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A comment on How to Spot a Spook (1974).

Re:How to Spot a Spook (1974) by Animats on Sunday May 14, 2017 @04:28PM (#14337404)
The Mossad had a big embarrassment some years ago. Wearing ties is not common in Israel, but, for forged credentials, people were usually photographed wearing a tie. The photography shop provided people with a tie.

The Mossad used the same three ties for everybody.

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Re:How to Spot a Spook (1974) by justinjlynn on Sunday May 14, 2017 @08:56PM (#14338393)
Contamination kills; I'm amazed they reused forging facilities like that.
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Re:How to Spot a Spook (1974) by closeparen on Sunday May 14, 2017 @11:18PM (#14338912)
I doubt CIA Technical Services was burned down and reconstructed for every mission. Seems like intelligence agencies are always going to want some shared, reusable resources.
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Re:How to Spot a Spook (1974) by justinjlynn on Monday May 15, 2017 @03:54AM (#14339905)
Of course not, but they don't use the same signature techniques on all forged documents either -- that would just be silly.
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