No Such Agency kept a very quiet presence in the "good old days" of HUMIT, when feet on the ground truly was "feet on ground" ... and "silent but deadly" meant more than the passing of intestinal gas in an elevator.
On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 7:14 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Spook is accurate given the nature of the work. > On Aug 26, 2015 10:12 PM, "G Mann via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > > Ahhhhh.. "spook" is such an ugly term... > > > > I much prefer "Cultural Attache" or "Minister of Information". > > > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 5:46 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > A close friend of mine is an Army brat, and her dad was a spook that > was > > > attached to the embassy in Tehran before things went south. She > attended > > > elementary school there. Said it was a really wonderful place under > the > > > Shah. > > > > > > Dan > > > > > > > > > > On Aug 26, 2015, at 8:40 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes < > > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Grant wrote: > > > >> During his rule, I spent 2 yrs in Iran on a government contract, so > I > > > got > > > >> to know the country pretty well. > > > > > > > > That forms a wealth of experience from which to speak - thanks. > > > > My impression has been that, as you say, "The Persian women are among > > > > the most beautiful in the world..." > > > > mao > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
