THE AMERICAS: Washington hears horse whisperer talk about trust
By Deborah McGregor
Jun 24, 2002 (Financial Times, FT.com site)
It is not every day that a cowboy gets invited to the US Central Intelligence Agency.
Yet, during a recent visit to Washington, Monty Roberts, the famous American horse trainer whose gentle methods inspired the novel and movie The Horse Whisperer, made a quiet and unpublicized stop at CIA headquarters.
Intelligence officials wanted to hear more about his ideas – based on many years of observing animals and people – relating to body language and how to tell when someone is lying.