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  • Former Chief of Disguise for the CIA, Jonna Mendez, explains how disguises are used in the CIA, and what aspects to the deception make for an effective disguise.
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  • @Gnarly109
    @Gnarly109 4 года назад +13815

    "these are photos of me and george w.bush and revealing to him that i was briefing while wearing a mask"
    Absolute power move

    • @sebastiansebastian3691
      @sebastiansebastian3691 4 года назад +56

      Tells us those Anunnaki don't really see through us. Hmmm.😊

    • @tpkyterooluebeck9224
      @tpkyterooluebeck9224 4 года назад +248

      Its really sad that this video isn't CC'd for real. My friend is deaf and can't be forced to hear. I find that buying into RUclips is useless because the vast majority of the channels are no CC or crap "youtube's attempt" at CC. I wish everyone was deaf because then, they'd get it.

    • @kavvMichael
      @kavvMichael 4 года назад +180

      ​@@tpkyterooluebeck9224 First of all I want to say that I really agree with your comment and it would be very helpful if someone would take some time and create subs for this video or videos on youtube in general. It's not only helpful for deaf people, but also for people that like to train their brains to read and listen to English when they are not native speakers and to some degree with the help of google translate and "open transcript" option on youtube to even understand what the video is saying without even knowing the language. Also I wouldn't call the "youtube's attempt" crap, because if you think about it, it's amazing what a computer can do just by analyzing a sound. Imagine how many different accents there are and how differently people speak (loudness, pitch etc) and it still manages to get it right 90% of the times. I use it alot because many times I watch a video at x1.5 or x2 so I can finish it faster and having some kind of help on the bottom of my screen at all times is very helpful since I'm not a native English speaker (even though I believe I'm quite proficient at it) and I can miss some words due to pronunciaton (aka when British people speak :P ).
      Sorry for long comment, have a nice day! :)

    • @aaanawaleh
      @aaanawaleh 4 года назад +29

      @@kavvMichael I would like to create subtitles for this video can you please tell me how I can do that?

    • @kavvMichael
      @kavvMichael 4 года назад +19

      @@aaanawaleh I think if you want to add subtitles to a public video the publisher must have that option enabled. I don't know the specifics though. :/

  • @renleo2836
    @renleo2836 4 года назад +37094

    If she is publicly explaining CIA uses these tricks, these are no longer current CIA tricks.

    • @Baustakar
      @Baustakar 4 года назад +6762

      I think you're right. But I also think that most things she said all the other intelligence services already know and use too ;)

    • @hellthoughts1863
      @hellthoughts1863 4 года назад +247

      Yup

    • @subtitledEN
      @subtitledEN 4 года назад +3665

      it means it's already common knowledge that everyone knows

    • @svadhisthana8867
      @svadhisthana8867 4 года назад +1512

      There go my plans to trick the CIA.

    • @GhostRider-hy9zt
      @GhostRider-hy9zt 4 года назад +1020

      Or they still are, just not everything is classified.

  • @fugopower8374
    @fugopower8374 2 года назад +530

    The scary part about this is that this whole time that she had been being interviewed is that she could be in a disguise and be whole different person then we know.

  • @sugaplum019
    @sugaplum019 Год назад +673

    I need a full length documentary with her. She’s absolutely fascinating.

  • @KM-mw3jp
    @KM-mw3jp 5 лет назад +18009

    Imagine being her kid and trying to get away with something...
    “I was the shop attendant all along, I know you bought that alcohol”

    • @gigiblack2231
      @gigiblack2231 5 лет назад +307

      Lool this comment is highly underrated

    • @tmroadrunner
      @tmroadrunner 5 лет назад +102

      LMFAO 😂😂😂. Best comment on the whole video!

    • @candygamingcat3243
      @candygamingcat3243 4 года назад +164

      Kai M I remember someone had a dad who worked at a phone company and had all his kids phones hacked. Whenever they would show up to a party they weren’t supposed to be at the parents would be there knowing all along lol 😂

    • @candygamingcat3243
      @candygamingcat3243 4 года назад +9

      Knew*

    • @ChangDaChun
      @ChangDaChun 4 года назад +183

      "I knew you were smoking, I was the cigarette all along!!!"

  • @georgia6000
    @georgia6000 4 года назад +15484

    They missed the perfect opportunity to reveal at the end that she isn't actually an old lady, and she's actually a 35 year old dude...

    • @aaanawaleh
      @aaanawaleh 4 года назад +1310

      "It's virtually impossible to disguise a man as a woman."
      It would be absolutely amazing if she proved herself wrong tho.

    • @technicallytruth8756
      @technicallytruth8756 4 года назад +64

      ninevolt Would you call her young?

    • @imnotsharingmyrealnameonth5601
      @imnotsharingmyrealnameonth5601 4 года назад +75

      yes skinny beautiful young lady virgin

    • @zanehknee9683
      @zanehknee9683 4 года назад +31

      Etiopt no lady is enough

    • @Crippler
      @Crippler 4 года назад +8

      @@yellowcactustvz4929 He's exactly what came to my mind when she said that

  • @ms.gregoria2249
    @ms.gregoria2249 2 года назад +80

    The fact that we get free documentaries on RUclips by WIRED is truly a gift 👍😊👏

  • @robertbugeja8566
    @robertbugeja8566 5 лет назад +2961

    3:38 "You want to be the person that gets on the elevator, and then gets off, and no one really remembers you were there." I don't even need a disguise to do that

    • @jeanbean1390
      @jeanbean1390 4 года назад +25

      I often feel invisible 😟

    • @sebastiansebastian3691
      @sebastiansebastian3691 4 года назад +2

      lol!!!😄

    • @AustGamingAG
      @AustGamingAG 4 года назад +18

      CIA: Your Hired

    • @furinick
      @furinick 4 года назад +5

      Sometimes when I didn't do homework the teacher saw that I was picking my notebook, and so just gave up on waiting, being forgettable is usefull

    • @jacobhand8674
      @jacobhand8674 4 года назад

      Yeah you'd like us to think that wouldn't you 😏

  • @brocol4415
    @brocol4415 4 года назад +5605

    this video makes me wonder how many disguised people ive walked past on the street.

