Sex(pionage)

Photo credit: Travis Holler

On Tuesday we headed to the International Spy Museum for Sex(pionage) Spies, Lies and Naked Thighs! We snapped the State Department's Allison Haugen and Paul Danaj bookending private consultant Christina Gathman.

Photo credit: Travis Holler

Attendees learned how seduction is used as a tool to attract and manipulate assets, to coerce and compromise targets, and to control spies in both reality and fiction. Here, International Spy Museum historian and curator Vince Houghton joins museum members and CSRA's Charles Cowan and his wife, Candace Cowan.

Photo credit: Travis Holler

Attendees enjoyed a wide selection of Valentine's Day-themed cookies and cupcakes as well as pink champagne! Here, consultant Elan Tye with the International Spy Museum's Aliza Bran and MarketBridge's Melanie Gao.

Photo credit: Travis Holler

Before the program, attendees were given a demonstration of how to get out of handcuffs, which many couples then tried their luck at. Here, museum aficionados Sana Kaul and Greg Thompson prior to the main event.

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