Summary
Often it’s the people closest to us, who hold the darkest secrets.
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| 0:00.0 | From the Independent Producer Project of KCRW and KCRW.com, I'm Bob Carlson, and this is Unfictional. |
| 0:08.0 | Unfictional is a program of stories and personal documentaries and today on the program |
| 0:16.2 | Who Are You? Two stories of double identities. Later in the program going to college means getting a chance to try on some new |
| 0:25.1 | identities along with a leather jacket and a French punk boyfriend. But first |
| 0:30.3 | this story of double identities in the family. |
| 0:34.4 | When Scott Johnson was a teenager, |
| 0:36.7 | his father took him aside and let him in on a very big family secret. |
| 0:41.3 | And for a kid growing up watching James Bond movies, it was the coolest secret |
| 0:45.7 | imaginable. Dad was a spy for the CIA. And better yet, now Scott was a part of |
| 0:52.3 | it and as the family moved around the globe And better yet, now Scott was a part of it. |
| 0:52.8 | And as the family moved around the globe trading one cover story for another, |
| 0:56.8 | Scott became adept at navigating this balance of truth and lies |
| 1:01.2 | that kept his dad's job and the family safe. truth and The CIA has been accused of misdeeds in its history and Scott started to wonder if his dad had been a part of it. |
| 1:18.0 | The thoughts started to eat away at him and became an obsession. |
| 1:23.0 | If his father was able to lie to other people so convincingly every day as part of his job, |
| 1:29.0 | how could Scott be sure that he wasn't the one being deceived now. From KCRW.com it's unfictional. |
| 1:37.0 | Picture two men sitting at a table at an ocean side restaurant in Mexico. |
| 1:46.0 | One of them is a journalist. |
| 1:48.0 | He's young, mid to late 20s. |
| 1:51.0 | The other guy, who looks about 30 years older is a CIA spy. |
| 1:57.2 | It's a quiet peaceful evening, |
| 1:59.4 | but these two guys are having a pretty intense discussion. |
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