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'The Recruiter': Life as an Operations Officer and How the Global War on Terror Changed the CIA with Douglas London
FromThe Burn Bag – National Security and Foreign Policy Redefined
'The Recruiter': Life as an Operations Officer and How the Global War on Terror Changed the CIA with Douglas London
FromThe Burn Bag – National Security and Foreign Policy Redefined
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Length:
63 minutes
Released:
Dec 13, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
In this episode, A'ndre and Ryan are joined by former CIA Senior Operations Officer Douglas London. Doug, who spent much of his career recruiting assets abroad, discusses the nature of the job and its difficulties. He then describes the CIA's transition from a primarily foreign intelligence-gathering service to counterterrorism operations after 9/11, in addition to the politicization of intelligence. Doug shares his criticisms of this shift but also commends recent actions by the CIA to manage the threats of China, technology, and climate change. Doug also offers his view on the importance of Human Intelligence (HUMINT) and how the CIA has prioritized this in recent years. Today's conversation was based on Doug's recent book, The Recruiter: Spying and the Lost Art of American Intelligence.
Released:
Dec 13, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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