publication date: Monday, April 6, 2015 (part of Spring 2015)

category: Opinion

clue: Perhaps George Clooney wanted to play this government employee in a movie because his book mentioned sleeping with someone.

explanation: Former CIA agent Baer's books See No Evil and Sleeping with the Devil were adapted into the film Syriana, starring Clooney as a fictionalized Baer. more…

intended difficulty: hard

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, and Joanna Woods


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