14Aug Julia Child- Great Chef, Super Spy
Famed Chef Julia Child was a spy.
Directly from her own words:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,403443,00.html
According to the article, Ms. Child ’served in an international spy
ring managed by the Office of Strategic Services, an early version of
the CIA created in World War II by President Franklin Roosevelt‘, a
group which professors, arctors, reporters, atheletes, etc, and
’studied military plans, created propaganda, infiltrated enemy ranks
and stirred resistance among foreign troops’.
In other words, the delighful, older lady puttering around the kitchen
in all of our memories was also serving her Country with 24,000 other
people just as innoculous as she was.
Why her? Because she didn’t LOOK like a spy. She didn’t fit the
stereotype. In reality, the person that ‘looks’ like a spy would be
the least effective- they would stand out. It’s the ones that fit in,
the ones that have reasonable business in the area, and the ones that
are likable that are the most effective for gathering information or
other clandestine activities. In other words, your adversary could be
the utility man that’s trying to get your building checked so he can
go home for his kid’s birthday, or maybe the elderly couple that
walked in the door, or… maybe your own employee.
Does that call for ‘ourging’ of your workforce and shuttering of the
windows? Generally, no. But it is clear that the OPSEC Professional
needs to be prudent, and needs to treat EVERYONE with the same level
of professionalism and with a security focus, because you just don’t
know, and you just can’t assume.
But all the same… Watch what you say in restaurants.
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