The Secret History of Women at the CIA

Published: Oct. 31, 2023, 6:14 p.m.

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Shermer and Mundy discuss: \\u2022 CIA research methods \\u2022 a brief history of the CIA \\u2022 the purpose of intelligence agencies \\u2022 Misogyny and sexism in the early decades \\u2022 the skills needed to be a spy \\u2022 what women notice that men don\\u2019t in the spy business \\u2022 Lisa Manfull Harper feminine approach to espionage, and finding Osama Bin Laden \\u2022 how women worked around the restrictions on women advancing in the CIA \\u2022 Lisa Manfull Harper and the CIA in the 1950s and finding Osama bin Laden in the 2000s \\u2022 Heidi August and Gaddafi \\u2022 Shirley Sulick and KGB \\u2022 Molly Chambers and 9/11.

Liza Mundy is an award-winning journalist and the New York Times bestselling author of four books, including Code Girls. A former staff writer for the Washington Post, Mundy writes for The Atlantic, Politico, and Smithsonian, among other publications. Her new book is The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA.

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