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John Kiriakou served 15 years in the CIA as a Case Officer and as CIA's Head of Counterterrorism Operations in Pakistan where he lead the raid that captured Abu Zubaydah. After his CIA career, he blew the whistle on the CIA's Enhanced Interrogation Program.
John’s Links:
Substack: https://johnkiriakou.substack.com
X: https://x.com/johnkiriakou?lang=en
IG: https://www.instagram.com/realjohnkiriakou/
Deep Focus: https://www.youtube.com/@DeepFocuswithJohnKiriakou
DeProgram: https://www.youtube.com/@DeProgramShow
Previous interview with John:
Part 1 | https://youtu.be/P1kOwRMd3o8?si=DozbstsbQWTYjO6p
Part 2 | https://youtu.be/ynMg7-QfL10?si=4h-yt_wZuWyFRtNk
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00:00 | Intro
03:31 | What is a CIA Operations Officer (Spy)?
17:56 | Recruiting a terrorist bomb maker
25:13 | How to tell if you’re being followed (SDR)
37:50 | Advanced CIA Technology
43:42 | Palantir
45:36 | John Brennan’s Tuesday Morning Kill List
52:44 | Private Intelligence
01:00:03 | Blackwater assassination program
01:07:54 | John’s work on Bruno with Sacha Baron Cohen
01:20:36 | Jordanian Intelligence Service
01:27:45 | CIA Ground Branch/ Special Activities
01:40:06 | CIA’s Infiltration of Podcasts/ Media Propaganda
01:49:27 | The National Endowment for Democracy
01:56:14 | The Craziest Thing John Ever Saw at the CIA
02:09:43 | MK Ultra & Remote Viewing
02:14:32 | Vault 7 Technology
02:17:25 | Manipulating People Psychologically
02:33:05 | Recruiting an Engineer
02:42:25 | The Mossad
03:00:25 | Mossad Dubai Hit
03:17:55 | CIA GRS
03:19:35 | Yemen
03:24:17 | Meeting Anwar al-Awlaki
03:29:53 | The 3 Saudi Princes Who Were in Abu Zubaydah’s Contacts
03:33:52 | Kidnapping and Torture of CIA Officer Bill Buckley
03:36:39 | Mike Spann
03:38:45 | Dasht-i-Leili Massacre
03:44:13 | John Kerry
03:56:42 | Bizarre Meeting with Joe Biden
04:03:53 | John on how to be a great story teller and become more articulate
04:15:57 | Outro
Clark Fredericks spent 5 years in prison for killing the man who abused him as a child. Now free, he shares his story to raise awareness about healing and freeing yourself from trauma.
#crime #podcast #story
Clark’s Links:
Book: https://www.amazon.com/Scarred-Memoir-Childhood-Stolen-Reclaimed/dp/1668018659
Clark’s Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@clarkfredericks3309
IG: @clarkfredericks
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00:00 | Intro
03:21 | Childhood
10:43 | Abuser Dennis Pegg
12:31 | Start of Grooming Process
19:06 | Specific Grooming Tactics & Psychology
28:03 | Abuse #1
34:13 | Abuse #2
57:14 | I Hated Myself
01:10:32 | Gambling Addiction
01:24:00 | Getting Into a Life Threatening Debt With The Mob
01:40:36 | Depression
01:45:54 | Triggered By Seeing Dennis in Deli With Young Boy
01:56:47 | Confronting Dennis
02:03:13 | Violent Confrontation
02:11:48 | Getting Arrested
02:38:55 | Sentencing
02:40:57 | Prison
02:48:26 | How to Control Your Thoughts
03:07:50 | Getting Out of Prison
03:08:34 | Advocating for Change in Statute of Limitations Law
03:18:10 | Do You Have to Forgive to Heal?
03:30:18 | Final Message
Scott Payne is a retired FBI Special Agent who spent twenty-eight years in law enforcement investigating cases against drug trafficking organizations, human traffickers, outlaw motorcycle clubs, gangs, public corruption, and domestic terrorists. He was an FBI SWAT team operator and instructor for firearms, tactics, and undercover operations.
