is credited with the creation of the CIA Museum, a collection of espionage memorabilia located in the secured Agency Headquarters building in Langley, Virginia. This multi-dimensional espionage museum set the stage for similar publicly accessible attractions.
During her tenure as spokesperson and Founding Curator, she received many awards, including an “Emmy” for “outstanding research” from NBC News for her work on a two-part story about the professional baseball player turned spy, Morris “Moe” Berg, that aired in 1992. A recognized authority on Berg, she served as technical consultant to a major film project on the enigmatic ballplayer that is due to be released in 2008.
Linda has served as a consultant to numerous museum projects and initatives. She curated a first of its kind exhibit about female spies for the National Women’s History Museum, which was displayed in the Women in Military Service for America Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery. She has also served as a consultant to the International Spy Museum, in Washington, DC., and is a member of the Board of Directors of The Cold War Museum.
During her tenure as spokesperson and Founding Curator, she received many awards, including an “Emmy” for “outstanding research” from NBC News for her work on a two-part story about the professional baseball player turned spy, Morris “Moe” Berg, that aired in 1992. A recognized authority on Berg, she served as technical consultant to a major film project on the enigmatic ballplayer that is due to be released in 2008.
Linda has served as a consultant to numerous museum projects and initatives. She curated a first of its kind exhibit about female spies for the National Women’s History Museum, which was displayed in the Women in Military Service for America Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery. She has also served as a consultant to the International Spy Museum, in Washington, DC., and is a member of the Board of Directors of The Cold War Museum.
Linda McCarthy
Talks about Espionage
As seen on the Today Show,
CNN, A&E, C-Span,
ESPN, and
Book-TV.
CNN, A&E, C-Span,
ESPN, and
Book-TV.
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24-year veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency, Linda McCarthy
Since leaving the CIA, Linda has been involved in a variety of undertakings focusing on history and the history of espionage. She has been a featured speaker at educational symposia sponsored by institutions such as the Smithsonian, the National Archives, and the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, New York as well as various association and corporation programs. Additionally she was interviewed extensively on-camera for the hour-long piece that ESPN produced about Moe Berg for its “SportsCentury” series.
She regularly appears before a variety of audiences, drawing on historical figures and events as sources of inspiration and even entertainment.
She regularly appears before a variety of audiences, drawing on historical figures and events as sources of inspiration and even entertainment.
Winner of the
3rd Annual
Anne D. Snyder Award
for heroism in the
struggle to preserve
our nation's
Civil War
battlefields.
3rd Annual
Anne D. Snyder Award
for heroism in the
struggle to preserve
our nation's
Civil War
battlefields.
Spies, Pop Flies, and French Fries: Stories I Told My Favorite Visitors to the CIA Exhibit Center.
In 1999, she wrote and published a book based on her experiences managing the Agency's museum titled
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