Operation Podcast: What the CIA's Latest Media Venture Can Teach Us About the Agency

Published: Jan. 24, 2023, 5 p.m.

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For decades, the Central Intelligence Agency has cultivated its appeal as an organization shrouded in secrecy, engaged in cutting edge tech and no-holds-barred espionage in defense of the US. It\\u2019s an image that sells in Hollywood.\\xa0The CIA also assisted in the making of some movies about some real life operations.\\xa0But as the agency ages, it continues to strive to stay up to date. In 2022, when the CIA turned 75, the agency launched operation:podcast. Brooke speaks with\\xa0David Shamus McCarthy, author of Selling the CIA: Public Relations and the Culture of Secrecy, about the latest venture for the agency and the CIA\'s long history of public relations initiatives.\\xa0

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