Politics

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Antonio Mendez poses in 'true face' at the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 25, 2011. Antonio is a former chief of disguise for the CIA and a recipient of the Intelligence Star of Valor. (The Washington Times)

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United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Donald McHenry, right, shakes hands with Bob Anders, one of the Americans secreted out of Iran by former Canadian Ambassador to Iran Ken Taylor, center, in New York, May 30, 1980. The three attended a dinner before New York Yankees Canadian Night at Yankee Stadium. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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The Canadian ambassador to Iran, Ken Taylor, briefs reporters on the situation in the mist of the Iran's Revolution in Teheran, a week before leaving the country with six Americans on Jan. 27, 1980. The Globe and Mail reports Saturday Taylor told the newspaper that he was made "de facto CIA station chief" in a secret deal between president Jimmy Carter and prime minister Joe Clark during the troubles in Teheran. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Bregg

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The crowd gathered at the State Department reaches out to embrace Robert G. Anders, in white raincoat at center, one of the six diplomats that the Canadians helped spirit out Teheran last weekend, shown Feb. 1, 1980 in Washington. At right is Henry L. Schatz, one of the six who spent three months in hiding in the Canadian Embassy in Iran. (AP Photo)

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FILE - In this Nov. 9, 1979 file photo, one of the hostages being held at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran is displayed blindfolded and with his hands bound to the crowd outside the embassy. Fifty-two of the hostages endured 444 days of captivity. On the 30th anniversary of their release, at least 10 former hostages have said they will join each other for a reunion hosted by the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Jan. 20, 2011. (AP Photo, File)

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The remains of severely burned bodies of U.S. Marines are pictured amidst the wreckage of U.S. aircraft, including helicopters and giant transporters, after an abortive Commando-style raid into Iran aimed at freeing hostages being held at the U.S. Embassy. The desert site is in Eastern Iran at Desht-E-Kavir, some 500 kilometers from Tehran. At least eight U.S. servicemen died in the mission on April 24, 1980. (AP Photo)

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One of 60 U.S. hostages, blindfolded and with his hands bound, is being displayed to the crowd outside the U.S. Embassy in Tehran by Iranian hostage takers. (AP Photo)

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Iranian student spokesmen hold up photos of blindfolded American hostages, during a press conference in Tehran Monday November 5, 1979. The hostages are members of the staff of the United States Embassy in Tehran, which was stormed by students November 4. (AP Photo)

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The Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iran's exiled religious leader, speaks on Jan. 25, 1979, at a news conference following morning prayers. Through an interpreter he told newsmen that he was postponing his return to Tehran because of the Iranian Army's closure of the airports. (AP Photo)

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A man carries an assault weapon as others run, Feb. 14, 1979, in Tehran, during the siege on the U.S. Embassy. Ambassador William Sullivan and 101 other Americans were taken hostage in the attack. Photo was taken from video monitor showing CBS-TV. (AP Photo/Suzanne Vlamis)

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A man carries an assault rifle during the storming of the U.S. Embassy in downtown Tehran, Iran, Feb. 14, 1979. Ambassador William Sullivan and 101 other Americans were taken hostage. Photo was made from a television monitor showing CBS-TV. (AP Photo/Suzanne Vlamis)

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Howard L. Brooks, a former campaign aide for Mayor Vincent C. Gray, leaves U.S. District Court after being sentenced Wednesday to 24 months of probation for lying to federal agents about money he gave to a Gray challenger to stay in the 2010 primary race and bash the sitting mayor, Adrian M. Fenty. (Craig Bisacre/The Washington Times)