Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/10/22/the-cias-former-chief-of-dis.html
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This is something right out of The Shadow!
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“Mr. Nesbitt has learned the first lesson of not being seen: not to stand up. However, he has chosen a very obvious piece of cover.”
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The most fruitful thing in that video is the mention of using old, gray haired, physically unassuming old men.
They are never to be trusted.
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From now on I am going to constantly change my outfits throughout the day.
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Any of you ever see that Papasan guy? I don’t think that’s a real mustache.
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Agree. And I think his real name is Roger.
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I was going to make a joke about there being no “Mission Impossible” masks, but sure enough she talked about those, too.
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The gravel in the shoe trick was used by Heinlein in ‘Double Star’.
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I’m disguised right now!
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… [A]n American posing as a European can give themselves away by holding a cigarette the wrong way, resting while standing on one leg, or holding a fork in their right hand.
A cultural idiom gives away the undercover Americans in Inglorious Bastards:
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The weird American cutlery switch shown in the video was also a favourite real-life giveaway for the Gestapo.
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I was just about to post this. But I’m learning to keep reading through the comments, just in case.
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Dis-guised, dat-guy, di udder guy, dey everywhere!
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Yes, and I got that before they explained the give away. 3 semesters of HS German didn’t goto waste!
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CIA Chief of Disguise sounds like one of the best jobs ever
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… I haven’t watched the video yet, but are we trusting info from former CIA agents now? Just checking.
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Who knew that the creepy old man puppet from Nickelodeon’s Todays Special was actually a CIA-disguised woman?!
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I bet it’s “looking like someone else”
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See every episode of The Americans.
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