Greek Junta Archives - Leslie Absher

My Dad the Spy

by Leslie AbsherBlog, Greek Junta, Spy Daughter, Uncategorized May 13, 2015January 20, 20172 Comments

There’s a story out recently about a spy daughter who found out her dad was in the CIA during a long car ride, when she was 16. The first thing she said was, “My father’s an assassin.” I was twenty when I officially found out my dad was in the CIA. But it was a …

The Greek Junta

by Leslie AbsherBlog, Greek Junta, Spy Daughter, Uncategorized May 2, 2015January 20, 2017No Comments

Forty eight years ago the Greek military took over and began a seven year dictatorship. At the time, many Greeks assumed the CIA was behind the takeover. The year was 1967 and I was there – a baby, brought to Athens by my CIA dad, who had arrived in Greece on his first field mission …