After serving in the National Guard in a propaganda unit, he applied for a job with the Central Intelligence Agency, but was rejected. Another real estate firm, however, took him on.
The firm later fired him for breaking a rule — his biography did not elaborate on the incident — but he turned that setback into an opportunity. Acquiring a broker’s license, he started his own company from scratch, soliciting business at first from his apartment.
He is survived by his wife, Jane; his son, Jacob; his stepson, Ni Jun; and two step-grandsons.
My take here is, he applied to the CIA and they officially "rejected" him but actually hired him on at one of their front groups. To read between the lines considering the emails you cite
His "firing" at the firm was likely just an attempt to create more distance between him and the Agency to maintain his covert work.
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OrwellKnew ago
This is from a 2015 NYT obit / bio
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/19/realestate/commercial/julien-studley-real-estate-broker-who-began-career-in-a-bedroom-dies-at-88.html
My take here is, he applied to the CIA and they officially "rejected" him but actually hired him on at one of their front groups. To read between the lines considering the emails you cite
His "firing" at the firm was likely just an attempt to create more distance between him and the Agency to maintain his covert work.
2impendingdoom ago
I read the emails that the son Jacob is the one undercover... not Julien the father.
OrwellKnew ago
I'm arguing that they both are Agency assets
2impendingdoom ago
Oh, that would make sense too.