Meet Jonna Mendez, the former CIA Chief of Disguise (a real job!). During her tenure, Mendez oversaw the equipment used by spies to conceal their identities, including a five-second mask,...

Feb 21, 2024 · When Jonna Mendez, then the CIA’s chief of disguise, was asked to brief President George H.W. Bush on the agency’s new mask technology in the early 1990s, she …

Dec 16, 2019 · Jonna Mendez, who spent 27 years working for the CIA, was in charge of creating advanced disguises - including masks - for agents to use on undercover missions. Mendez …

Jul 22, 2020 · Meet Jonna Mendez, the former CIA Chief of Disguise (a real job!). During her tenure, Mendez oversaw the equipment used by spies to conceal their identities, including a …

Feb 25, 2024 · In an exclusive excerpt from her book 'In True Face,' the CIA's former Chief of Disguise Jonna Mendez shares fascinating insight into tools that fooled the KGB.

Mar 3, 2024 · Excerpted from 'In True Face: A Woman's Life in the CIA, Unmasked' In 1989, our fully animated ethnic- and gender-change mask was ready for the runway.

Jonna Mendez served 27 years undercover, crafting wigs, prosthetic noses, false teeth and masks that could be peeled off like Tom Cruise’s in ‘Mission: Impossible’

Jun 5, 2019 · One of the final testing grounds for disguises specially designed for the CIA's operations officers — particularly those still coming begrudgingly to terms with wearing wigs …

Feb 22, 2024 · One of her closest colleagues was Antonio “Tony” Mendez, a charismatic CIA officer and former chief of disguise, best known for rescuing six U.S. diplomats from Tehran in …

Aug 11, 2021 · CIA disguise artist Jonna Mendez removes an elaborate mask and wig, revealing her true identity to President George H. W. Bush in the Oval Office in the early 1990s. The …