Fascinating!
After Fox and Moran were recruited, they were sent to “the Farm,” a secret CIA facility in Virginia where their grueling training included all the obligatory skills of what Fox refers to as “the Bond business”: how to flip or crash a car; how to use a Glock; how to parachute; how to use a speedboat; how to withstand torture; how to use a grocery bag and duct tape to bandage a punctured chest; and how to commit suicide. Most undramatically, but crucially, they were also taught how to reconnoiter restaurants.
via Ex-CIA Officer Reveals How Eateries Are Key To Spycraft : The Salt : NPR