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The CIA’s magical Cold War spy tips
Thursday, 26 November 2009
The CIA hired America's most famous magician to write a manual on trickery, concealment and secret communication in the Cold War.
John Mulholland received $3,000 for tips on slipping a pill into someone’s drink, tying shoelaces to give under-cover signals and on the “surreptitious removal of objects by women”.
One copy survived and has been turned into a book, The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception by Keith Melton, an espionage historian, and Bob Wallace, a former CIA director.
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