About
Magician who gave the CIA pointers in deception and subterfuge and also edited a magic-themed magazine called The Sphinx.
Before Fame
He learned magic from John William Sargent, the President of the Society of American Magicians, for $5 an hour.
Trivia
The CIA paid him $3,000 to write a manual on deception and then classified the copies.
Family Life
His family moved to New York when he was young.
Associated With
He was not the first magician to work in intelligence: Harry Houdini helped Scotland Yard monitor foreign military activities.
