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3. THE RISE OF THE CASE OFFICER AND MALTA 1985 Guest Mundy: Guest  Liza Mundy follows Heidi August’s career as she broke into the prestigious ranks of CIA"case officers",. Mastering tradecraft under mentor David Whipple, August proved women could uniquely recruit assets by identifying vulnerabilities in other female clerks. She eventually overcame the derogatory "retread" label to become a Mediterranean station chief. In 1985, she managed the tragic Egyptian Air hijacking in Malta, coordinating with various entities and informing a victim's family of their loss. This event catalyzed August’s pivot from Cold War Soviet operations to the emerging field of counterterrorism,. (4)

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