80 years ago, on November 8, 1942, the Tangier American Legation ventured into war – quietly. The Legation’s small group of diplomats, military attachés, and agents of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), forerunner of today’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), huddled in a cramped closet called the “listening room.” They were serving as the leading edge of Operation Torch, the first major Allied amphibious assault of World War II. In fact, at the time, it was the largest amphibious military landing ever undertaken. The team