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By Lorraine Jewett | Special to The Union Ever-public Gil Mathew, rehired last month by the Economic Resource Council as executive director version 2.0, was asked by ERC job interview panelists to share something private that most people don’t know. Replied Gil, “I speak Farsi and I worked at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in the 1960s.” Jaws dropped. Gil’s mission was apparently classified because when pressed, he’ll admit only to working as a “clerk/typist.” His Farsi has waned as the foreign language refrain of “use it or lose it” warns, but his memories are vivid. “There�...

That is one of the big things we lost in the tehran embassy attack in 1979. >> reporter: well, the initial reporting after the attack is that we were not aware of documents being taken, but what i would caution is that there are still no fbi agents on the ground. it's ten days later, and one would be foolish not to assume that elements have been taken from that consulate, though a lot of it was burned, and that may be a saving grace for the united states. jon: catherine herridge in washington, thank you. >> reporter: you're welcome. arthel: jon, meantime, the obama administration is backtracki...