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David McCloskey

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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The Rest Is Classified
161. Argo: Six Fugitives in Revolutionary Tehran (Ep 2)

You need a load of documents.

The Rest Is Classified
161. Argo: Six Fugitives in Revolutionary Tehran (Ep 2)

I mean, what documents would you need, Gordon?

The Rest Is Classified
161. Argo: Six Fugitives in Revolutionary Tehran (Ep 2)

It's a leading question, Gordon.

The Rest Is Classified
161. Argo: Six Fugitives in Revolutionary Tehran (Ep 2)

I think, yes, Canadian identities, Canadian pocket litter, Canadian driver's licenses, all of this stuff is Canadian documentation.

The Rest Is Classified
161. Argo: Six Fugitives in Revolutionary Tehran (Ep 2)

Big bags.

The Rest Is Classified
161. Argo: Six Fugitives in Revolutionary Tehran (Ep 2)

And in this case, it's the Canadian diplomatic pouches.

The Rest Is Classified
161. Argo: Six Fugitives in Revolutionary Tehran (Ep 2)

I mean, it's literally a guy who takes them, a bag.

The Rest Is Classified
161. Argo: Six Fugitives in Revolutionary Tehran (Ep 2)

Into the embassy.

The Rest Is Classified
161. Argo: Six Fugitives in Revolutionary Tehran (Ep 2)

The hand carries it.

The Rest Is Classified
161. Argo: Six Fugitives in Revolutionary Tehran (Ep 2)

And a hand carries it the whole way, a Canadian citizen.

The Rest Is Classified
161. Argo: Six Fugitives in Revolutionary Tehran (Ep 2)

So it's not... An Iranian national is not handling that bag at any point in its journey.

The Rest Is Classified
161. Argo: Six Fugitives in Revolutionary Tehran (Ep 2)

So it's not X-rayed, intercepted, searched, nothing like that.

The Rest Is Classified
161. Argo: Six Fugitives in Revolutionary Tehran (Ep 2)

So all of that, you're right, it's being produced...

The Rest Is Classified
161. Argo: Six Fugitives in Revolutionary Tehran (Ep 2)

in this joint operation between the Canadians and the CIA in Ottawa, and then sent by diplomatic pouch to Tehran.

The Rest Is Classified
161. Argo: Six Fugitives in Revolutionary Tehran (Ep 2)

They disguised kits.

The Rest Is Classified
161. Argo: Six Fugitives in Revolutionary Tehran (Ep 2)

Now, disguised full-on transformational disguises don't play a role in this operation, so there's no prosthetics or anything like that.

The Rest Is Classified
161. Argo: Six Fugitives in Revolutionary Tehran (Ep 2)

Mendes did consider it, but none of them had any experience with prosthetics.

The Rest Is Classified
161. Argo: Six Fugitives in Revolutionary Tehran (Ep 2)

And he felt like, again, if you're going through the airport and your ear falls off- It doesn't look good.

The Rest Is Classified
161. Argo: Six Fugitives in Revolutionary Tehran (Ep 2)

People pay attention.

The Rest Is Classified
161. Argo: Six Fugitives in Revolutionary Tehran (Ep 2)

Your mustache goes like that.