Ric Prado is a Cuban born clandestine CIA paramilitary operations specialist who worked in the Central Intelligence Agency for nearly 3 decades. His service included 36 months in Central American jungles of Honduras as the first CIA officer living in the anti-Sandinista "Contra" camps.

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OUTLINE
0:00 - Introduction
2:36 - Ric’s view of CIA
5:40 - Growing up inside the Cuban Revolution
13:54 - Miami
17:56 - Being “proud” to commit violence / Joining Pararescue
30:12 - Cuba’s relationship with the United States
33:46 - Che Guevara
37:12 - Felix Rodriguez, Kiki Camarena, & Mexican Cartels
47:55 - First job at CIA: Training Contras in Nicaragua
59:49 - The Sandinistas
1:05:40 - Underwater bomb operation
1:12:45 - Kidnapping & rendering 2 rogue commandos
1:21:17 - Argentina's corruption
1:26:21 - Failed bombing mission
1:37:29 - Spy school
1:46:17 - Espionage in Costa Rica
1:51:43 - How Iran-Contra was exposed
1:58:54 - Hunting a Maoist dictator in South America
2:12:58 - South & North Korea
2:22:50 - Working on the Bin Laden task force (Alec Station)
2:26:56 - #1 most legendary CIA Black Ops soldier: Billy Waugh
2:28:49 - CIA vs FBI leading up to 9 1 1
2:35:00 - How Billy Waugh spied on Bin Laden
2:43:18 - Reliving 9 1 1
2:58:34 - Ric’s worldview today
3:03:07 - Russia & China & Nuclear weapons