At the time, Mendez was working for Martin Marietta (now Lockheed Martin) in Denver, making technical drawings of the wiring harnesses for missiles. It was not the most exciting task. Tony Mendez, 78, ...

A former CIA technical operations officer who helped rescue six U.S. diplomats from Iran in 1980 and was portrayed by Ben Affleck in the film "Argo," has died. He was 78. A family statement and his ...

It was a blind ad in a newspaper that caught Tony Mendez’s eye in 1965. The ad (“Artists to Work Overseas — U.S. Navy Civilians”) did not identify the employer, but it carried the whiff of adventure.