Tony Mendez

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15 mentions 6 recordings first heard Jan 2025 last heard 17 Aug ↑5 vs the 12 months before

An American CIA officer who led the operation to exfiltrate the six American diplomats from Tehran, portrayed in the film Argo.

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Mel RobbinsThe Mel Robbins Podcast · Former CIA Spy: How to Read Anyone, Think Clearly, and Prote... · 2:47 · 17 Aug
…Six best-selling books, including the New York Times bestseller Argo, which she wrote with her late husband Tony Mendez.…
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David McCloskeyThe Rest Is Classified · 163. Argo: Smuggled Out of Khomeini's Iran (Ep 4) · 1:02 · 3 Jun
…with Tony Mendez coming up with this wild idea of turning them into a Hollywood scouting location crew and giving them these false documents.…
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David McCloskeyThe Rest Is Classified · 162. Argo: How the CIA Made a Movie That Never Existed (Ep 3... · 4:39 · 31 May
…Tony Mendez and Ed Johnson have landed very early in the morning.…
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David McCloskeyThe Rest Is Classified · 162. Argo: How the CIA Made a Movie That Never Existed (Ep 3... · 2:04 · 31 May
…I think we should acknowledge, we will acknowledge at the……
David McCloskeyThe Rest Is Classified · 162. Argo: How the CIA Made a Movie That Never Existed (Ep 3... · 1:49 · 31 May
…You know, before we get into the amazing weekend, it's……
Gordon CarreraThe Rest Is Classified · 162. Argo: How the CIA Made a Movie That Never Existed (Ep 3... · 1:25 · 31 May
…Tony Mendez, who is, I have to say, quite a……
Gordon CarreraThe Rest Is Classified · 162. Argo: How the CIA Made a Movie That Never Existed (Ep 3... · 1:10 · 31 May
…their own small role now as Tony Mendez arrives to……
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