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The Queen of Cuba

2019/8/29
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马尔科姆·格拉德威尔
著名加拿大作家、记者和播客主持人,知名于其深入研究和独特见解的畅销书和播客。
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马尔科姆·格拉德威尔:通过讲述古巴击落美国飞机事件,揭示了美国情报部门的失职以及人们在识别谎言方面的缺陷。事件中,古巴方面提前向美国发出警告,但警告被忽视,这使得事件变成了美国外交无能的故事。此外,分析员雷格·布朗对事件背后存在的疑点和巧合提出了质疑,并怀疑古巴方面策划了整场危机。最终,事件的核心人物安娜·蒙特斯被揭露为古巴间谍,这进一步印证了人们在识别谎言方面的困难。 尤金·卡罗尔:作为事件中的关键证人,卡罗尔声称在事件发生前曾向古巴官员发出警告,并向美国国务院和国防情报局汇报了情况。 雷格·布朗:国防情报局的反情报分析员,他怀疑古巴策划了整场危机,并怀疑安娜·蒙特斯在其中扮演了关键角色。他提供了多项证据支持他的怀疑,包括古巴在“兄弟营救”组织内部安插了线人,以及蒙特斯在事件发生后的异常行为。 斯科特·卡迈克尔:国防情报局的反情报官员,他负责调查布朗的怀疑。他对蒙特斯进行了面谈,并相信了她的解释。然而,最终蒙特斯被揭露为古巴间谍,这说明卡迈克尔在调查中存在疏忽。 安娜·蒙特斯:国防情报局的明星分析师,绰号“古巴女王”,实际上是古巴间谍,多年来一直向哈瓦那传递情报。她的行为暴露了人们在识别谎言方面的缺陷,即使是经验丰富的专业人士也可能被蒙蔽。 蒂姆·莱文:心理学家,他提出了“真相默认理论”,解释了人们难以识别谎言的原因。该理论指出,人们默认他人是诚实的,只有当怀疑达到无法解释的地步时,才会改变这种默认的信念。

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The chapter details the founding of Brothers to the Rescue, their humanitarian efforts, and the escalating tensions that led to the shoot-down of their planes by Cuban Air Force jets.

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On February 24, 1996, Cuban fighter jets shot down two small planes operated by Brothers to the Rescue, an organization in Florida that tried to spot refugees fleeing Cuba in boats. A strange chain of events preceded the shoot-down, and people in the intelligence business turned to a rising star in the Defense Intelligence Agency, Ana Montes. Montes was known around Washington as the “Queen of Cuba” for her insights into the Castro regime. But what Montes’ colleagues eventually found out about her shook their sense of trust to the core. (In this excerpt from Malcolm Gladwell’s forthcoming audiobook Talking to Strangers, we hear why spy mysteries do not unfold in real life like they do in the movies.)

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