3

  41. Gaurav Bora

    May 23, 2019 at 11:07 am

    this woman is seeing through me THROUGH my PC. i know it, i just know it.

  42. maha bharat

    May 23, 2019 at 11:28 am

    We don’t use religious people to disguise.
    That is 100 not true for sure.
    Believe me.

  43. 2manynegativewaves

    May 23, 2019 at 1:32 pm

    Ok, its a film about a fantasy rouge agent…. bored at less than a minute in… what next,she moans that James Bond keeps telling everyone his name?

  44. vvaspss

    May 23, 2019 at 1:57 pm

    This woman is so brilliant and lovely, I love her a lot <3

  45. E Derrick

    May 23, 2019 at 2:28 pm

    “we can arrange.. anything” – Amazon Prime

  46. Chris Gleeton

    May 23, 2019 at 3:59 pm

    ‘The CIA doesn’t use Media as a cover’.  Isn’t that exactly what the CIA would say when they don’t want to admit they use something as a cover?  Also, what did they do during the American Embassy siege in Tehran?  They used Media as a cover.

  47. Natasha Jiang

    May 23, 2019 at 4:14 pm

    “Consciously changing voice… we had no success on that”

    Well I’m completely different persons speaking Chinese and english, and talking with close or non close people

  48. JediMocro

    May 23, 2019 at 4:32 pm

    “We don’t use religious, media and peace corp members”

    That’s what they want us to believe.

  49. LANstorm

    May 23, 2019 at 4:50 pm

    Are you the part of the CIA gamers that killed Terry?

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