    • @swaggyassalien5869
      @swaggyassalien5869 4 года назад +21

      Yup

    • @mohamedjama9684
      @mohamedjama9684 4 года назад +174

      I think my girlfriend is a disguise she is in different moods every know and then

    • @africansavagekd1
      @africansavagekd1 4 года назад +55

      @@mohamedjama9684 pull her face mask

    • @lynb2039
      @lynb2039 4 года назад +19

      There's a prominent one in the White House...but of course, his real identity has been discovered.

    • @stevenb4799
      @stevenb4799 4 года назад +3

      @@lynb2039 😂😂

  • @dianebannister4591
    @dianebannister4591 2 года назад +243

    This presentation is absolutely fascinating! 👌 I had the opportunity to see Jonna and her husband, who was also a CIA operative, in person several years ago. Their stories were captivating! It was a series that a local newspaper sponsored to the public of various prominent guest speakers usually twice a year. Of course, we had to pay for tickets. It was worthwhile.

  • @Sara88890
    @Sara88890 Год назад +248

    This is so cool, as an American I feel like she is my step-Grandma teaching me how to act, especially in Europe.

    • @mary-janereallynotsarah684
      @mary-janereallynotsarah684 Год назад +3

      She was just listing off what I do, how I eat, hold a cigarette, how I stand... and I was like wait this is just am American thing?

    • @gieldeeben7613
      @gieldeeben7613 Год назад +1

      @@mary-janereallynotsarah684 you put down your knife when you eat? Isn’t that rude?

    • @user-xd5pr4qd4z
      @user-xd5pr4qd4z Месяц назад

      And unhygienic ​@@gieldeeben7613

    • @cnreidy
      @cnreidy 3 дня назад +1

      @@mary-janereallynotsarah684 everything she said is exactly right about what is normal actions in the UK. New to me about how you Yanks behave too. 👍🏻

  • @hendrianjayyy7395
    @hendrianjayyy7395 4 года назад +6158

    Plot twist: they're using disguise in this interview, so basically we never see a real face of a CIA former

    • @kristianchristensen2254
      @kristianchristensen2254 4 года назад +110

      which will be true in case of this video!!

    • @RIPGANGSHIT
      @RIPGANGSHIT 4 года назад +199

      Look at her neck, I can't stop thinking she is wearing a mask lol

    • @tr1gg3r17
      @tr1gg3r17 4 года назад +36

      literally exactly what I was thinking

    • @Davidovar34
      @Davidovar34 3 года назад +1

      @@RIPGANGSHIT Can or can't?

    • @iwantcoffeenottea3257
      @iwantcoffeenottea3257 3 года назад +5

      If so, that is such an unclockable face.

  • @symmetramainbtwlol4969
    @symmetramainbtwlol4969 5 лет назад +9962

    Imagine how many disguised people you have seen and didnt notice

    • @erickrodriguez2487
      @erickrodriguez2487 5 лет назад +599

      probably not very many hahaha. not a lot of disguised CIA operatives just walking around.

    • @symmetramainbtwlol4969
      @symmetramainbtwlol4969 5 лет назад +352

      @@erickrodriguez2487 But.... But.... ugh... Pshhht. Just imagine the fat guy on the road you saw yesterday was a CIA operative.

    • @unitedstatesofamericareal
      @unitedstatesofamericareal 5 лет назад +79

      @@erickrodriguez2487 This is definitely true.

    • @HattieMcDanielonaMoon
      @HattieMcDanielonaMoon 5 лет назад +62

      Profile picture says it all.

    • @leeostadi7900
      @leeostadi7900 5 лет назад +51

      Most of them are probably behind a computer nowadays

  • @theoma4576
    @theoma4576 8 месяцев назад +34

    "it's impossible to turn a man into a women "😭

  • @kristenfromOZ
    @kristenfromOZ 2 года назад +143

    This woman needs her own series she's incredible

  • @Robert4229
    @Robert4229 Год назад +23

    Her CIA husband was Tony Mendez, the man the movie ARGO was made after. I heard him speak at a luncheon years ago, describing how he exfiltrated the American diplomats out of Iran. Wonderful family they are. RIP, Tony!

  • @maricarmen3948
    @maricarmen3948 3 года назад +5886

    me: I wish I could be a CIA agent just imagine all the technology I would get to use
    CIA: put this pebble in your shoe

    • @hatsunemikuenjoyer6900
      @hatsunemikuenjoyer6900 3 года назад +155

      Woah, Technology!

    • @nonenone4248
      @nonenone4248 3 года назад +55

      Lol brilliant

    • @Xannika2008
      @Xannika2008 3 года назад +87

      you don't know what miracles a pebble can do!

    • @nonenone4248
      @nonenone4248 3 года назад +12

      @@Xannika2008 lol :)

    • @nazminnarine7901
      @nazminnarine7901 3 года назад +4

      I am with them all the time uk and usa. Especially Dept of Homeland Security. Watch my transmission ground zero site statues New York.

  • @asimasim8207
    @asimasim8207 4 года назад +8862

    She said a lot without revealing anything

    • @adoreimpact7597
      @adoreimpact7597 4 года назад +568

      Throughout the whole thing I was like uh huh expecting her to say one more thing to wrap the idea together so I would actually understand and then she switched topics and at the end I was just like ok we have advanced masks and agents can change quickly

    • @jamaalfloyd1940
      @jamaalfloyd1940 4 года назад +150

      Asim Asim She’s Smart She Know a What She Doing, They Watching He, The Moment She Spill She Dies

    • @domokunbogle
      @domokunbogle 4 года назад +191

      Uhm.. she may not have told everything they use, but everything she mentions she details pretty clearly.. how they disguise people, even down to the roof of the mouth thing.. what makes you say she didnt reveal anything?

    • @asimasim8207
      @asimasim8207 4 года назад +5

      @@domokunbogle you think? LOL

    • @domokunbogle
      @domokunbogle 4 года назад +100

      @@asimasim8207 you don't have to think, just listen.. everything she says may be common knowledge, so she isn't talking about anything top secret, but she clearly details what is talked about.. that's not a matter of opinion, but a matter of understanding language..

