Antonio J. Méndez

Antonio J. Méndez

• Birth:    November 15, 1940
• Death:    January 19, 2019
• Nationality:   American, Nevada
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• Books Written
•  Argo: How the CIA & Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History by Antonio J. Méndez, Matt Baglio
•  The Master of Disguise: My Secret Life in the CIA by Antonio J. Méndez, Malcolm McConnell
•  The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold War
  by Antonio J. Méndez, Joanna Mendez, Matt Baglio
•  Spy Dust: Two Masters of Disguise Reveal the Tools & Operations That Helped Win the Cold War by Antonio J. Méndez, Jonna Méndez , Bruce Henderson 
•  A Classic Case of Deception by Antonio J. Méndez
•  Gathering Info: Getting the Scoop by Using Your Wits by Antonio J. Méndez, Jonna Méndez
•  Going Undercover: Disguise & Secret Identities by Antonio J. Méndez
  
  
• Biography

 an American technical operations officer for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), who specialized in support of clandestine and covert CIA operations. He wrote three memoirs about his CIA experiences.

Mendez was decorated, and is now widely known, for his on-the-scene management of the "Canadian Caper" during the Iran hostage crisis. He exfiltrated six American diplomats from Iran in January 1980 by arranging to have them pose as a Canadian film crew. As part of their cover, the diplomats carried passports issued by the Canadian government to document them as Canadian citizens.  From Wikipedia