The Secret History of Women at the CIA

<p>Skeptic event this December! Tickets available now: <a href= "https://shop.skeptic.com/event">https://shop.skeptic.com/event</a></p> <p>Shermer and Mundy discuss: • CIA research methods • a brief history of the CIA • the purpose of intelligence agencies • Misogyny and sexism in the early decades • the skills needed to be a spy • what women notice that men don’t in the spy business • Lisa Manfull Harper feminine approach to espionage, and finding Osama Bin Laden • how women worked around the restrictions on women advancing in the CIA • Lisa Manfull Harper and the CIA in the 1950s and finding Osama bin Laden in the 2000s • Heidi August and Gaddafi • Shirley Sulick and KGB • Molly Chambers and 9/11.</p> <p>Liza Mundy is an award-winning journalist and the <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of four books, including <em>Code Girls</em>. A former staff writer for the <em>Washington Post</em>, Mundy writes for <em>The Atlantic</em>, <em>Politico</em>, and <em>Smithsonian</em>, among other publications. Her new book is <em>The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA.</em></p>