  • @tone1446
    @tone1446 2 года назад +6

    I wasn't done listening to her when this suddenly ended after only a couple of minutes. Fantastic woman and presentation, and intriguing topic

  • @glamgyrl0999
    @glamgyrl0999 Год назад +21

    This is an awesome video! So intriguing and influential. Obviously these "tricks" are decades old so imagine the tricks they have now...

  • @rainman2543
    @rainman2543 5 лет назад +3288

    Beginning of the Video:
    Me- "Look at her face, such experience"
    After Video ended:
    Me-"Was that her real face?"

    • @adarshsirsat9110
      @adarshsirsat9110 5 лет назад +68

      Ikr...i thought the reveal is gonna be she was the dude who was walking down the street changing disguise...

    • @Meg13Crossheart
      @Meg13Crossheart 5 лет назад +46

      ikr, she might be younger than she looks in this video, we don't know!

    • @rasmusn.e.m1064
      @rasmusn.e.m1064 5 лет назад +17

      I mean her nose and general face shape are similar to the first model being shown, while her gums are bigger beneath the lips and her lower face is saggier though she has a pretty slim neck. Eye colour is, of course, different as well; Assuming her name is Mendez that could indicate brown eyes as being the originals, rather than blue eyes. Shoulder width and posture seem to match too. The old pictures show us that she has at least attempted to actually recreate her original hair colour, though it is now not looking so curly. Can't find something that would directly confirm that she is not the same woman shown to disguise as a man.

    • @tesspulido
      @tesspulido 5 лет назад +1

      This is Part 1. Let's see.. :)

  • @CamD9203
    @CamD9203 4 года назад +20676

    I need a Netflix series about this woman’s stories.

  • @Pattilapeep
    @Pattilapeep 2 года назад +24

    I would love to see a lot more of this--especially the disguises. How they do it.

  • @RainbowStuffies
    @RainbowStuffies 2 года назад +22

    I feel like the hardest thing in the cia is not telling anyone

  • @amerilmudjed9146
    @amerilmudjed9146 4 года назад +6742

    Plot twist: *She's just disguising as a former chief of disguise*
    Yikes, thanks for the likes humans

  • @personofinterest3062
    @personofinterest3062 4 года назад +7065

    That woman's disguise as an old man is exactly how somebody would look like in a disguise.

    • @victoria-le7ew
      @victoria-le7ew 4 года назад +303

      Jianwang Aran maybe bc u saw her sit down in original form. I saw it was makeup so I acknowledged it was a woman. thinking She couldn’t actually look like that (or he for that matter). but some ppl have that ethereal look to them. Man or woman. I have seen a few people!

    • @Aryzo
      @Aryzo 4 года назад +177

      @@victoria-le7ew nah she definitely looks like a woman xD have you ever seen an old man?

    • @whendidyoutubeswitchtohandles
      @whendidyoutubeswitchtohandles 4 года назад +277

      It's all in the eyes.

    • @RoachZone
      @RoachZone 4 года назад +110

      It's because the shape of her face, you expect someone old to have an oval or square looking jaw, not a feminine one. It's a terribly botched job xd

    • @jinpachibobochan3532
      @jinpachibobochan3532 4 года назад +68

      @@RoachZone Yeah, that 'costume' would have failed in 10min after entering the 'enemy' grounds. Who are they going to fool with this? Children? I mean, a trained eye of the party they want to spy on will quickly realize that there is something wrong.
      Not to mention that women and men have different styles of how they sit and walk. The shoulders are different, and the curves of the hip area. Even the skin... women have smooth skin, while men have more leathery skin - they will have to cover the neck, hands, and the face with a huge amount of makeup to cover this.
      The clip was nothing more than a cheap attempt to entertain the audience with trashy techniques.

  • @henriettaatkin1968
    @henriettaatkin1968 10 месяцев назад +5

    Jonna Mendez is the wife of Tony Mendez, the operative who helped rescue the six American hostages in 1979. See the movie "Argo." In the book, her husband talks about the different hostile operatives you have to confuse. A trained Moscow operative is more difficult to fool than a revolutionary guard zealot who may not be as trained in spy craft.

  • @elonquemattheson6151
    @elonquemattheson6151 7 месяцев назад +5

    The timestamp you're looking for is 3:17

  • @tottieyana4994
    @tottieyana4994 5 лет назад +19401

    I’m surprised she’s even allowed to talk about this.

    • @TheDarkDutchman
      @TheDarkDutchman 5 лет назад +881

      Same thought here... My first thought was she was a fake looking for attention.

    • @jesper2455
      @jesper2455 5 лет назад +4793

      Here's the thing. This is how it worked many years ago and this was just a sample. Imagine what they can do today.

    • @ValkyrieTiara
      @ValkyrieTiara 5 лет назад +2786

      Most of this is...well maybe not common knowledge, but it's certainly not secret. These tricks and strategies are more or less "industry standard". It's interesting to the layman, but for anybody who's ever actually done this sort of thing these are the basics of basics.

    • @TheEric1203
      @TheEric1203 5 лет назад +1613

      Even with this information, it would still be extremely difficult for the average person to detect an agent

    • @hollyrule8809
      @hollyrule8809 5 лет назад +2529

      I have lots of military family and they always say that anything "revealed" to us regular folks is probably so outdated it isn't used anymore, or the enemy has already figured it out too, so it doesn't matter.

  • @danixdanny3059
    @danixdanny3059 3 года назад +6555

    Disguises are like onions.
    Onions have layers.
    Ogres have layers.
    Confirmed: Shrek is a CIA agent

  • @TonyBurke100
    @TonyBurke100 2 года назад +1

    When I saw your link to this video I immediately thought of "Inspector Clouseau" the master of disguises played by Peter Sellers.

  • @badbella1785
    @badbella1785 Год назад +4

    She needs a documentary she's amazing

  • @CocoPopssss
    @CocoPopssss 5 лет назад +2346

    Am I the only one who really wanted her to pull off her 'face' at the end to reveal she had actually been wearing a mask throughout the whole interview?