#fbi #podcast #story
Scott Links:
IG: https://www.instagram.com/scottpaynebigcountry/
Book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Code-Name-Pale-Horse/Scott-Payne/9781668032909?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAacBlsV515eJ-FhJNbutr_sBgDjg_PgNPXO1LQD1Dh-FF1a0fiD4noRFZlfqjQ_aem_T74QDY0A8GPVU60fjPkOyQ
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00:00 | Episode Intro
01:44 | What to do in an Active Shooter Scenario
15:32 | Childhood
19:25 | Scott’s Start in Law Enforcement
29:29 | Ads
31:47 | Going to FBI
38:11 | Psychological Evaluations
41:34 | 9/11
57:40 | Cartels
01:21:30 | FBI Undercover School & Training
01:42:17 | How to make friends & connect to people
01:55:34 | Biker Gangs
01:59:25 | Infiltrating The Outlaws Biker Gang
02:07:46 | What is Entrapment
02:16:31 | Strip Searched While Wearing a Wire
02:31:31 | Crashing Out
02:48:53 | Knoxville Assignment
02:51:07 | Opioid Epidemic
03:02:11 | Undercover Murder For Hire Cases
03:10:22 | The Base (US Extremist Group)
03:22:34 | Murder Plot
03:27:18 | How Good Are They Tactically?
03:52:24 | Goat Sacrifice
03:57:09 | SWAT
04:01:14 | Outro
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Rick Spence is a historian and retired University of Idaho professor specializing in espionage, true crime, he occult, and secret societies.
#cia #podcast #story
Rick’s Links:
https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/richard-b-spence
https://www.youtube.com/@StrangeAsItSeemsPodcast/
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00:00 | Intro
02:43 | Scientology
10:07 | Misinformation vs. Disinformation
14:58 | Do CIA Officers Kill?
20:16 | Private Intelligence
25:27 | Ads
27:32 | Money, Ideology, Coercion, Ego
32:11 | The Most Capable Intelligence Agency
38:37 | Do Agencies Burn Their Own Agents?
48:56 | Blackmail
58:00 | Epstein
01:53:18 | Charles Manson, Manson Murders
02:34:03 | MK Ultra
02:53:45 | Bohemian Club
03:11:07 | Skull & Bones Society
03:21:16 | Bilderbergers
03:31:25 | The Occult
03:51:29 | Outro
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Sean Langan is an award-winning British war journalist and documentary filmmaker, best known for his work in dangerous and volatile environments. In 2008, he was kidnapped by the Taliban for 3 months when making a film about their training camps. In this interview, we dive deep into his kidnapping, and other projects including ‘The Hostage Takers’ where he goes to Syria to sit down with 2 ISIS members that held captive and beheaded his good friend James Foley. This interview is incredibly intense, hilarious, and heavy. Enjoy.
#story #podcast #war
Sean’s Links:
https://www.amazon.com/Other-Side-Sean-Langan/dp/B0CW4RTRF4
https://www.filmplatform.net/product/the-hostage-takers/
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2637841/
https://x.com/seanlangan2?lang=en
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00:00 | Intro
05:22 | Kashmir
12:03 | First Taliban project
18:41 | Seeing Osama bin Laden
25:39 | Hilarious Executioner Story & Sean’s closest moment to death
33:45 | Taliban public executions
43:11 | Iraq
48:47 | Stepping on an IED
01:00:31 | Firing Squad
01:04:15 | Ads
01:12:07 | Sean’s kidnapping
01:27:06 | Hostage survival techniques
01:40:19 | Feeling connected to loved ones
01:42:23 | Writing a goodbye letter to his sons
01:46:00 | Refusing to give Taliban names of his children
01:52:31 | Letter from Siraj Haqqani
02:15:40 | Execution
02:34:02 | Coming home was harder than captivity
02:43:59 | Hilarious Taliban Story USAID
02:52:08 | The Hostage Takers (ISIS)
02:54:53 | Jihadi John
03:04:03 | El Shafee Elsheikh
03:11:52| Alexanda Kotey
03:12:51 | Kayla Mueller
03:17:57 | James Foley’s goodbye letter to his family
03:32:53 | Ukraine War
03:55:16 | Wagner Group
04:00:06 | Bucha
04:06:04 | Russian Spetsnaz
04:16:50:04946 | Outro
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Mariana van Zeller is an award-winning correspondent and investigative journalist, and the host & executive producer of National Geographic’s Emmy Award-winning series Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller. The show, now in its fifth season, is an unprecedented and nuanced look at global black markets and trafficking networks.
