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James Stejskal, Author, Military Historian, Conflict Archaeologist, CIA Officer, author of Dead Hand
Interview of Tuesday, 12 December 2023. James Stejskal, Author, Military Historian, Conflict Archaeologist, former CIA and Special Forces, on his book "Dead Hand" on a story of what happens after Russia has won the war in Ukraine and is eyeing the Baltics. As the world stands on the precipice of war, a legendary CIA Officer rushes to meet a spy deep in the Kremlin, on an operation where failure could mean nuclear Armageddon.
Interviewer/host is AFIO President James Hughes, a former senior CIA Operations Officer and Former NSA Associate Deputy Director of Operations.
The interview runs 14 minutes and includes several Q&As.
"Dead Hand" is available here: www.amazon.com/Dead-Hand-James-Stejskal-ebook/dp/B0CF378XN2/
Key Moments:
00:47 - Intro of author James Stejskal
01:19 - What's the new book about?
02:35 - Who are some of the other characters in the book?
04:25 - History of last couple of years influenced the setting of your book.
05:36 - Describe some of the excellent tradecraft you feature in the book
08:10 - How did you get involved with conflict archaeology and what are some of the things you did?
11:04 - What would you advise young people considering a career in intelligence?
BIOS: JAMES STEJSKAL is an author, military historian, and conflict archaeologist. To gain inspiration and research his writings, he spent 35 years with the US Army Special Forces and the CIA in Africa, Europe, the Balkans, the Near and Far East.
He is the author of "Dead Hand," the "Snake Eater Chronicles," a Cold War military & espionage thriller series as well as the nonfiction books "Special Forces Berlin: Clandestine Cold War Operations of the US Army's Elite, 1956-1990" and "Masters of Mayhem: Lawrence of Arabia and the British Military Mission to the Hejaz."
He lives in Virginia with his wife Wanda.
More about the author here: pg/James-Stejskal-Writer-100225315040351/posts/
"Dead Hand" is available here: www.amazon.com/Dead-Hand-James-Stejskal-ebook/dp/B0CF378XN2/
"James Stejskal delivers another knockout thriller. An enthralling, ripped from the headlines tale that explores a terrifying alternate future in Russia and the borderlands of Eastern Europe, Dead Hand, is a propulsive, action-packed thrill ride that simply does not let up. Highly recommended!"
- David McCloskey, author of Moscow X
JAMES R. HUGHES currently serves as the 17th President of AFIO. His service began January 2015. He had a career of US Government service spanning 37 years in numerous foreign countries with a particular focus in the Middle East. He started in U.S. Military Intelligence in the late 1960s and then joined the CIA’s Clandestine Service. He served overseas as a Chief of Station several times, and at CIA Headquarters in a number of senior management positions, including as Chief of the Near East and South Asia Division, in the Directorate of Operations [today’s National Clandestine Service]. He was also named the Associate Deputy Director of Operations (ADDO) at the National Security Agency, 1998-99. Following his retirement from the government in 2005, he joined EDS in Herndon, VA, as the Client Industry Executive for the U.S. Intelligence Community. After the HP acquisition of EDS, he continued to serve in a similar capacity until his retirement in 2012. His parents were missionaries in Turkey in the 1950s, where Jim spent his formative years. He is fluent in Arabic.
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Ronald Drabkin on Beverly Hills Spy: The Double-Agent War Hero Who Helped Japan Attack Pearl Harbor
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Interview of Wednesday, 1 February 2024. Ronald Drabkin, author of Beverly Hills Spy: The Double-Agent War Hero Who Helped Japan Attack Pearl Harbor, the story of the WWI hero who became a fixture of high society in Golden Age Hollywood while acting as a double agent for the Japanese Empire as it prepared to attack Pearl Harbor. "Thanks to recently declassified FBI files, Drabkin discovered why...
Jennifer Ewbank, Deputy Director of CIA for Digital Innovation
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Interview of Wednesday, 3 January 2024. Jennifer Ewbank, Deputy Director of CIA for Digital Innovation, responsible for accelerating the development and integration of digital and cyber capabilities across all of CIA’s mission areas. Interviewer: Paul Hollingsworth PhD, former senior CIA Executive in Analysis and Operations. Ms Ewbank retired from her CIA post shortly after this interview. Host...
Gordon Corera on Operation Columba - The Untold Story of the WWII Secret Pigeon Service in Europe
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Interview of Friday, 1 December 2023. Gordon Corera, BBC National Security Correspondent, Author and Journalist, on his book "Operation Columba - The Secret Pigeon Service: The Untold Story of World War II Resistance in Europe." The fascinating, untold story of how British intelligence secretly used homing pigeons as part of a clandestine espionage operation to gather information, communicate, ...
Liza Mundy, Journalist/Author, on her book "The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA"
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Interview of Friday, 10 Nov 2023 between Liza Mundy, award-winning journalist and New York Times-bestselling author of five books; Linda Millis, Former Senior CIA, NSA, and ODNI Executive, Assistant Professor, Marymount University / AFIO Board Member, and AFIO President James Hughes, a former senior CIA Operations Officer and Former NSA Associate Deputy Director of Operations. They discuss Liza...
Chip Beck, CIA Officer, Naval Commander on Final Days of Heroes - Cambodians Defying the Khmer Rouge
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Interview of Thursday, 19 Oct 2023 between Chip Beck, CIA Officer, Sailor, Artist; and AFIO President James Hughes, a former senior CIA Operations Officer. They discuss Chip's book "Final Days of Heroes: How a CIA Agent and his Cambodian Allies Fought, Defied, and Resisted the Khmer Rouge." The interview runs 25 minutes and includes several Q&As. His book FINAL DAYS OF HEROES is available for p...