    • @martinraxyz
      @martinraxyz 5 лет назад +1

      Yup!!!!

    • @PantySausage
      @PantySausage 5 лет назад +81

      She would have gotten away with it if it weren't for those meddling kids!

    • @CocoPopssss
      @CocoPopssss 5 лет назад +1

      PantySausage hahaha goddammit!!

    • @qwertyuiop3849
      @qwertyuiop3849 5 лет назад +2

      You, deserve so many more likes

    • @nolanhouse3886
      @nolanhouse3886 5 лет назад +15

      She also needed to say "Valar Morghulis" after taking off the mask.

  • @Drakeoy
    @Drakeoy 5 лет назад +4921

    Day23: they still don't realize I'm not a vacuum cleaner.

    • @aidanwansbrough7495
      @aidanwansbrough7495 5 лет назад +1

      JAB Lol!!

    • @rickh3714
      @rickh3714 5 лет назад +29

      You're Dyson with death. Pull the plug on this operation!

    • @mql17
      @mql17 5 лет назад +29

      You suck

    • @milla22n
      @milla22n 5 лет назад +37

      Day 165... I have been discovered that I’m trash

    • @AaronCupps
      @AaronCupps 5 лет назад +39

      Day 24: the broom is becoming suspicious... assassination may be necessary

  • @WorldOfEnchantment44
    @WorldOfEnchantment44 Год назад +3

    I watch RUclips every single day. This is the most interesting video I have ever seen.

  • @magneto1102
    @magneto1102 2 года назад +5

    This information reminds me so much of the spy-action thriller television series 'Alias' where Jennifer Gardner aka Sydney Bristow was a CIA official and she performed the role so well. The series gave the viewers a glimpse of 'CIA espionage' world and connections ... A very interesting and informative tv series.

    • @serpentines6356
      @serpentines6356 2 года назад +1

      Haven't had tv for decades. Sounds like a good show. Can watch a few clips on RUclips to see what it was Iike.
      I liked the old, "The Avengers" TV British spy series. If you aren't over 50, you probably haven't heard of it. Prob some clips of it on you tube.

  • @ricknineg
    @ricknineg 5 лет назад +30689

    She wore a mask as she briefed Bush. What a badass. I didn't even guess!

    • @tapio_m6861
      @tapio_m6861 5 лет назад +530

      So a smudgy old photo was able to bamboozle you?

    • @LukeMaynard
      @LukeMaynard 5 лет назад +1135

      Bush SENIOR, no less. He was the former Director of Central Intelligence. It's a real feather in her cap to say she fooled the former head of the CIA,
      As for Bush JUNOR... well, you could fool him by holding a magazine in front of your face with somebody else on the cover.

    • @elreydelvideo
      @elreydelvideo 5 лет назад +58

      *If he's like his son, isn't that impressive*

    • @MichaelSmith-zt3mu
      @MichaelSmith-zt3mu 5 лет назад +64

      Medovukha Small harm for a greater good mate.

    • @jeremyrosal6049
      @jeremyrosal6049 5 лет назад +148

      Medovukha - well that's an overly simplified way to look at the world...

  • @SquirmyandGrubs
    @SquirmyandGrubs 5 лет назад +23565

    Not a single person in my extensive network of family, friends, and acquaintances has yet realized that this wheelchair I’ve been using for 24 years is just a part of my disguise. Truthfully, I can walk just fine. But the enemy must never find out!

    • @mdahsenmirza2536
      @mdahsenmirza2536 5 лет назад +1095

      What kind of spy are you ?

    • @goodolmeplant5809
      @goodolmeplant5809 5 лет назад +992

      @@mdahsenmirza2536 the truest spy

    • @hannahleclaire1629
      @hannahleclaire1629 5 лет назад +528

      Ahsen Mirza he’s not a spy😆 it’s a joke!😆😆

    • @naota3k
      @naota3k 5 лет назад +160

      GOT EM! bahaha

    • @pleaseclap3335
      @pleaseclap3335 5 лет назад +266

      I swear I remember seeing you in a documentary type RUclips video but I can't remember which one it was, god dammit

  • @anactualalpaca7016
    @anactualalpaca7016 11 месяцев назад +6

    If she's telling us this, that means there's stuff she isn't telling us, and there's probably far more advanced tactics in place now.

    • @HDPersonal777
      @HDPersonal777 4 месяца назад

      I wonder if tattoos are part of spying too?

  • @jofox1186
    @jofox1186 2 года назад +9

    Painting a portrait is very much like making a disguise. To get the "likeness" you just have to put together each little detail accurately enough. There's no secret to it - it's just a number of paint layers adding the right details. I had no idea that using disguises was the similar to this.

  • @edward2176
    @edward2176 5 лет назад +3478

    Taking my free Costco sample runs to another level

    • @arash1934
      @arash1934 5 лет назад +14

      FatherSatori lmaooo

    • @elmtree33
      @elmtree33 5 лет назад +47

      HILARIOUS!!! Only a die hard Costco fan will get your joke. I am a die hard Costco fan btw.

    • @tmroadrunner
      @tmroadrunner 5 лет назад +5

      LOL 😂😂😂

    • @meelo4597
      @meelo4597 5 лет назад +10

      elmtree33 People like you, SMH...

    • @blackhawk1524
      @blackhawk1524 4 года назад +3

      Underrated 😂

  • @JasonB95
    @JasonB95 5 лет назад +8855

    This was wildly fascinating. I needed three more hours of this.

    • @Ted-
      @Ted- 5 лет назад +148

      This should be a netflix/hulu/disney/amazon/walmart-vudu series!

    • @fuckyshityfuckshit
      @fuckyshityfuckshit 5 лет назад +33

      Check out the international spy museum's channel.
      They also have podcasts on spotify

    • @darcyferrigno
      @darcyferrigno 5 лет назад +19

      I agree! They could do a whole documentary on this.

