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Three Days of the Condor (a CIA within the CIA?)

Hiding in plain view using false narratives presented as non-fictional operations

Plot: Joe Turner is a bookish CIA analyst, codenamed "Condor" who works at the American Literary Historical Society in New York City, which is actually a clandestine CIA office. The staff members examine books, newspapers, and magazines from around the world to compare them to actual operations or to find ideas. Turner files a report to CIA headquarters on a thriller novel with strange plot elements that has been translated into several languages despite poor sales.

Best learning lesson line from the film:

It will happen this way. You may be walking. Maybe the first sunny day of the spring. And a car will slow beside you, and a door will open, and someone you know, maybe even trust, will get out of the car. And he will smile, a becoming smile.

For that day.....

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073802/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_Semple_Jr.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rayfiel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Pollack

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Days_of_the_Condor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condor