Those aren't bags under the eyes either.
Excerpted from 'In True Face: A Woman's Life in the CIA, Unmasked'
In 1989, our fully animated ethnic- and gender-change mask was ready for the runway.
I changed into a man's suit and donned the mask of a black male, adding matching skintight latex gloves that were precisely painted with the same skin color, including veins.
Exercises like this, if successful, provided proof of concept.
Could I convincingly change my gender? What about skin color? Could I change both at the same time?
I'd already disguised a Caucasian male field officer as an African student in a live operation, but this was new mask technology, and we were always testing new scenarios and pushing the proverbial envelope farther than we had previously.
Once I was in full disguise, I had someone accompany me to the office of Frank Anderson, our office director. I was introduced as a new contractor. Nodding, I walked to his desk but said nothing, aware that I didn't sound like a man.
Extending my hand, I shook his, which I knew would be the moment of my reveal. As soon as he felt the latex on my right hand, I peeled off the mask with my left. His eyes lit up as I transformed back into myself.
He loved it and insisted we model it for the director of the CIA, Judge William Webster.
A week later, as we entered Webster's suite of offices on the 7th floor of CIA headquarters, I was more than a little nervous.
Anderson had always been supportive of our disguise program, but I hadn't yet met Judge Webster, a former director of the FBI.
A tall, broad-shouldered executive, Anderson walked in first, followed by a 5'7' black man wearing a suit and tie.
Joanna Mendez .Mission Impossible made real.
That girl who mimics Biden and pulls faces should do this one.
Who was that girl that lip synched Joe Biden' 'Smart Guy' speech while pulling funny faces? I can't find the clips now.
Thanks, Anon!