    • @Baiswith
      @Baiswith 5 лет назад +27

      Same here - despite being English born and bred, apparently all my tells are American... I don't *think* I'm a sleeper agent... >.>

    • @zes3813
      @zes3813 5 лет назад +1

      wrg

  • @johntait491
    @johntait491 2 года назад +1

    An informative and interesting documentary. Thank you. 😉

  • @princearthur4946
    @princearthur4946 2 года назад

    Excellent presentation!

  • @Peachie4011
    @Peachie4011 4 года назад +5463

    This lady is super cool. I bet she has so many stories she could tell.

    • @Analysis_Paralysis
      @Analysis_Paralysis 4 года назад +37

      Super cool? You've watched to many movies.She is involved in murder and war crimes.

    • @Analysis_Paralysis
      @Analysis_Paralysis 4 года назад +18

      PS: She's a psychopath. Just like other CIA members.

    • @Peachie4011
      @Peachie4011 4 года назад +161

      @@Analysis_Paralysis calm down Becky.

    • @Analysis_Paralysis
      @Analysis_Paralysis 4 года назад +7

      Calm down, fucktard. I'm not even a White person, dimwit.

    • @ABCetcIamalwaysright
      @ABCetcIamalwaysright 4 года назад +121

      @@Analysis_Paralysis you're brainwashed af

  • @jelly9525
    @jelly9525 3 года назад +3256

    That part when they showed photos of her meeting Bush, I didn't even realize that she was wearing a mask. I just thought she was holding a severed head at the last photo. It was pretty shocking and impressive

    • @kamanashiskar9203
      @kamanashiskar9203 3 года назад +17

      I thought ate the first photo that there also a member of the cabinet in the meeting.

    • @gabbarsingh7182
      @gabbarsingh7182 3 года назад +13

      Only a Bush can be fooled this way.

    • @BradsHacks
      @BradsHacks 2 года назад +40

      @@gabbarsingh7182 "Fool me once, shame on...shame on you. Fool me-you can't get fooled again." -George W Bush

    • @BradsHacks
      @BradsHacks 2 года назад +3

      @@gabbarsingh7182 "Fool me once, shame on...shame on you. Fool me-you can't get fooled again." -George W Bush

    • @user-vf9to2it8g
      @user-vf9to2it8g 2 года назад +3

      Soccer is the number 1 and most important sport on Planet Earth and is massive in over 240 countries. Every nation on Earth loves soccer. American football is only popular in the USA. Soccer will be the most popular sport in the USA by 2050 rycn

  • @greythegoodwitch8926
    @greythegoodwitch8926 2 года назад +3

    You always got to be careful w/ people w/ anxiety. They are often more observant of their surroundings subconsciously. I find this true bc I also have anxiety and use my observance to my advantage.

  • @Uzzlangified
    @Uzzlangified 2 года назад +5

    I went to my parent's village in Nigeria and stayed for 4 months. No matter how I dressed, people could always identify that I was not a native Nigerian just by me walking by. So bizzare.

  • @Vmt16
    @Vmt16 5 лет назад +3381

    I'd like a three hour version of this, please.

    • @minhanueula.r.m.y769
      @minhanueula.r.m.y769 4 года назад +13

      Same I second that!

    • @funnlivinit
      @funnlivinit 4 года назад +20

      Tony & Jonna have 4 books between them. They are friends of the family. Truly fascinating and delightful people. We were heartbroken when Tony Passed this January.

    • @nemanjastankovic7200
      @nemanjastankovic7200 4 года назад +2

      @Vmt16 Watch "Coming War on China by John Pilger" and you will get much more but be warned it's heavy and facts were proven to be true.

    • @QUARTERMASTEREMI6
      @QUARTERMASTEREMI6 4 года назад

      Yes, please!

    • @jesusisthetruth4497
      @jesusisthetruth4497 4 года назад

      Vmt16 oo yus

  • @dead2675
    @dead2675 4 года назад +5218

    She actually trying to trick us into thinking that these are all the techniques they have, but they have the most advance technology that they don't want to show to public.

    • @otilialefey8514
      @otilialefey8514 4 года назад +142

      Duh!

    • @nemanjastankovic7200
      @nemanjastankovic7200 4 года назад +10

      Noooooo ...

    • @shaunk6822
      @shaunk6822 4 года назад +17

      Two words, budget cuts...

    • @Purebliss007
      @Purebliss007 4 года назад +183

      She worked for the cia in the 80s and 90s.....don’t tell me you didn’t catch that.

    • @GhostRider-hy9zt
      @GhostRider-hy9zt 4 года назад +85

      She's not. Of course there are more techniques. You can reveal all of your knowledge in a short video. You also wouldn't.

  • @TonyTylerDraws
    @TonyTylerDraws Год назад +3

    How unsettling would it be to be the President and knowing someone could have just walked in disguised, and *you* didn’t know

  • @sbrink1
    @sbrink1 4 месяца назад

    What an amazing lady, who did an amazing job, working for this country, and for peace in the world, Thankyou

  • @magicktatertot
    @magicktatertot 5 лет назад +2153

    If only undercover boss made their disguises this well

    • @thagreatfrank3071
      @thagreatfrank3071 5 лет назад

      ☠️☠️☠️🤣🤣🤣

    • @valeriew4833
      @valeriew4833 5 лет назад +29

      Lmao 😂😂 didn't someone recognize the boss

    • @brennap3310
      @brennap3310 5 лет назад

      Snap!

    • @livedandletdie
      @livedandletdie 5 лет назад +24

      If only undercover boss was a good show.

    • @ameenahsf
      @ameenahsf 5 лет назад +42

      I always want undercover boss to happen to me so I can spill a huge sob story to my new "intern" whose mustache is detaching slowly and whose accent is questionable at best 😂 . After my story I'm walking away with a solid million atleast!

  • @eustaceosgrey
    @eustaceosgrey 4 года назад +4080

    When ur man says he wants to see other people

  • @Shermanbay
    @Shermanbay 2 года назад +5

    I would like to see if computer face recognition technology can see through a disguise and correctly identify a person. Or what levels of face modification is necessary to fool it.