#story #podcast #cartel
Mariana’s Links
Watch all 4 seasons of Trafficked on Hulu - https://www.hulu.com/series/670262ba-abc0-4d91-b0ce-7dae17db4767
Instagram & X - @marianavz
Facebook - Mariana Van Zeller
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00:00 | Episode Preview
02:00 | China
10:22 | 9/11
22:19 | Fentanyl
33:51 | The Cartel Presence in America
50:21 | Fake Pharmaceuticals
01:09:48 | Black Thursday
01:16:20 | Watching Fentanyl Cross the Border
01:28:43 | Stuck In Niger During A Military Coup
01:51:53 | Terror
02:01:00 | Migrant Smuggling
02:09:49 | Dirty Bombs
02:18:28 | Gangs In US
02:28:06 | Interviewing a Hitman
02:38:35 | The New Wave of the Fentanyl Crisis
02:52:20 | Rehab Industry Corruption
John Kiriakou served 15 years in the CIA as a Case Officer and as CIA's Head of Counterterrorism Operations in Pakistan, where he lead the raid that captured Abu Zubaydah. In this interview, we discuss 2 things: the latest on the government buyouts that have been offered to the entirety of the CIA workforce, and the unclassified email sent by CIA to the White House revealing the names of all new CIA hires in the past several years.
#cia #podcastclips #story
John’s Substack:
https://johnkiriakou.substack.com
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Jack Barsky is a former KGB Sleeper Agent who spied on the United States from 1978 to 1988. Exposed after the Cold War, he became a resource for U.S. Counterintelligence Agencies and was allowed to remain in the United States.
#story #podcast #spy
Jack's Links:
https://www.skool.com/spychology/
https://jackbarsky.com
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00:00 | Intro
02:34 | Childhood
10:30 | Tough Love and Suppressing Emotions
13:01 | Concentration Camp
22:28 | Contacted by KGB
38:25 | Tasks During Interview Process
48:13 | Tradecraft- Surveillance Detection
59:36 | Dead Drops
1:06:36 | In Person Meeting Tactics
1:18:29 | Lona and Morris Cohen
1:27:46 | Lying
1:52:30 | Sneaking into the US
2:36:14 | Communication with KGB
2:40:59 | Secret Writing
3:01:53 | IDing a Dead Drop Site for Aldrich Ames (Most Damaging Spy in American History)
3:10:41 | Having 2 Families
3:31:32| Threatened by KGB
3:39:47 | How to See if Your Mail is Being Opened
3:47:52 | How to Tell if Someone has Been in Your Home
3:51:20 | Order of the Red Banner
3:54:06 | Caught by FBI
3:59:47 | Russian Disinformation & Yuriy Bezmenov
04:25:55 | Russian Special Forces
04:27:56 | Putin
04:32:49 | The Most Capable Intelligence Agency
04:37:13 | Red Sparrow
04:59:15 | How to Handle Loneliness
05:04:57 | Meaning of Life
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David Packouz was Arms Dealer during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He was a partner at AEY, a major weapons contractor for the US. Government, where he and his partner Efraim Diveroli won a $300m government contract to arm the Afghan National Army. At the time, David was just 24 years old, and Efraim was 21. The 2016 film War Dogs was made about David's story, where he is portrayed by Miles Teller.
#story #podcast #war
David's Links:
https://wardogsacademy.com/
https://instafloss.com
https://www.singularsound.com/
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00:00 | Episode Preview
02:12 | Childhood
04:12 | Funny Pranks
07:06 | Miami Massage Therapist
10:52 | Selling SD Cards & Bed Sheets
12:55 | Efraim Diveroli
21:28 | Dick Cheney & Halliburton
25:14 | CIA Black Budget
27:20 | AEY
37:35 | Real Life Efraim Crazier than in Movie
40:00 | Xbox Deal
51:11 | Finding out about Afghan Contract
54:48 | Henry Thomet (Bradley Cooper character)
1:00:37 | Sketchy Deals
1:05:18 | Afghan Contract
1:25:34 | Afghanistan Pullout/ Taliban
1:42:57 | Chinese Ammo
1:58:59 | Albanian Mafia
2:08:01 | Cut out of deal
2:17:12 | Lawyering up
2:21:22 | NY Times Article
2:31:17 | Charges and Sentencing
2:55:18 | How to Deal with Stress
3:15:14 | War Dogs Movie
3:28:42 | War Dogs Academy
3:45:14 | Ukraine & Israel
3:49:04 | Meaning of Life
3:58:01 | Outro
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Jeff Tiegs is a retired Counter Terrorism and Counter Insurgency expert with over 26 years of experience in US Army Special Operations. His time in service includes 12 combat deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Panama as an Army Ranger, Green Beret, Delta Force Operator, and Delta Force Troop Commander.
