The story of the reallife salt, a supermodel brainwashed. Central intelligence agency splinter cell wiki fandom. Leonardo dicaprio, russell crowe, mark strong, golshifteh farahani. His latest book, the spy and the traitor, is now out from crown publishing group. Jan 04, 2010 the suicide bomber who killed seven cia officials and a jordanian military officer last week in afghanistan was a jordanian doubleagent, a former u. Ames would be a double agent if he actually reported back to the cia his work for the ussr that had recruited him. Tag popularity top rated top rated popular want to watch release date recently wanted date added. All the female spy, assassin, and super thief movies in.
This is the movie where one handsome blonde movie star robert redford has to. Brennan has waged an unprecedented war for a former cia director against a sitting president whom he likens to a russian double agent in the white house. Bobby ray inman, a former cia deputy, admitted that the whole double agent fiasco went on for nearly 20 years. Journeyman pictures is your independent source for the worlds most.
Domino is an excellent film to watch in 2020 if you like oldstyle crime movies. Washington the suicide bomber who killed seven central intelligence agency employees and contractors and a jordanian intelligence officer was a double agent the cia had recruited to provide. Jan 05, 2010 the man identified as the double agent who killed eight people at a u. This is a small sum of money when compared to how valuable the secrets were that he was giving up. Discover top rated, most viewed, and editorial picked traitorous spiesdouble agents movies on allmovie. One of the most damaging double agents in modern american history, robert. The 16 best spy films of all time spy movies every man should. Two fbi agents are conducting surveillance at a warehouse. Knowing he cant count on the local authorities for aid, he calls on one of his fellow cia agents for help in cracking the fortress, and getting to the gangsters and eliminating. The cia lost several assets in the soviet union as a result of the 1963 exposure of double agent colonel oleg penkovski, an officer of the soviet military intelligence agency, the gru. The double is a 2011 american spy film, directed by michael brandt and starring richard gere and topher grace.
How they catch hanssen and why he spies become the films story. When his family is murdered by members of a drug gang, an undercover cia agent tracks them down, but they escape and flee to their hideout, a fortress in south america. The russians attempt to kidnap her, though both david percival and a french agent named delphine lasalle sofia boutella are. As soon as she lands in west berlin, broughtons cover is blown. In the movie salt, angelina jolie plays a double agent who is mindcontrolled by scary remnants of the ussr secret service. Discover the growing collection of high quality most relevant xxx movies and clips. A redoubled agent is an agent who gets caught as a double agent and is forced to mislead the foreign intelligence service. The film is based on the true story of robert hanssen, an fbi agent convicted. Oneill finds no evidence of hanssen leading a secret double life and develops a growing respect for his boss.
The biggest spy movie and tv show cliches busted by a real cia spy. The central intelligence agency often abbreviated as cia is a civilian intelligence agency for the united states government. In april 1985, he has said, he told a soviet contact in washington the names of two or three double agents who had approached the cia but who were actually working for the kgbdangles, in. Macintyre has also written and presented bbc documentaries of his work. Starring benedict cumberbatch, this historical spy movie evolves around a british businessman who, with the aid of a russian. Observations on the double agent central intelligence agency. That does not bother christian toft in his quest for justice because of his longterm friendship with lars. With richard gere, topher grace, martin sheen, tamer hassan.
In the history of cia agents in movies, no retired agent is ever allowed to stay retired. His arrest in february sent shockwaves through the us intelligence community, and the cias director, r james woolsey, admitted last week that a number of other cia officials have been. As the plot thickens, it turns out that the criminal was a cia double agent. Their main purpose is to gather information regarding to material of the time that is of great importance for the u. How much did russia pay double agent robert hanssen to spy on the u. Trending movie lists the most overrated movies of all time.
Double agents, gadgets, glamour the truth about a secret agents life revealed. A retired spy comes returns to finish the only mission hes ever failed. Apr 10, 2019 on may 10, 2002, former fbi agent robert hanssen was sentenced to life in prison for selling u. The second life of a cia double agent 2014 youtube. In december 2009, a jordanian doctor was given a warm welcome at a secret cia base in eastern afghanistan. He is inexorably called back to duty in connection with a big case from his youth. From the runofthemill fbi and cia agents to globetrotting assassins, click through for our 20 favorite onscreen female spies. Directing even one double agent is a timeconsuming and tricky undertaking that should be attempted only by a service having both competence and. Jordanian doctor called double agent behind cia attack. Richard gere stars as a retired cia agent lured back to work to help find a serial russian killer, cassius. Another major double agent failure happened in the soviet union after its collapse in 1991. Senator dennis darden ed kelly walks out of the door, he. Spy robert hanssen, fbis eric oneill breach movie true story. He had been recruited and run by the cias british counterpart, mi6.