  • @chrishull9983
    @chrishull9983 2 года назад

    Very impressive interview - very focused lady - she's not backwards going forwards.... 👍

  • @CliffReeds
    @CliffReeds 3 года назад +2411

    After they finished filming she took her mask off and it was Tom Cruise all along.

  • @MrTruerythmn
    @MrTruerythmn 4 года назад +3803

    This needs to he made into some type of miniseries on Netflix..

    • @GhostRider-hy9zt
      @GhostRider-hy9zt 4 года назад +15

      It'd be called: "Disguises of the CIA."

    • @guthak10movie8
      @guthak10movie8 4 года назад +7

      @@GhostRider-hy9zt they'd rather call it: "feminist woman supreme leader in CIA", star would be black transgender man with diarrhoea

    • @kristopherleslie8343
      @kristopherleslie8343 4 года назад

      Agreed

    • @jesusisthetruth4497
      @jesusisthetruth4497 4 года назад +1

      tyrone biggs oo

    • @TheSmith645
      @TheSmith645 4 года назад +2

      you disguised the words "mini series" into some complicated vocabulary by skipping the space... i was like thats a new word!!

  • @danielrenteria6939
    @danielrenteria6939 Год назад +3

    Sometimes I think someone was either following me or protecting me 😁

  • @TennRides
    @TennRides 4 месяца назад

    That was very interesting. I am so glad that people like here are on our side.

  • @bouncecat
    @bouncecat 4 года назад +3498

    Every time this woman talks, my eyes are peeled. She is hypnotizing, with her leadership and confidence coming through. Love her.

    • @lez85
      @lez85 4 года назад +34

      I was thinking the same!

    • @WhatsUpFridayHowl
      @WhatsUpFridayHowl 4 года назад +12

      I love videos with her! She's a-ma-zing. It's enthralling ~~~😯

    • @Dr.JameelTannous
      @Dr.JameelTannous 4 года назад +36

      Lmao , you are a perfect subject and victim to any insant propaganda .

    • @nemanjastankovic7200
      @nemanjastankovic7200 4 года назад +1

      Эта женщина убийца и предатель, и ее уважают столько же или меньше, чем проституток.

    • @Dr.JameelTannous
      @Dr.JameelTannous 4 года назад +1

      @@nemanjastankovic7200конечно

  • @mvpmickey1
    @mvpmickey1 5 лет назад +1117

    3:35
    CIA: Make you older, we can't go the other direction
    Korea: Hold My Soju

    • @humayvahid
      @humayvahid 4 года назад +3

      mvpmickey1 😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @lydiajjade
      @lydiajjade 4 года назад +1

      for real though!! it’s like catfish those makeup videos 😫

    • @QUARTERMASTEREMI6
      @QUARTERMASTEREMI6 4 года назад

      Hah! Quite true!

    • @jesusisthetruth4497
      @jesusisthetruth4497 4 года назад

      mvpmickey1 oop

    • @lookaway855
      @lookaway855 4 года назад +3

      Korea: the only country where you can find more plastic surgery doctors than normal doctors. (((:

  • @julianrosario4525
    @julianrosario4525 Год назад +6

    “It’s impossible to turn a man into a woman” Tyler Perry: Am I a joke to you

  • @mikhails9115
    @mikhails9115 2 года назад

    I always wanted to know how it works, that is fascinating

  • @SerPouncealot
    @SerPouncealot 4 года назад +4825

    The old man looks more like a real person than the woman does as herself.

    • @arbitros2322
      @arbitros2322 4 года назад +257

      No not really, that old man disguise was clearly rushed. It looked like a woman who is trying to be a man lol

    • @sittingturtleduck
      @sittingturtleduck 4 года назад +89

      nah it didnt look as authentic

    • @pierresmith8175
      @pierresmith8175 4 года назад +8

      メロンパン thats the point of the disguise

    • @ericchase299
      @ericchase299 4 года назад +64

      Maybe that’s because she was actually that man and the woman we saw was just a disguise 🤯

    • @twilightzdy8259
      @twilightzdy8259 4 года назад +6

      That's exactly how you know they're CIA

  • @-_Nuke_-
    @-_Nuke_- 5 лет назад +2201

    0:50 "Your biggest concern might be that your next door neighbor is gonna wander into that Cafe and say Oh Hi Mark"
    I'm dying xDDD

  • @WeCanSolveThis
    @WeCanSolveThis 9 месяцев назад +1

    Fascinating

  • @Itried20takennames
    @Itried20takennames Месяц назад

    So impressive and well spoken.

  • @redIroncool
    @redIroncool 5 лет назад +6003

    Is it me or would it have been that much cooler if it then turned out that she was in a disguise?

    • @TheBusyJane
      @TheBusyJane 5 лет назад +779

      How are you sure she wasn't in disguise?

    • @furretar6484
      @furretar6484 5 лет назад +216

      @@TheBusyJane dun dun dun

    • @Robrulesall2
      @Robrulesall2 5 лет назад +213

      I actually half expected her to take off a wig or something lol

    • @Zahnpuppy
      @Zahnpuppy 5 лет назад +64

      it should have been a a man, and then take off the mask an be a woman.

    • @jpaxonreyes
      @jpaxonreyes 5 лет назад +52

      @@Zahnpuppy - But then take off the woman mask because it was a man all along.

  • @Silverrunner99
    @Silverrunner99 5 лет назад +1644

    *Plot Twist:* All of these tips are actually disguises for the real tips used by the CIA

    • @soul_asmr
      @soul_asmr 5 лет назад +36

      Libidough's Uncle THIS just might be it

    • @inhle1688
      @inhle1688 5 лет назад +12

      Yes FBI this is the message

    • @wordforger
      @wordforger 5 лет назад +116

      Plot Twist: This is only the old method of doing things. They have now mastered invisibility cloaking devices, hologram technology, and instant plastic surgery.

    • @fatalequinox6553
      @fatalequinox6553 5 лет назад +5

      Julian Birch probably

    • @samisatlacc7736
      @samisatlacc7736 5 лет назад +6

      It's CODE. The Farm is activating operatives with this video; "Get Jason Bourne, alive!"

