Now, the man in her life is of a very different stripe. NARRATOR: Nearly 30 years later, the girl who watched the evening news has moved on from CBS anchorman Dan Rather. What would make people get to that level? What would make people want to blow themselves up or harm other people in the name of a cause? SHAWNEE DELANEY: And as I got older, I was just always very fascinated with intelligence and terrorism in particular. You smile, remember, and forget again until next time, of course. For some of us, it’s the smell of our mother’s perfume or the strains of an old melody. NARRATOR: It’s funny what you remember, isn’t it? Those flashes of early consciousness that stay with you, persisting, crystalline, where their context fades to static. And there was just something about that report - at my very, very young age - where just something clicked and I remembered it. The Marine barracks were bombed in Beirut. He actually slowly put the paper down and was really attentive. And when that news article came on the screen. And I remember he usually read the paper at the same time. And I had a bit of a crush on Dan Rather. SHAWNEE DELANEY: When I was a little girl I remember my dad watched the nightly news with Dan Rather every night. And somewhere in America, a little girl is glued to a television set. And he's probably sitting there thinking: 'Who is this white chick?'" He's never going to give you intelligence. SHAWNEE DELANEY: And that first meeting, I think a lot of it was my lack of self-confidence and hearing the voices in my head over and over again, like: "He's never going to want to work with you. This is True Spies, Episode 82: Me and the Mullah. What do they know? What are their skills? And what would you do in their position? You’ll meet the people who navigate this secret world. Week by week, mission by mission, you’ll hear the true stories behind the world’s greatest espionage operations. True Spies, Episode 82: Me and the Mullah
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