Ex-CIA Agent Rates 11 CIA Spy Scenes In Movies And TV | How Real Is It? | Insider

Michele Rigby Assad is a former CIA operative and the author of "Breaking Cover: My Secret Life in the CIA and What It Taught Me About What's Worth Fighting For." Here, she reacts to eight undercover-espionage scenes and rates them on their accuracy.

Assad looks at undercover operators such as Leonardo Dicaprio in "Body of Lies" (2008), Claire Danes in "Homeland" (2011-2020), and Jennifer Garner in "Alias" (2001). She rates training scenes in "Spy" (2015) and "Spy Game" (2001). She also rates clandestine CIA operation scenes in "Mission: Impossible" (1996), "Skyfall" (2012), "Argo" (2012), and "Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan" (2018).

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Ex-CIA Agent Rates 11 CIA Spy Scenes In Movies And TV | How Real Is It?

[OhNoNotAgain]

I’m an experienced engineer in the wastewater treatment field. There are no movies for me to comment on. Except “Finding Nemo”. Nemo would have been shredded going through the treatment plant.

[ear]

Next up: Ex-Hitman reviews contract killing scenes

[thehouseofrestorationminis]

I have an uncle who is "ex" cia, one thing that he said was, "there is no such thing as an ex cia You may be inactive, but your communications and actions and associations are monitored for the rest of your life. They will always know what you are doing or saying!

[davesmith]

I’m a truck driver. I can free sometime to do truck driving scenes.

[bawsnitti]

She's trained to lie
So even if they had the tech to do any of this stuff
She would not tell us anything
She's basically said a ton of things without actually giving us anything to go on
Everything she spoke on was generalized public info
She's very good
I'll give her a 8 out of 10

[Fatherofheroesandheroines]

Funny how when I was a kid I thought that counterintelligence was somebody who knew how to pick out counter tops..

[gonzfd]

About bourne: I’m a cook. As the head chef of many restaurants I’ve learned to see all the picture both in the kitchen and at the tables. I really developed some high skills watching every scene and I’m able to tell you details like “the 3 is waiting for you too see her”, “4, blue blazer is going to pay and he’s on a hurry”, “missing a dessert spoon in…” without needing to see again. “Don’t forget the ciboulette”, “you’re about to running out of rice” after just walking by the pantry. As it surely happens to many people in their jobs, I can memorize a ridiculous amount of orders or the dish some client eat weeks ago. I can manage the time and work of 12 people at the same time and I know how much time they gonna need or what resources we’re going to use… BUT those are my only skills! I can’t understand PlayStation controls yet! 🤣

[OfficialNinjaSkillz]

I always think it’s weird that ex counter intelligence agents are just allowed to discuss this openly

[Warszawski_Modernizm]

Wired, GQ and Insider really fighting it out...

[jessicafreeborn]

Love how she talked about the lie detector test and how you wouldn’t get there or else you’re done. Then the interview/movie critique by the guy from the KGB was like yeah, you can beat those, just be a good liar 😂

[Nerdnumberone]

If an espionage operation turns into an action movie, something has gone very wrong.

[mentalitydesignvideo]

"Totally unrealistic! We wouldn't send our own agents, we'd train local criminals as our death squads."

[Maniacguy]

Next: Priest or Exorcist rates Demon movies.

[GMthunderbreak]

The fact she's always smiling, and the smiles looks identical even in those photos at the middle east scares me...

[bertilhatt]

Jonna Mendez did a couple of those too: she ran the CIA Disguise for decades and married Tony Mendez who lead the Argo mission in Iran. She was personally involved too. Her evaluation of the film realism was the same: 9/10. Why not 10? Her main objection was: “Tony is a lot better looking than Ben Affleck.”
Hollywood is doing what they can, Ma’am.

[CausalityLoop]

Totally Spies was not included in this list. My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

[A_MadihaShaikh]

She's so polite while saying, "That's total BS"

[yodafaq]

I feel like I'll forget her after this video and thats a bit scary. I def won't recognize her on the street. She has quite a friendly demeanor that if she asked you for info on the street, you'd never know that she actual took some intel

[moonwalker]

I actually really want to see "Former child soldier rates Beasts of no Nation"

[kokaomf]

"The CIA is mostly burocracy"

I could see she crying inside a little...