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Episode 234 - Lindsay Moran May 23, 2022

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Lindsay Moran is a former clandestine officer for the Central Intelligence Agency. She is a freelance writer whose articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and USA Today. In 2005, she published her memoir Blowing My Cover, My Life As A Spy, in which she wrote about her experiences as a case officer from 1998 to 2003.

After graduating from Harvard and submitting an application that included her language skills and her time living in Eastern Europe as a Fulbright scholar, Moran was recruited to work for the CIA.

She began her orientation in the Directorate of Operations (DO), the clandestine branch of the Agency, after which she was sent to "The Farm", the field academy for clandestine officers. at a base Her year of training included paramilitary exercises, mock ambushes, parachute jumps, car crashes, and driving powerboats. She completed the training course in December 1999, a year after the CIA's director George Tenet declared war on Al-Qaeda.

After graduating from "The Farm", Moran was deployed under the official cover of a foreign diplomat. As a case officer for the CIA, Moran's primary job was to spot, assess, develop, and recruit foreigners willing to sell secrets, as well as maintaining the agents who were already under her control.

Her interest in spy work gradually diminished because of the pressure her career had put on her personal life, and her growing disillusionment with the CIA's bureaucracy, especially after the September 11th attacks. She was also disappointed with the agency itself since she felt that her career advancement as a case officer, in general, depended not so much on the quality of agents that she recruited, but rather on the quantity. The more recruits they had, the better. Disapproving of the war in Iraq, she worked on the Iraq desk at headquarters during the Iraq invasion and resigned from the CIA after five years there.

Full Auto Friday - Round 106 May 20, 2022

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Rapid Fire Q and A to finish off the week:

1. Quitting, and performance-enhancing drugs at BUD/s

2. What have I learned in answering questions for 2 years on Full Auto Friday

3. A wild walk in the park with my girlfriend and cousin

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Episode 233 - Mike Glover and Evan Hafer May 16, 2022

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Mike Glover spent 18 years in the US Army and as a government contractor for OGA (Other Government Agency).

He served as a SGM (Sergeant Major) in Special Forces in various positions and deployed multiple times to combat theaters. He is an expert in Counter-Terrorism, security, and crisis management operations and is the host of the Fieldcraft Survival Podcast on iTunes and Soundcloud.

Mike is an avid outdoorsman, overland, traveler, and hunter. He has a bachelor's degree in Homeland Security and resides in Utah, where he is the CEO of Fieldcraft Survival.

Evan Hafer is the founder and CEO of Black Rifle Coffee. Prior to his current role, he spent twenty years serving this country, first as a Special Forces soldier (Green Beret), then as a contractor for the Central Intelligence Agency, completing multiple tours to Iraq and Afghanistan.

Full Auto Friday - Round 105 with Nelson Grant May 13, 2022

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Normally, Fridays are for rapid fire Q and A. Today I am joined by my good friend Nelson Grant, and we do in fact answer some Q and A, but we also discussed all things law enforcement (chasing naked people on meth) and life in general.

1. Divorce...Should I stay in it until my kids are grown, should I move on and prioritize my own health, how do I talk to my kids about this...

2. I want my husband to quit his job and let me be his sugar mama, please call him out for being a bitch ass about it

3. Is BJJ really that important, and why did Nelson quit training

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Episode 232 - Jack Carr May 09, 2022

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Jack Carr led special operations teams as a Team Leader, Platoon Commander, Troop Commander and Task Unit Commander. Over his 20 years in Naval Special Warfare he transitioned from an enlisted SEAL sniper to a junior officer leading assault and sniper teams in Iraq and Afghanistan, to a platoon commander practicing counterinsurgency in the southern Philippines, to commanding a Special Operations Task Unit in the most Iranian influenced section of southern Iraq throughout the tumultuous drawdown of U.S. Forces.

Now, a New York Times bestselling author, his fifth book in the James Reece action/thriller series, In The Blood, is preparing to release May 17th.

His first book, The Terminal List, has been turned into an Amazon series led by Chris Pratt, and will release July 1st.

