tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post4371578828444562152..comments2024-03-28T15:01:21.285-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: Spy LieLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-29347967435711488532012-10-18T11:01:35.184-04:002012-10-18T11:01:35.184-04:00Sometimes covert ops are so odd, or dependent on m...Sometimes covert ops are so odd, or dependent on mischance, that you simply can't cleave to the actual events: see ILL MET BY MOONLIGHT, for example. (It still beggars the imagination that the Brits let Philby off the leash for so many years.) And CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR is another example of a picture that's enormously entertaining, but still fudges the details. That said, I'm pleasantly surprised that Ben Affleck has redeemed himself.David Edgerley Gateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05302818835018859164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-5339241332540350572012-10-17T22:11:44.970-04:002012-10-17T22:11:44.970-04:00Speaking of real-life being stranger than fiction ...Speaking of real-life being stranger than fiction I heard that the missles that triggured the Cuban Missile Crisis (50 years ago this week!!) were not disguised because it was believed that objects so tall would be mistaken for palm trees!Jeff Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00316081079528920123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-85585110470702961012012-10-17T22:07:56.749-04:002012-10-17T22:07:56.749-04:00And thirty some years ago I was off in college lis...And thirty some years ago I was off in college listening to this amazing story on the radio!Jeff Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00316081079528920123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-55277901881287606132012-10-17T16:09:57.269-04:002012-10-17T16:09:57.269-04:00Argo's on my to-see list.
If I remember right...Argo's on my to-see list.<br /><br />If I remember right, Ross Perot took a stab at getting people out. He twice offered me a job, but I don't think it was that.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-17051693285046853102012-10-17T14:49:58.102-04:002012-10-17T14:49:58.102-04:00I agree with Diane Chamberlain. I saw Argo last Su...I agree with Diane Chamberlain. I saw Argo last Sunday and enjoyed it very much. I also read your story from 2008, and I am not sure why you think the stuff left out should have been included in the movie. Don't we all edit our writing to make a better story? Even a memoir does not "tell all" things exactly as they occurred.Judy Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16136389227973487477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-28831257830349766112012-10-17T10:02:37.526-04:002012-10-17T10:02:37.526-04:00great post, Rob. As I read about the true events t...great post, Rob. As I read about the true events that were left out, I thought they probably SHOULD have been left out because they are so off the wall they would strain credibility. Ironic. Diane Chamberlainhttp://www.dianechamberlain.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-87538857065878935022012-10-17T10:02:22.767-04:002012-10-17T10:02:22.767-04:00It was great to see this piece, Rob, because I'...It was great to see this piece, Rob, because I've been intrigued by everything I've heard so far, about <i>Argo</i>, and plan to see it.<br /><br />I too am an Alan Arkin fan, all the way back to <i>Wait Until Dark</i> (a wonderful movie).<br /><br />Believe it or not, I was a systems engineer (not the spy version, however) at IBM, and I had a job interview with the CIA while in college. (I wasn't informed until afterward who it was that I had interviewed with. Is that appropriate or what?)John Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001712728130488485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-67515470129226943542012-10-17T09:04:38.373-04:002012-10-17T09:04:38.373-04:00I suspect spies and any fiction creators are on th...I suspect spies and any fiction creators are on the same page with good stories.<br />And agreed: Alan Arkin is one of our screen treasures!Janicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-87642619995525260452012-10-17T01:41:06.562-04:002012-10-17T01:41:06.562-04:00Glad I read this after the movie. God, future date...Glad I read this after the movie. God, future dates for passports? Love it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com