This podcast is a dramatization based on a true story and real events.

It was created after research from various sources, including eHoward Hunt's own writings.

For dramatic purposes, the podcast contains fictionalized scenes, including imagined dialogue.

The views and opinions expressed in the podcast are those of the characters only,

and do not necessarily reflect or represent the views and opinions held by individuals on which those characters are based.

This story also contains strong language throughout.

This is True Spies.

The podcast that takes you deep inside the greatest secret missions of all time.

Week by week, you'll hear the true stories behind the operations that have shaped the world we live in.

True Spies.

You'll meet the people who live life undercover.

What do they know? What are their skills?

And what would you do in their position?

This is True Spies.

Everything about the second break-in screamed walk away.

All my experience as a CIA operative told me I should have said no.

I'm Daisy Ridley, and this is True Spies from Spicecape Studios.

On the evening of June 17th, 1972, eHoward Hunt was having dinner with his eldest son, St. and his youngest daughter, Lisa.

Hunt's wife Dorothy had taken Kevin, their eldest daughter, and David, the baby of the family, to Paris on a long-plan trip.

Hunt was meant to accompany them, but at the last minute he had pulled out, citing work commitments.

It was around 9pm. I kissed St. and Lisa good night until them I had some work to catch up on with Gordon.

They were used to me keeping unusual hours, and they knew I had this White House contract, but that was the extent of it.

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