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Former CIA Chief of Disguise Reveals Full-Face Masks Used Operationally

Megyn Kelly Show · Kyle Busch's Shocking and Tragic Death, Plus Stabbing in UK, and Female JP Morgan Exec COUNTERSUES, with Mark Eiglarsh and Jonna Spilbor | Ep. 1323 · May 22, 2026
Former CIA Chief of Disguise Reveals Full-Face Masks Used Operationally
Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Kelly Show
Kyle Busch's Shocking and Tragic Death, Plus Stabbing in UK, and Female JP Morgan Exec COUNTERSUES, with Mark Eiglarsh and Jonna Spilbor | Ep. 1323
"I reached to start taking it off, and he said, 'Stop!' And he got up and he walked and he looked and he looked at it. He couldn't— he didn't know it was a mask."
Jana Mendez, former CIA chief of disguise, revealed on Jennifer Hudson's show that the agency uses hyper-realistic silicone full-face masks that fooled even President George H.W. Bush in the Oval Office. The revelation comes amid viral speculation that a military analyst appearing on Fox News was wearing such a mask, based on visible lines at his neckline. The disclosure confirms the technology exists and has been deployed operationally by U.S. intelligence agencies.

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Megyn Kelly opens with breaking news of NASCAR champion Kyle Busch's sudden death at 41 after collapsing in a racing simulator in North Carolina. Kelly is joined by Dr. Bob Lahita and Dr. Dirk Parrott to analyze a 911 call revealing Busch was coughing up blood and experiencing respiratory distress before his death. The physicians discuss possible causes including severe pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, or complications from a previously reported sinus infection, noting that any of these conditions in a 41-year-old athlete raises serious questions about missed warning signs. The episode then shifts to international legal controversies, beginning with the trial of Vikram Digwa in the UK for the stabbing death of 18-year-old Scottish student Henry Nowak. Kelly presents exclusive video of Digwa carrying ceremonial Sikh knives and a sword, while detailing how British police handcuffed the dying victim after accepting the attacker's claim of racial abuse without examining Nowak's injuries. The segment includes body camera footage of Nowak pleading that he'd been stabbed while officers dismissed his claims. Kelly's legal panel of Mark Eglarsh and Jonas Bilbord analyze the case alongside viral speculation about whether a military analyst on Fox News was wearing a CIA-style silicone mask, prompted by visible lines at his neckline. Kelly plays testimony from the former CIA chief of disguise confirming such technology exists and has fooled presidents. The show covers ongoing litigation involving JPMorgan executive Lorna Hajdini, who faces detailed sexual harassment allegations from male colleague Chirayu Rana, including claims she drugged and assaulted him. Hajdini categorically denies everything and has countersued for defamation, while Rana has now produced two witness affidavits. The episode closes with breaking news that DNI Tulsi Gabbard is resigning to care for her husband Abraham after his rare bone cancer diagnosis, representing another loss of a non-interventionist voice in the Trump administration.

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