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Austin Goodrich, CBS Reporter/CIA Spy Dies

Washington Post | by TVNewsCheck

Austin Goodrich, 87, worked under cover as a CBS correspondent before his CIA affiliation was revealed. He joined the relatively new Central Intelligence Agency soon after his graduation from Michigan in 1949. While stationed in Oslo and Stockholm early in his clandestine career, he sought a suitable occupation to cover his true profession. He assumed a dual identity as reporter and spy.