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In the midst of the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, the CIA began what came to be noted as one of the spy agency's most successful publicly known operations
‘I hope it sparks conversations and gets Canadians thinking about how rich a culture we have,’ says author Dave McPherson
CIA Releases Identity of Second 'Argo' Officer
The movie about the daring mission to rescue American diplomats from Tehran portrayed a single C.I.A. officer sneaking into the Iranian capital. In reality, the agency sent two officers.
Ed Johnson, a skilled linguist fluent in five languages, was identified as the second officer who helped the diplomats walk free through Iranian customs disguised as a Canadian film crew.