November 5, 2012
If you’ve seen the new Ben Affleck film, Argo, you’ll know that Canada didn’t really play much of a role in the rescue of six American embassy employees during the Iran Hostage Crisis of 1979-80. Although the Americans were secretly housed in the homes of Canadian diplomats and were given Canadian passports, forcing Canada to close its embassy, it was actually the CIA, and more especially Hollywood, that did the real work.
The basic Argo plot: a CIA operative (Affleck) goes to ...
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