John officially joins the CIA in 1953, but had he been “working” for the agency much earlier? His rise is rapid, working both the White and Dark sides of the CIA, including interrogating a “high level” Soviet defector. Because of his long work hours, his secrecy, and frequent absences, his family life becomes very strained. But that doesn’t stop John…
John and Maryann are listed on the bottom, and look who’s listed a few rows above them, Leonard Masters, John’s friend from the Merchant Marines and the one we mention in the podcast.
NSA – National Security Agency motivational Posters mainly to inform employees on how to keep secrets.
(January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was an American law enforcement administrator who served as the fifth and final director of the Bureau of Investigation (BOI) and the first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Yuri Ivanovich Nosenko (Russian: Юрий Иванович Носенко) October 30, 1927 – August 23, 2008, was a KGB officer who allegedly defected to the United States in 1964….and of course so much more.
“SAFE HOUSES”
Clinton, Maryland: From April 4, 1964, to August 13, 1965, he was confined in a reinforced safe house.
Camp Peary (Virginia): From August 13, 1965, to October 25, 1967, he was moved to a specially constructed solitary confinement concrete cell block in a remote wooded area of the CIA’s covert training base, known as “The Farm”
Betty Jeanne Ratliff Myers on board John Paisley’s boat, the “The Brillig”
To Be Continued…….
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