The Farm

SPY GAMES Inside the simulated CIA ‘town’ where young spies learn how to flip cars, gun down terrorists and survive torture

Here, amid the fake town square, woodland and buildings designed to look like embassies, ruthlessly selected spies are taught everything - from recruiting informants, or "assets", to withstanding torture.

They even reportedly learn ways to kill themselves in case they're captured during their real-life cloak-and-dagger work abroad. And at every step, trainees who don't meet the CIA's standards are eliminated.

The Farm's fascinating secrets are revealed by Amaryllis - now a former agent and a 39-year-old mum of two who is married to a member of the Kennedy family - in her new memoir, Life Undercover.

"We learn defensive driving, our instructors teaching us to flip cars by tapping a spot above their rear wheel with our own front grill and how to respond in seconds when swarmed by armed militia fighters or trapped at an ambush," she recalls.

"They leave fake roadside bombs around campus for us to identify; we indicate that we've found one by pulling over and popping our truck."

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