After fulfilling all of those requirements, movie and tv spies from sydney bristow to foxxy cleopatra manage to make the business look exceedingly glamorous. This is a list of movies which have a synopsis somehow related with espionage. One of the most damaging double agents in modern american history. With chris cooper, ryan phillippe, dennis haysbert, laura linney. Oct 03, 2018 ben macintyre is a writeratlarge for the times of london and the bestselling author of a spy among friends, double cross, operation mincemeat, agent zigzag, and rogue heroes, among other books. They work handinhand with military branches as well as other intelligence agencies within the u. Begoum describes the redoubled agent as one whose duplicity in doubling for another service has been detected by his original sponsor and who has been persuaded to reverse his affections again. The alqaeda mole who infiltrated the cia, joby warrick, new york. Movies tagged as double agent by the listal community. Anna and miller then began a sexual relationship wherein he learned what annas true goal is. Sydney pollacks 1975 thriller about a cia researcher who comes back to find his. This film is the story of the defection of yuri nosenko to the cia at the height of the cold war. The man identified as the double agent who killed eight people at a u.
Cia agent emmett kurzfeld, played by john goodman, joins the interrogation despite broughtons objections. His arrest in february sent shockwaves through the us intelligence community, and the cia s director, r james woolsey, admitted last week that a number of other cia officials have been. Ben macintyre ben macintyre is a writeratlarge for the times of london and the bestselling author of a spy among friends, double cross, operation mincemeat, agent zigzag, and rogue heroes, among other books. The suicide bomber who killed seven cia officials and a jordanian military officer last week in afghanistan was a jordanian doubleagent, a former u.
Only the powers that be within the cia, including a boss played by ned beatty. In this thriller, bourne, a secret agent with amnesia, doesnt remember how. A retired cia operative is paired with a young fbi agent to unravel the mystery of a senators murder, with all signs pointing to a soviet assassin. Breach is a 2007 american spy thriller film directed by billy ray, who wrote the screenplay with adam mazer and william rotko. And in real life, the 1940s bombshell candy jones was apparently. On 30 december 2009, a jordanian physician named humam khalil albalawi arrived to much anticipation, at a cia base near khost, afghanistan. Tag popularity top rated top rated popular want to watch release date recently wanted date added 1. The biggest spy movie and tv show cliches busted by a real. A cia agent on the ground in jordan hunts down a powerful terrorist leader while being caught between the unclear intentions of his american supervisors and jordan intelligence. Malcolm douglas a nobudget film from mdx productions please share, comment, and like if your. In the double, he plays a retired cia agent named paul shepherdson. No other sex tube is more popular and features more cia agent scenes than pornhub. On may 10, 2002, former fbi agent robert hanssen was sentenced to life in prison for selling u.
Jul 26, 2011 in december 2009, a jordanian doctor was given a warm welcome at a secret cia base in eastern afghanistan. Movies tagged as double agent by the listal community sort by. Fischer said one of the worst failures involved a lack of a warning in 1961 of plans to build the berlin wall. In this explosive interview, meet christopher boyce, who was jailed in the 1970s for selling classified us information to the kgb in the soviet union. Cia double agent aldrich ames the former head of the cia s soviet operations, ames is the highestranking cia official ever to be exposed as a double agent. The head of the cia played by martin sheen seems to know it all and urges gere to work with a. Scott and william petersen are expatriates living in curacao haunted by a mysterious and dangerous past. Essentially, when nosenko defected there was a question as to whether nosenko was a genuine kgb defector, or whether he was deliberately sent by the kgb to confuse the cia. Robert philip hanssen born april 18, 1944 is a former federal bureau of investigation fbi. These are films that focus on the united states central intelligence agency, or its cia agents, as ranked by spyobsessed fans.
Browse through our impressive selection of porn videos in. Sandra bullock, cate blanchett, helena bonham carter, anne hathaway, rihanna, sarah paulson, mindy kaling, and awkwafina combine their megapowers for an allfemale reboot of the oceans 11. This film started out as a 5 star, then with double twist plots, it ended up a 4. In february, 2001, robert hanssen, a senior agent with 25 years in the fbi, is arrested for spying. In the 1965 film the spy who came in from the cold, richard burtons. Redford heads a team of eccentric misfits that includes a former cia agent sidney poitier, a conspiracy theorist dan aykroyd, an awkward geek river phoenix, and a blind man david strathairn.
The double agent operation is one of the most demanding and complex counterintelligence activities in which an intelligence service can engage. Since she had no options, anna agreed to become a double agent for the cia and inform them of her continued activities as a kgb operative. His american handlers believed him to be a double agent, working on their behalf to. Cia double agent aldrich ames the former head of the cias soviet operations, ames is the highestranking cia official ever to be exposed as a doubleagent. Jul 01, 2017 a retired spy comes returns to finish the only mission hes ever failed. Fbi upstart eric oneill enters into a power game with his boss, robert hanssen, an agent who was put on trial for selling secrets to the soviet union.
The film garnered a negative reception from critics. You need to refresh yourself on what a double agent actually is. Ames wasnt a double agent, he was a recruited spy by the ussr, and a traitor, who was also a cia officer. The head of the cia played by martin sheen seems to know it all and urges gere to work with a young fbi agent played by topher grace. Like a stripper who gets naked too quickly, the lukewarm spy thriller the double lays out its big plot twist early in the movie and soon finds, shivering, that it has nowhere else to go.
Spy robert hanssen, fbis eric oneill breach movie true. Tommy lee jones plays the reallife role of nosenkos cia case officer. The cia officers there had been instructed by higher officials to greet balawi. In the movie salt, angelina jolie plays a doubleagent who is mindcontrolled by scary remnants of the ussr secret service.
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