QUICK QUESTION FROM YOUR CIA FRIENDS

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• Publication Date: October 5, 2011

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Wednesday, October 05, 2011 8:39 AM
Chay Carter
RE: Quick question from your CIA friends
Here are the questions from the Editor of our internal newspaper. She asked me to pass along that they are hoping to
publish them in a Q&A format, and that it is strictly for an internal (CIA employee only) audience. We are hoping to run it
just after you are here filming on 19 Nov.
1. What drew you to the Argo film project?
2. In studying for this role, did you learn anything surprising about the CIA?
3. This is your second film portraying a CIA officer, but neither character has been the traditional "spy" often depicted in
movies. What have these characters taught you about the different positions at the Agency?
4. What about CIA Headquarters campus are you hoping to capture by filming here?
5. What do you believe is the biggest Hollywood misconception about the CIA?
6. Who has it harder in the press, the CIA or actors?
Thanks so much for doing this.
From: Chay Carter [mailto.
Sent: Tuesday October 04, 2011 5:44 PM
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Subject: Re: Quick question from your CIA friends
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Send the questions along to me anytime and we'll get them taken care of as soon as possible--definitely before we he,(b)(6)
to Istanbul.
Thanks for arranging Bryan's visit on Friday, I know it will be incredibly helpful for him.
As for the legal stuff--I'll check-in with the studio and see where we are with things.
Looking forward to finally meeting in person when we're there shooting.
All best,
Chay
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Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 01:35 PM
To: Chay Carter
Subject: RE: Quick question from your CIA friends
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No problem. If the legal folks send it straight to our General Counsel just let me know and I can prod them a little.
And we're all set up for Bryan's visit on Friday.
Also, the editor of our internal newspaper has those questions prepared that I mentioned earlier. I can send them along
wheneverwould be convenient, I know folks are probably heading to Istanbul soon. Just let me know when would be
good.
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From: Chay Carter [mailto�
Sent: Thursda , Se tember 29, 2011 9:36 PM
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Really appreciate your looking into this. I've relayed the information to our legal contact at the studio and they will dri(b)(6)
something and send it over as soon as possible.
Hope all's well.
Thanks again.
Chay
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Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 01:00 PM
To: Chay Carter
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Thanks for this info. I'll get their accesses taken care of.
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I will be out of the office for the next few days, so I have cc'd my managers, who will be able to (b)(3)
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you need anything on this before then, please respond to all of us and we will ensure it gets sorted.
Thanks,
From: Chay Carter [mailto�
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 12:02 PM
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Appreciate your digging into the clearances/approvals.
Thanks for everything.
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Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 08:47 AM
To: Chay Carter
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Subject: RE: Quick question from your CIA friends
OK thanks for the info. Could you please also provide place of birth for the driver? Thanks.
I spoke with a lawyer from our Office of General Counsel this morning, and I am expecting something from them soon.
I'll keep you posted.
From: Chay Carter [mailto
Sent: Monday, centember 26, 2011 2:45 PM
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Subject: Re: Quick question from your CIA friends
Great. I'm eager to close this loop so we can all be certain everything's covered.
I have the driver's information for 10/7 when Bryan Cranston visits. It's as follows:
Please let me know if you need any additional information.
All best,
Chay
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Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 08:45 AM
To: Chay Carter
Subject: RE: Quick question from your CIA friends
Hey Chay,
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From: Chay Carter [mailto�
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 10:30 PM
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Subject: Re: Quick question from your CIA friends
This is great--time works wonderfully. So let's plan on a 12:30pm start if that still works for you.
On another note and a very important one, am hoping you might be able to confirm that we are cleared to use the
footage for the movie when we shoot at the CIA in November. Perhaps we can talk tomorrow about it? Let me know if
you'd be available.
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Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 12:51 PM
To: Chay Carter
Subject: RE: Quick question from your CIA friends
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Yeah we could make it happen around 12:30pm, would that be early enough? We can plan an hour or so with some
officers in his age range and then an hour or so to walk around and get a feel for the place. It is easy to get to both
Reagan and Dulles from here (about 20-30 minutes for each), but if he will be needing to get to the airport near rush
hour on Friday afternoon, I would recommend Reagan. The road out to Dulles isn't exactly the 405, but it can start to
look like that around 4pm on a Friday.
Let me know if that works and we'll get it rolling.
From: Chay Carter [mailto
Sent: Wednesday. Seotember 21, 2011 3:26 PM
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Subject: Re: Quick question from your CIA friends
Thanks for making things happen for him in DC on 10/7, so appreciated.
Here's the bio info you requested:
Bryan Lee Cranston
Once we have Bryan's travel plans locked down we'll get the driver's info to you as well.
Which airport is closest to Headquarters? Reagan or Dulles?
Also, I know you mentioned afternoon would be best, would it work if he could be there around noon or early
afternoon? Am guessing he'll need a few hours there and then will need to take a flight to LA at the end of the day so
want to make sure he's not too squeezed since he's making the trip.
He'd love to get a feel for the place. the culture, etc. And would ideally like to talk to guys in his age range to get their
perspective--how their lives work, keeping secrets, affects on their home life, things like that. Can we arrange?
Let me know and we can push forward.
Again, many thanks.
Chay
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Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 05:40 AM
To: Chay Carter
Subject: RE: Quick question from your CIA friends
Chay,
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We won't be able to set up a meeting or Bryan, unfortunately. But we will be able to invite him to our
Headquarters to tour it and meet with some officers here (sort of like what we set up for Ben's first visit back in March).
If he doesn't mind the trip, I think he will get a lot more out of this than just having us set up a call or something. 7
October works fine for us if that date still works for him. There are a few events going on in the building that morning, so
an afternoon visit might be preferable.
In order to make the visit as productive for Bryan as possible, could someone provide some information on what kinds of
officers he would ideally like to meet with? We can also show him some items and technologies relevant to the time
period in our museum, and show him around where the filming will take place.
I'll just need the same bio info for him (full name, social security number, DOB) and any other visitors, including driver.
Let me know if he'd like to proceed with setting up a visit and I can start putting it together. We'll have to get you out
here one of these days, as well.
Best,
From: Chay Carter [mailto:
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 7:40 PM
To: (b)(3)
Subject: Re: Quick question from your CIA friends
Thank you, much appreciated.
All best,
Chay
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Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 11:21 AM
To: Chay Carter
Subject: RE: Quick question from your CIA friends
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We are discussing a couple options for this to see what would be best, but we will definitely be able to help Bryan out
one way or another. Let me chat with a couple other folks and I'll get you an answer on this soonest.
Thanks,
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From: Chay Carter [mailto
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 11:27 AM
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Good morning from LA. Hope this finds you well.
I wanted to follow-up my email on Friday regarding Bryan Cranston (playing O'Donnell) and see if CIA contacts
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don't work out, if 10/7 in DC might work for a tour of the CIA.
He's trying to do some research to prepare for his role, and anything you might be able to do to help would be so
appreciated.
All best,
Chay
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Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 11:09 AM
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I hope the filming is going well. The press shots so far look great.
I wanted to touch base with you again because we would like to publish (in an internal CIA newsletter) a quick
"interview" with Ben about his interest in CIA, why he chose this project, etc. We would run it in November (probably
the week after the 19 Nov shoot here at CIA Headquarters). If we provided a few questions (5-10) in writing, could
someone out there provide us with Ben's answers so we can put together a small article (in Q&A format) about the film?
What is the best way for us to proceed with this?
Thanks for your help,
Central Intelligence Agency
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