# Is Dennis Rodman a CIA spy? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [January 8, 2014, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dennis-rodman-a-cia-spy/678251 "2014-01-08T05:44:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dennis-rodman-a-cia-spy/678251/41 "2014-01-10T02:23:30Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Rodman is a Useful Idiot for the North Korean regime. I have to challenge the idea that he’s looked at publicly as anything other than bizarre. Unless I’m badly mistaken there isn’t a lot of “colorful figures” in NK. ---
**Author:** ![Vagabond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/258eb7/32.png) [@Vagabond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vagabond)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dennis-rodman-a-cia-spy/678251/42 "2014-01-10T02:38:15Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > Because the window for him to get a sex change operation and host the Helen Degeneres show as a bride has closed? Was the wedding dress stunt all for nothing? He needs to come out of the closet and confess his love for little generals. I wouldn’t be surprised if they were doing the nasty…but Rodman needs to be careful. He seems to be used to smacking his sex partners around:D I’d like to see what happens when he bitch slaps Kim.:eek:🆒:D:D ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dennis-rodman-a-cia-spy/678251/43 "2014-01-10T04:38:20Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > Everybody knows who James Bond is. And Felix Lieter for that matter. I’m not so sure…Bond looks different almost every time I see him, and Leiter even more so. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dennis-rodman-a-cia-spy/678251/44 "2014-01-10T04:46:07Z")
> [@Vagabond](#): > > I wouldn’t be surprised if they were doing the nasty…but Rodman needs to be careful. He seems to be used to smacking his sex partners around:D > > I’d like to see what happens when he bitch slaps Kim.:eek:🆒:D:D That would be sweet. ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dennis-rodman-a-cia-spy/678251/45 "2014-01-10T06:12:18Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > I’m not so sure…Bond looks different almost every time I see him… Why else do you think he’s been alive so long? ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dennis-rodman-a-cia-spy/678251/46 "2014-01-10T17:53:14Z")
I don’t think Rodman would pass any psych test that the CIA would put its people through. I can’t imagine how his visits to Un would result in him getting anything worthy in the way of intelligence. At least he had the good sense not to dress as Marilyn Monroe when he sung happy birthday to Un. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Bigger\_Picture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c77e96/32.png) [@The\_Bigger\_Picture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bigger_Picture)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dennis-rodman-a-cia-spy/678251/47 "2014-01-10T18:40:18Z")
I actually wrote an article based on current events concerning Dennis Rodman. > **[Love and Basketball](http://www.onyxtruth.com/2014/01/08/love-and-basketball/)** > > I HAVE TO ADMIT — Dennis Rodman was a favorite player of mine in the 90’s.  Why? Because he was good at what I identified with in sports myself: Playing Defense.  Unfortunately, back th… That being said, I HIGHLY DOUBT he is a U.S. Agent. that would get him killed. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dennis-rodman-a-cia-spy/678251/48 "2014-01-10T19:42:54Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > Your options are not mutually exclusive. I don’t know how old you are but Dennis Rodman is as genuinely crazy as a March hare by all accounts. It isn’t an act and never has been. I know very little about sports. I do have some name recognition from headlines and whatnot. He’s the one who wore makeup and dresses to games, right? Other than publicity stunts like that, what’d he do that was “genuinely” crazy? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dennis-rodman-a-cia-spy/678251/49 "2014-01-10T20:27:58Z")
He never wore makeup or a dress to games. He once wore a wedding dress to get publicity for his autobiography - maybe there were other times, but that’s the only one I remember. During games, he didn’t wear anything crazier than hair dye. He did get into fights sometimes and one time he kicked a cameraman in the crotch, but if those were the craziest things a basketball player ever did… ---
**Author:** ![Glazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@Glazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glazer)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dennis-rodman-a-cia-spy/678251/50 "2014-01-10T20:45:29Z")
Plus he gets pick of Lil Kim’s harem. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dennis-rodman-a-cia-spy/678251/51 "2014-01-10T20:53:21Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > He never wore makeup or a dress to games. He once wore a wedding dress to get publicity for his autobiography - maybe there were other times, but that’s the only one I remember. During games, he didn’t wear anything crazier than hair dye. He did get into fights sometimes and one time he kicked a cameraman in the crotch, but if those were the craziest things a basketball player ever did… So good with publicity stunts but not even mildly cuckoo? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dennis-rodman-a-cia-spy/678251/52 "2014-01-10T21:12:06Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > So good with publicity stunts but not even mildly cuckoo? No, he’s really off-kilter. He’s an alcoholic and he’s struggled with depression and gotten himself into trouble here and there. He just doesn’t regularly dress in drag. ---
**Author:** ![Marmite\_Lover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Marmite\_Lover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marmite_Lover)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dennis-rodman-a-cia-spy/678251/53 "2014-01-11T11:02:00Z")
Is Dennis Rodman a CIA spy? Don’t know but US spies like this one recently caught by Assad sure like to dress up in womens clothing Rodman included 😃 [https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/1507670\_800927239933050\_1515496138\_n.jpg](https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/1507670_800927239933050_1515496138_n.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dennis-rodman-a-cia-spy/678251/54 "2014-01-11T19:18:06Z")
What if he’s a _North Korean_ spy? ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dennis-rodman-a-cia-spy/678251/55 "2014-01-19T01:19:18Z")
Dennis Rodman has checked into an undisclosed alcohol rehabilitation center to treat his long-time struggle with alcoholism, his agent says. > **[Agent: Dennis Rodman checks into alcohol rehab center](https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2014/01/18/dennis-rodman-checks-into-alcohol-rehabilitation-center/4640797/)** > > Agent said Rodman returned from recent North Korea trip "in pretty rough shape." Surprising the North Koreans would allow someone like than into the country. ---
**Author:** ![amorali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3e96dc/32.png) [@amorali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amorali)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dennis-rodman-a-cia-spy/678251/56 "2014-01-20T01:57:10Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Dennis Rodman has checked into an undisclosed alcohol rehabilitation center to treat his long-time struggle with alcoholism, his agent says. > [Agent: Dennis Rodman checks into alcohol rehab center](http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2014/01/18/dennis-rodman-checks-into-alcohol-rehabilitation-center/4640797/) > > Surprising the North Koreans would allow someone like than into the country. I’m glad he’s getting help and I hope this time he stays sober. ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dennis-rodman-a-cia-spy/678251/57 "2017-06-13T17:41:13Z")
My guess is that he’s broke and none of his friends will help him out. Is he friends with Vladimir Putin, too? ---
**Author:** ![Skara\_Brae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Skara\_Brae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skara_Brae)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dennis-rodman-a-cia-spy/678251/58 "2017-06-13T17:49:42Z")
Not a CIA spy, but maybe… > **[Is Dennis Rodman Trump’s Secret “Back Channel” to North Korea? That’s Actually...](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2017/06/is-dennis-rodman-trumps-secret-back-channel-to-north-korea.html)** > > Former basketball star Dennis Rodman is reportedly set to touch down in North Korea on Tuesday in hopes of meeting with the country’s quarrelsome... ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dennis-rodman-a-cia-spy/678251/59 "2017-06-14T18:57:15Z")
Yes Rodman and Trump are good friends. And yes it has been confirmed that Rodman is an active member of the CIA, and Bill Cosby is a member of MI-6. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dennis-rodman-a-cia-spy/678251/60 "2017-06-14T19:32:55Z")
Rodman is clearly too incompetent to be a CIA agent, but also overqualified to serve in Trump’s cabinet. A very strange gray area. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dennis-rodman-a-cia-spy/678251.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dennis-rodman-a-cia-spy/678251.md?page=4)