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CIA May Have Copied Gadgets Straight Out Of James Bond Films
The real-life intelligence agents of the CIA tried to copy the gadgets used in James Bond movies, research from the University of Warwick suggests.
Prof Christopher Moran, an expert in US national security, has been studying the friendship between the director of the CIA and Bond author Ian Fleming.
He says CIA boss Allen Dulles was fascinated with the fictional spy.
Prof Moran says he has found a "surprising two-way influence between the CIA and the James Bond novels".
His study of declassified letters and writing by Dulles, director of the CIA in the 1950s, has shown how much the professional spies of the Cold War wanted to emulate the gadget-powered success of the fictional agent James Bond.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-23346632
Prof Christopher Moran, an expert in US national security, has been studying the friendship between the director of the CIA and Bond author Ian Fleming.
He says CIA boss Allen Dulles was fascinated with the fictional spy.
Prof Moran says he has found a "surprising two-way influence between the CIA and the James Bond novels".
His study of declassified letters and writing by Dulles, director of the CIA in the 1950s, has shown how much the professional spies of the Cold War wanted to emulate the gadget-powered success of the fictional agent James Bond.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-23346632
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being played first by this guy
instead of this one
