How to travel like a spy, according to CIA agents


By AGENCY

Automatic locks on hotel rooms can often be forced open, so bring your own door stop to keep it properly shut. —  Pixabay

Staying in a high-rise hotel on vacation this summer? Ask for a room below the top floors, but above the first. Familiarise yourself with the exits. And bring your own door stop.

The United States’ foreign intelligence service – Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) – is offering these tips and more, borrowing from best practices of its officers located in global capitals, remote outposts, and active conflict zones, as the summer travel season picks up and coronavirus restrictions continue to ease globally.

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