Edward Johnson, C.I.A. Hero in Iran Hostage Crisis, Dies at 81

He was a secret partner who helped rescue six American diplomats in 1980 by passing them off as a film crew. The caper inspired the movie “Argo.”

​He was a secret partner who helped rescue six American diplomats in 1980 by passing them off as a film crew. The caper inspired the movie “Argo.” Edward B. Johnson, Central Intelligence Agency, Espionage and Intelligence Services, Deaths (Obituaries), Kidnapping and Hostages, Argo (Movie), Tehran (Iran) 

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