  • @user-mx4bg1yh6o
    @user-mx4bg1yh6o Год назад

    This made my whole brain jump!!! Wow!!! Thank you for this great content!!!!🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

  • @juanaboynkin1196
    @juanaboynkin1196 2 года назад +10

    I read the book by her late husband Antonio Mendez. He was chief of disguise before she was. American heroes, both of them.

  • @sleepykat9
    @sleepykat9 5 лет назад +4823

    "You didn't want them to think you had escaped. You wanted them to think they had lost you"
    Oof that gave me chills 😤😤😤😤😤😤
    EDIT: thanks for all the likes everyone 😀😀

    • @fakecubed
      @fakecubed 5 лет назад +103

      Yeah acting like you're trying to evade a surveillance team is a pretty bad idea when you want to evade a surveillance team.

    • @bedriyes4510
      @bedriyes4510 5 лет назад +38

      i- your profile picture looks like the mask in 1:44 HDHJXHDJJD 😔

    • @Gigawolf1
      @Gigawolf1 5 лет назад +85

      Makes a lot of sense psychologically too - if they think you're running, they're just going to chase you. If they feel like they failed though, they'd likely be beating themselves up over it and need some time to get back on task.

    • @cucuca7281
      @cucuca7281 5 лет назад +5

      A good reader will never ever lose you! A good reader will even tell you next step!

    • @JuiceMade3603
      @JuiceMade3603 5 лет назад +3

      Cucu Ca watch mikes buzzfeed video on how he escaped a spy

  • @isabellequint3214
    @isabellequint3214 4 года назад +1935

    The guy that did the quick change is actually her son. She mentioned it in another interview

    • @milk9613
      @milk9613 4 года назад +46

      Author Alys Marchand lemme take you on a date to chuck e cheese

    • @dripbullets6794
      @dripbullets6794 4 года назад +37

      Well I think that’s high risk putting her family out there

    • @ABiscuitandTea
      @ABiscuitandTea 4 года назад +4

      That's so cool!

    • @skylovermc2146
      @skylovermc2146 4 года назад

      Isabelle Quint hmm

    • @HeatherVioletNoble
      @HeatherVioletNoble 4 года назад +1

      Wut another interview?

  • @connieadams607
    @connieadams607 2 года назад

    Very interesting 🤔 thank you for sharing.

  • @Megamare1
    @Megamare1 2 года назад +1

    Pretty sure I didn’t need to know any of this but OMG, very fascinating

  • @amberchatterton8610
    @amberchatterton8610 5 лет назад +4018

    I was waiting the whole time for her to take a mask off

  • @nauraa3069
    @nauraa3069 5 лет назад +635

    Best advice a CIA agent can give you: Don’t be yourself.

    • @jake1173
      @jake1173 5 лет назад +3

      i see u Since when did the cia teach me how to get a gf

    • @requiemxvii5714
      @requiemxvii5714 5 лет назад +2

      Best advice a parent can give you: Be yourself.

    • @fifi7367
      @fifi7367 5 лет назад +3

      @@requiemxvii5714 some parents doesn't want you to be yourself.

    • @justaninfiredperson
      @justaninfiredperson 5 лет назад

      i see u good one my friend good one

    • @kappalhu3574
      @kappalhu3574 5 лет назад

      @@fifi7367 but it's the *best* advice a parent can give

  • @daveycook1766
    @daveycook1766 2 года назад

    I like the tack shot for finger, really clever

  • @avivyoukerharel2140
    @avivyoukerharel2140 2 года назад +2

    I really waited for her at the last second of the video to reveal she was wearing a disguise the whole time.

  • @rakisyc
    @rakisyc 4 года назад +3197

    "Its almost impossible to turn a man into a woman"
    Thailand: hold my beer

  • @notgaybear5544
    @notgaybear5544 5 лет назад +459

    If she can talk about this now imagine how far ahead the CIA is now.

    • @rickh3714
      @rickh3714 5 лет назад +14

      Exactly. Notice the three women in the background?

    • @9razzler9
      @9razzler9 5 лет назад +4

      @@rickh3714 you've been duped. u missed out on the 2 guys next to the women

    • @rickh3714
      @rickh3714 5 лет назад +2

      @@9razzler9
      Cripes, you're right! And the little robot!

    • @jaffacakes95
      @jaffacakes95 5 лет назад +3

      They're disguising aliens now.. like in Men in Black

    • @user-wn9co8hx8p
      @user-wn9co8hx8p Месяц назад

      Far far

  • @callmechia
    @callmechia 10 месяцев назад

    You need to add closed captions for this video

  • @m.e.w.4394
    @m.e.w.4394 Год назад +1

    “The goal of the quick change is to disappear.” A technique put to good use in the Bourne films.

  • @icewater7586
    @icewater7586 4 года назад +2165

    They have a better technique and that's why they are sharing this old way so we don't pay attention to other newer ones

    • @najmonuurto8326
      @najmonuurto8326 4 года назад +22

      Tim Le exactly

    • @isaacmchugh917
      @isaacmchugh917 4 года назад +97

      that’s what i’m thinking . most videos about the tactics they use are older ones . they def upgraded them by now

    • @colourqueen22
      @colourqueen22 4 года назад +23

      I was thinking about that too. They ARE the CIA

    • @blackshadow-_-c9441
      @blackshadow-_-c9441 4 года назад +59

      OR, she shares these so you think there are newer ones, and disregard this one for being old, and not used. While actually they still use this ALWAYS, and try to trick you they dont anymore.

    • @ianesgrecia8568
      @ianesgrecia8568 3 года назад +61

      She is smart in her wordings and anything she says probably is already in a museum or comum knowledge. The woman was a chief, so i doubt she's going to reveal anything really secretive

  • @gotchufam2964
    @gotchufam2964 4 года назад +725

    My trust issues before the vid started:
    100%
    My trust issues after the vid:
    1000%

    • @bullymaguire2061
      @bullymaguire2061 4 года назад +36

      Why I don't trust people:
      1. I know them
      2. I don't know them

    • @celiafeliciano3894
      @celiafeliciano3894 4 года назад

      Man!!!