He is now President of Skull Games, a nonprofit organization he founded to combat human trafficking via identifying and hunting down sex traffickers.
#DeltaForce #story #podcast
Jeff’s links:
https://skullgames.io/
https://jefftiegsbook.com/
https://www.amazon.com/Where-Have-All-Heroes-Gone/dp/B0CMQQJYD8
SkG Online courses:
Leadership
Protect Your Family
Coupon code: skgtf2024
00:00 | Surge Delta Force in Iraq
09:57 | Presidential Mission
20:30 | Shoot Around the Kids
32:10 | Afghanistan Pullout
35:46 | Avenging Marines at Delta Force
52:35 | Snatch & Grab Mission- Staging a Drive-By Shooting
01:11:59 | Mission that earned Jeff the Silver Star
01:45:15 | Getting out of the Unit
01:51:05 | The emotional reason Jeff Used to leave at night for deployments
02:20:42 | Skull Games
02:27:07 | The diabolical nature of traffickers
Link to Part 1 of this 2 part interview: https://youtu.be/aXPZ8bxTJgI?si=2iaE4N89bAd5RzlC
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Jeff Tiegs is a retired Counter Terrorism and Counter Insurgency expert with over 26 years of experience in US Army Special Operations. His time in service includes 12 combat deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Panama as an Army Ranger, Green Beret, Delta Force Operator, and Delta Force Troop Commander.
He is now President of Skull Games, a nonprofit organization he founded to identify and hunt down predators.
#DeltaForce #story #podcast
Jeff’s links:
https://skullgames.io/
https://jefftiegsbook.com/
https://www.amazon.com/Where-Have-All-Heroes-Gone/dp/B0CMQQJYD8
SkG Online courses:
Leadership - https://skull-games.thinkific.com/courses/leadership-training
Protect Your Family - https://skull-games.thinkific.com/courses/protect-your-family-a-counter-trafficking-course
Coupon code: skgtf2024
00:00 | Intro
03:43 | Childhood
17:39 | Combat in slow motion
30:05 | Terrorism is like digging a trench
33:37 | Ranger Selection & Training
44:00 | Harvey Moore
52:06 | Trauma Unraveling
59:43 | Hilarious Army Ranger Story
01:30:03 | Combat in Panama, Noriega
01:57:05 | War is chaotic
02:01:16 | First engagement
02:14:10 | Sparing a man’s life
02:17:44 | CQB
02:23:02 | Different types of engagements
02:31:44 | Neutralizing a man in front of his son
02:51:01 | How Special Forces turns their enemies against each other
02:56:27 | 1v1 Standoff with Terrorist
03:08:02 | War was my life
03:14:50 | First time hearing about CAG
03:22:49 | Delta Force Selection
03:27:32 | The Right Guy for Delta Force
03:41:38 | OTC
Tim Brown is a 20 year decorated FDNY Firefighter who was a first responder to the 9/11 attack where he lost 93 of his friends including several of his best friends.
00:00 - Episode preview
02:00 - Intro
04:00 - Childhood
10:27 - Importance of strong role models and mentorship
15:00 - Taking the oath
25:07 - Average day as a NYC firefighter
30:07 - Compartmentalizing seeing bad things/ bleeding into personal life
37:29 - First traumatic day
45:31 - Death is part of the job
50:53 - Special Operations Rescue 3
01:04:41 - 9/11 start
01:15:29 - Chris Blackwell
01:23:50 - Terry Hatton
01:33:38 - Mike Lynch
02:02:24 - Capt Patrick “Paddy” Brown
02:13:56 - 9/12 and days after
02:30:22 - Impact to faith
02:39:29 - Conspiracies
02:42:22 - Proudest moment of Tim’s life
02:46:50 - What does death teach you about life?
02:50:42 - Tunnel to Towers
02:56:09 - Navy SEAL Chris Chambers
02:58:00 - Outro
Credits:
Capt Patrick Brown video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1z8N1Kr6BU&t=1s
Photos courtesy of Tim Brown
Intro music: Filaments- Scott Buckley
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