Smurkster Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 This is obviously a little hard to answer because no one ever knows for sure who is clandestine or not. Of course as we know in the 60's during the Indochinese War ( i call it that because it really was more than Vietnam) there were tons of spies living and working in Laos and also Isan during the Royalist/Communist battle. Last time I was in Vientiane, the thought popped into my head "Is there still a CIA presence here and for what?" of course CIA is probably in every country in the world to some extent, but I don't know how much. I also know an ex CIA agent who lives in Loei and was working in ISan in the 60's, so that just made me want to know even more. Are CIA spies walking amongst us in either Thailand or Laos these days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisb Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Doubt anyone here knows either way. If there is, and they happen to be reading this, what really happened to Tony? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costas2008 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Do not ask questions like that. Do not mention the name of our organization. I'm watching you............................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mrtoad Posted November 20, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 20, 2014 Sit in a bar in Pattaya or Bangkok- there are plenty of people claiming to be Special Forces or Spooks. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Lots of spies worked for the AUA language schools in Thailand during Vietnam. That was their cover. I'm pretty sure that they have all retired though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EyesWideOpen Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 I was told once the reason the USA consulate in Chiang Mai is so large is that it also housed the CIA. Principal reason for their presence was drug suppression in the golden triangle area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfieconn Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Lots of spies worked for the AUA language schools in Thailand during Vietnam. That was their cover. I'm pretty sure that they have all retired though. Obviously their cover wasn't very good if you knew about them Uly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtoad Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Do not ask questions like that. Do not mention the name of our organization. I'm watching you............................... Who are you attached to Costas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costas2008 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Do not ask questions like that. Do not mention the name of our organization. I'm watching you............................... Who are you attached to Costas? Ex CIA Ex MI6 Ex Commando Ex......Ex.....Ex....... Presently an old fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurkster Posted November 20, 2014 Author Share Posted November 20, 2014 (edited) in my small provincial town I seem to meet a lot of Brits and Americans who also love to claim they were SAS, CIA or MI6 or what have you..I guess here you can be whomever you want to be! Edited November 20, 2014 by Smurkster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CharlieH Posted November 20, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 20, 2014 Do not ask questions like that. Do not mention the name of our organization. I'm watching you............................... Who are you attached to Costas? Ex CIA Ex MI6 Ex Commando Ex......Ex.....Ex....... Presently an old fart In reality, most are just EX husbands 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Lots of spies worked for the AUA language schools in Thailand during Vietnam. That was their cover. I'm pretty sure that they have all retired though. Obviously their cover wasn't very good if you knew about them Uly I didn't know until 20 years later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgrahmm Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 I heard after retiring they became TVF moderators..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chonburiram Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 You can apply here: https://www.cia.gov/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starky Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Do not ask questions like that. Do not mention the name of our organization. I'm watching you............................... Who are you attached to Costas? Ex CIA Ex MI6 Ex Commando Ex......Ex.....Ex....... Presently an old fart Ah your not the real deal then you have to be ex para or ex SAS at least! to be a proper Thailand "operator" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fey Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 there is a large presence of cia/nsa in phenom pehn now it's one of the staging areas for electronic data collection. not sure why that location was chosen, but it likely does not have much to do with that country. you won't come across clandestine agents working around you, it's all out of office buildings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluetongue Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Met an American today in a country town, he saw me and sought me out. I've lived here years he said he'd been here months, never saw him before. He said he was a teacher but wouldn't say which school as he didn't know me. Fairly early in the conversation he talked about how in America now lots of people mistrust the FBI and the government, stockpiling weapons and food etc, and then talked about an Iraqi TV news channel (maybe Al Jazeera) he watched which also mentioned Australian and British people going off to join ISIS, as if trying to get me to get irate about it. Anyway if he was sounding me out for whatever reason he would be disappointed because like Costas I am only an old fart, although not so much of the old. And if I told you what I used to do I'd have to kill you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdiddy Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 CT sites reckon there is a CIA base in this region of the world is in Pattaya, they say the CIA has it's fingers in all of the corruption, scams, coups, military ect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In Search of Space Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Join up, see what happens, could be a good way of working without the need of a WP !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 In the town where I was there was a listening station that had people coming and going. Fairly quiet the last few years though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim armstrong Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 They used to have a base in Jakarta, then curiously East Timor, now apparently Phnom Penh. They had a cover organisation called DynaCorp, but don't hear much about them now. Hope This wasn't my last post. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckd Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Doubt anyone here knows either way. If there is, and they happen to be reading this, what really happened to Tony? Tony retired in the mid 70's and died in (I think) Las Vegas about ten or so years ago. Used to see him some with Jack in Madrid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisb Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Doubt anyone here knows either way. If there is, and they happen to be reading this, what really happened to Tony? Tony retired in the mid 70's and died in (I think) Las Vegas about ten or so years ago. Used to see him some with Jack in Madrid. Not Tony Bennet, Issan Tony who we believe ended up in the swamp. Tony Bennet sang about underneath the mistletoe tree, Issan Tony actually is underneath the mistletoe tree, about 6ft down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy chef 1 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 they must be here- saw many T-shirts with their logo on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suradit69 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 (edited) Lots of spies worked for the AUA language schools in Thailand during Vietnam. That was their cover. I'm pretty sure that they have all retired though. Obviously their cover wasn't very good if you knew about them Uly Yes, a similar topic ran awhile ago about some undercover agents and all the bar stool experts in Pattaya could identify them (apparently oftensitting next to them and spilling covert secrets over a beer). Undercover and covert tends to imply they can't be fingered especially by those who spend most of their time spotting pink elephants and UFOs. Edited November 20, 2014 by Suradit69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losworld Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Unfortunately, still plenty of CIA here. Friend knows a bunch in Tland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckd Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Doubt anyone here knows either way. If there is, and they happen to be reading this, what really happened to Tony? Tony retired in the mid 70's and died in (I think) Las Vegas about ten or so years ago. Used to see him some with Jack in Madrid. Not Tony Bennet, Issan Tony who we believe ended up in the swamp. Tony Bennet sang about underneath the mistletoe tree, Issan Tony actually is underneath the mistletoe tree, about 6ft down. I wasn't talking about Tony Bennett. He's still alive. The question was about CIA types. Look up Tony Po. You were cryptic...so was I. The Jack was another one, as was Ed, Carl, Bob and a host of AA pilots and kickers. I personally never ran across Isaan Tony so can't help you there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farma Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 I've shared many a drink with an AA kicker called Bob. He's still going strong last I heard. Another old timer I shared many a morning with as he did his crossword was Forrest but think he's long passed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksamuiguy Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 There everywher, everywhere I tell Ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fey Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 There everywher, everywhere I tell Ya. can you be more specific? your answer does not contribute much to the conversation other then re-stating what has already been said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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