    • @lanamedvidovic7074
      @lanamedvidovic7074 4 года назад

      @@bullymaguire2061 😂

    • @drmg735
      @drmg735 4 года назад

      •Gacha UNICORN• so basically the same trust issues

    • @ronaldhess1487
      @ronaldhess1487 4 года назад

      I've heard people say that we need to b vulnerable. This would b true only w the right people: those who care about us & will not gossip about us or eviscerate us when our backs r turned.
      How did Jesus Himself feel about this? In John 2:23-25 "Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover feast, many believed in His name when they saw the signs which He did; but Jesus DID NOT TRUST himself to them, because He knew all men and needed no one to bear witness of man; for He himself knew what was in man." Jesus was vulnerable to & trusted some people, like His disciples. But certainly not everyone.

  • @jeffbryan3224
    @jeffbryan3224 2 года назад +5

    yes those unique mannerisms must be addressed....I knew a fellow who came to a Halloween dance in a very good gorilla costume and NOBODY knew WHO it could be UNTIL we saw him get up and WALK to go get a drink. He had a unique strut and we ALL identified him immediately!

  • @DoomsdayHustle
    @DoomsdayHustle Год назад +5

    “You wanna be the person, that get on the elevator and gets off and no one even remembers you where there” *I was born for this job*

  • @korkz808
    @korkz808 5 лет назад +1830

    was anyone else hoping she was in disguise??

    • @taylorthedestroyer9581
      @taylorthedestroyer9581 5 лет назад +40

      korkz808 I’M ALMOST FINISHED WITH THE VIDEO,AND YOU’RE TELLING ME SHE ISN’T GOING TO DO A REVEAL!?!? Smdh 10/10 disappointed in her.

    • @randomname8616
      @randomname8616 5 лет назад +74

      Plot twist, she was, but they didn't tell us to conceal her identity

    • @denniskarnes8680
      @denniskarnes8680 5 лет назад +8

      She was, she's actually a handsome male model.

    • @hughthetuber7990
      @hughthetuber7990 5 лет назад +4

      Everyone keeps saying she's male, but she said herself its almost impossible to turn a male female.

    • @nakinilerak
      @nakinilerak 5 лет назад +7

      @@hughthetuber7990 Ah - there you are. ALMOST.

  • @QueenQueenly
    @QueenQueenly 4 года назад +1166

    She was so right about how they view people based on their clothes. The people who steal for a living analyze people so fast

    • @crashercrasher9696
      @crashercrasher9696 4 года назад +49

      Celphone snatchers in my country disguise as a yuppy and then hitching on jeepneys( common public transport vehicle) where he can snatch phones for living, you can never tell by the looks if he is a snatcher, because many years ago snatchers dont do disguise

    • @abk4202020
      @abk4202020 4 года назад +3

      I bet she is a he

    • @Swigsandcigs
      @Swigsandcigs 4 года назад +6

      @@abk4202020 100% it's a dude, just as she said you can't make a man a woman it showed her transformation. CiA DiSiNFO

    • @halamadruuid2380
      @halamadruuid2380 3 года назад +8

      I used to steal when i was like 15, i was tall and had an ‘adult’ look on my body, but my face looks young, so i always have to put some wrinkles and a beanie to atleast cover up my face, I stole about 400 dollars total, i usually steal if their bag looks heavy, or their pocket looks baggy, i have a small hand, and my reflex is quick so i usually get away with it, but i was caught once, i stole but i managed to run away

    • @nataliefields9009
      @nataliefields9009 3 года назад +1

      Crasher Crasher philippines?

  • @newo3549
    @newo3549 2 года назад

    We hold cigarettes between the index and the middle finger too
    the thumb and index are reserved for joints

  • @troygonewild
    @troygonewild Год назад +2

    me: i have what it takes to be a spy
    her: put a little piece of gravel in your shoe
    me: i don't have what it takes to be a spy

  • @EuzilaineGoncalvesValim
    @EuzilaineGoncalvesValim 4 года назад +1355

    Can Netflix do a series with her? She is just amazing

    • @zeddert2869
      @zeddert2869 4 года назад +28

      I totally agree, shes so good at explaining stuff it just locks your attention.

    • @sjawim
      @sjawim 4 года назад +1

      @rj zanderFacebook (FB), Instagram (I) = FBI

    • @sofea5023
      @sofea5023 4 года назад +1

      lol

  • @Shoebill77
    @Shoebill77 4 года назад +2263

    What a CIA agent do before they're go to bed?
    They go undercover

  • @prajwalgmpp
    @prajwalgmpp 2 месяца назад +1

    I half expected her to pull apart her face like Mission Impossible at the end of the video

  • @Findpepperbridge
    @Findpepperbridge Год назад +1

    This is so crazy interesting!!

  • @subscribefornothing6045
    @subscribefornothing6045 5 лет назад +833

    i was half expecting her to take off a disguise in the end!

    • @AmY-if9ci
      @AmY-if9ci 5 лет назад +12

      That would’ve been perfect.

    • @lugit36
      @lugit36 5 лет назад +7

      Some mission impossible stuff

  • @MrMcSnuffyFluffy
    @MrMcSnuffyFluffy 5 лет назад +2137

    I was waiting for Tom Cruise to pull "her" face off.

    • @scottrichter341
      @scottrichter341 5 лет назад +25

      No, John Travolta and Nic Cage takes the face off.

    • @jc6226
      @jc6226 5 лет назад +13

      And I would have gotten away with it too, if not for those pesky kids.

    • @cryora
      @cryora 5 лет назад +1

      I would like to take her face..... off!

    • @Jimdog-ep1bb
      @Jimdog-ep1bb 5 лет назад +5

      mission impossible is just Tom Cruise trying to kill himself to get out of Scientology.

  • @LegacyBridge
    @LegacyBridge Год назад

    Mission Possible! Incredible.

  • @oaksong5526
    @oaksong5526 Год назад

    Antonio Mendes (her husband) saw Mission Impossible and went to Hollywood. Things have improved since those days.