For more information about Jack, check out:

https://www.officialjackcarr.com

Full Auto Friday - Round 104 May 06, 2022

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Rapid Fire Q and A to finish off the week:

1. I'm 41 and living in my father's house, how can I find the motivation to get out of bed in the morning

2. Therapy and friends, how can you get one that you care about to seek help

3. I have been prescribed Adderall for weight loss, and now I am craving the energy it gives me. How do I get off of this shit

4. How do I talk to my father about wanting to join the military

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Episode 231 - Keelin Darby May 02, 2022

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Keelin Darby is an active law enforcement officer and the wife of Ben Darby.

Officer Ben Darby responded to a suicide-by-cop scenario in 2018. After recognizing that his partners were not utilizing sound officer safety tactics by placing themselves in a potentially deadly situation without cover and concealment within a few feet of the armed subject, without their firearms drawn, Officer Darby placed himself in front of his partners and gave multiple warnings to the subject to put his gun down, which he was pointing at his head. After making a furtive movement with his head, shoulders, and firearm and after believing that his life and the lives of his partners were in imminent threat of great bodily harm or death, Officer Darby shot the subject, who was a known white supremacist. It was later discovered that the subject told his neighbor (a witness) that he intended on luring police officers into his home to kill them because he hated cops.

After an Incident Review Board was conducted by the Huntsville Police Department, the department found that Officer Darby's actions were within policy and justified under the rule of law. The first two officers were sent back to the academy for remedial training and later resigned. Officer Darby returned to work, and within 2 months a secret grand jury was convened by the district attorney. Officer Darby was charged with murder. Officer Darby was given a plea deal consisting of probation and NO CUSTODY time if he accepted an aggravated manslaughter conviction, which he refused. The police chief, city council, and mayor of Huntsville supported Ben Darby and paid the initial legal fees.

During the trial, the judge prevented exculpatory evidence from being heard by the jury, including relevant testimony by the neighbor and others, as well as applicable case law that would have exonerated Officer Ben Darby (Graham v. Connor, Tennessee V. Garner, Montoute v. Carr, Garczynski v. Palm Beach Sheriff's Office). This trial was closed to the public—not open to family, friends, or me, due to Covid restrictions. He was denied qualified immunity and after multiple plea deals consisting of NO prison time, my husband went to trial. During the trial, the DA compared Officer Darby to a regular civilian who barged into a random person's house, shooting, and killing them. Officer Ben Darby was sentenced to 25 years.

Full Auto Friday - Round 103 Apr 29, 2022

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Rapid Fire Q and A to finish off the week:

1. My mom and dad have cancer, affairs, girlfriends, a toxic environment growing up, how to spend the remaining time I have with my dad....

2. I have all the money I need to live, but I feel like I have no purpose and don't know who I am, or how to become what I could be

3. Is competing necessary in BJJ

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Episode 230 - Michelle Black Apr 25, 2022

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When Green Beret Bryan Black was killed in an ambush in Niger in 2017, his wife Michelle saw her worst nightmare become a reality. She was left alone with her grief and with two young sons to raise. But what followed Bryan's death was an even more difficult journey for the young widow. After receiving very few details about the attack that took her husband's life, it was up to Michelle to find answers. It became her mission to learn the truth about that day in Niger--and her book, Sacrifice, is the result of that mission.

After interviewing the survivors of a deadly ambush, it became clear to Michelle that the deaths of her husband and several soldiers were avoidable – mistakes were made. This Gold Star widow is on a quest to learn the truth about her husband's death, but military officials refuse to provide details. In the process, she has learned that there are careers being protected by masking the truth.

As a result, Michelle has written the book Sacrifice: A Gold Star Widow's Fight for the Truth, in an effort to bring attention to the inconsistent lies of the military and the challenges in learning the real facts.

Full Auto Friday - Round 102 Apr 22, 2022

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Rapid Fire Q and A to finish off the week:

1. I received a death threat based on something that I said 21 years ago

2. How can I shift gears more effectively between my work "world" and my home "world"

3. Advice for my teenage daughter who is the new girl in school/town

4. I'm struggling with the feeling I "have not done my part"

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