Brian J. Morra, USAF Intelligence Officer on The Able Archers on the 1983 Soviet Nuclear War Crisis
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Interview of Tuesday, 17 Oct 2023 between Brian J. Morra, Former US Air Force Intelligence Officer and senior aerospace executive; and AFIO President James Hughes, a former senior CIA Operations Officer. They discuss Brian's semi-fiction book "The Able Archers" on the 1983 Soviet nuclear war crisis. Of this book, Former DDI and D/CIA Robert M. Gates wrote: “Occasionally, a work of fiction is be...
Stuart Reid, Exec Editor Foreign Affairs, on The Lumumba Plot - The CIA and a Cold War Assassination
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Interview of Monday, 2 Oct 2023 between Stuart A. Reid, Executive Editor of Foreign Affairs, prolific author/writer; and AFIO President James Hughes, a former senior CIA Operations Officer. They discuss Stuart's new book "The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination." The interview runs 30 minutes and includes several Q&As. Key Moments: 00:41 - Intro of author St...
Dr John Gentry, Former Senior CIA Analyst, Professor Georgetown U, on Strategic Warning Intelligence
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Interview of Thursday, 28 Sep 2023 between Dr John A. Gentry, Former Senior CIA Analyst, Current Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University; and AFIO President James Hughes, a former senior CIA Operations Officer. They discuss John's book "Strategic Warning Intelligence: History, Challenges, and Prospects." www.amazon.com/Strategic-Warning-Intelligence-Challenges-Prospects-ebook/dp/B07MM6M1TY The...
Norman Roule, ODNI National Intelligence Manager, Iran, on Attacks on US Forces by Iranian Proxies
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Interview of Wednesday, 31 January 2024 of Norman Roule, former National Intelligence Manager, Iran, ODNI; former Division Chief, CIA Operations Officer, Chief of Station. Interviewer - Host: James Hughes, AFIO President, a former CIA Operations Officer and Former NSA Associate Deputy Director of Operations. TOPIC: Norm Roule and Jim Hughes discuss recent attacks on US Forces by Iranian Islamis...
Gen Michael Hayden, former DIRNSA & D/CIA on Protecting & Preserving the US Intelligence Community
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Interview of Monday, 31 July 2023 between Michael V. Hayden, General USAF (Ret), Former Director of NSA and CIA and first Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence (PDDNI), and AFIO President James Hughes, a former senior CIA Operations Officer. They discuss some of Mike Hayden's biggest challenges in the senior positions he held in the U.S. Intelligence Community. He also offers advic...
Jimmy Burns - A Faithful Spy: The Life and Times of an MI6 and MI5 Officer. Biography of Walter Bell
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Interview of Tuesday, 14 Nov 2023. Jimmy Burns, Prize-Winning Author and Journalist, and AFIO President James Hughes, a former senior CIA Operations Officer and Former NSA Associate Deputy Director of Operations, discuss Jimmy Burns's latest book "A Faithful Spy: The Life and Times of an MI6 and MI5 Officer" on the exceptional intelligence career of Walter Bell. The interview runs 45 minutes an...
David Bickford, Former UK Under Secretary of State & MI5 & MI6 Legal Director, on his novel "Katya"
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Interview of Thursday, 20 July 2023 between David Bickford, Former UK Under Secretary of State & MI5 & MI6 Legal Director, on his novel "Katya", and AFIO President James Hughes, a former senior CIA Operations Officer. They discuss the plot, the use of Katya - an urchin living on the streets of Russia - and Bickford's professional insights on full display as his protagonist faces difficulties al...
James Bamford on Spyfail: Foreign Spies, Moles, Saboteurs, Collapse of America’s Counterintelligence
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Interview Part 2 of 2 Wednesday, 19 July 2023 of James Bamford, award-winning journalist/author, discussing his latest book, Spyfail: Foreign Spies, Moles, Saboteurs, and the Collapse of America’s Counterintelligence. Host: James Hughes, AFIO President, a former Senior CIA Operations Officer. Interviewer: John Quattrocki, AFIO Treasurer, a former Senior FBI Officer TOPIC: Jim Bamford and John Q...
Michael G. Vickers PhD - Part 2 - Memoirs of Life in Intelligence, Special Operations, and Strategy
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Michael G. Vickers PhD - Part 2 - Memoirs of Life in Intelligence, Special Operations, and Strategy
I.S. Berry, former CIA Operations Officer, on her historical novel, "The Peacock and the Sparrow"
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I.S. Berry, former CIA Operations Officer, on her historical novel, "The Peacock and the Sparrow"
Robert Byer, CIA Museum Director and Curator, on the Newly Renovated and Expanded Museum Collections
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Robert Byer, CIA Museum Director and Curator, on the Newly Renovated and Expanded Museum Collections
Michael G. Vickers PhD - Part 1 - Memoirs of Life in Intelligence, Special Operations, and Strategy
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Michael G. Vickers PhD - Part 1 - Memoirs of Life in Intelligence, Special Operations, and Strategy
Matthew Black on "Operation Underworld -- How the Mafia and U.S. Government Teamed Up to Win WW II"
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Matthew Black on "Operation Underworld How the Mafia and U.S. Government Teamed Up to Win WW II"
Richard Lawless, former CIA, on "A Fifty-Year Pursuit of Atomic Bomb Builders and Mischief Makers"
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Richard Lawless, former CIA, on "A Fifty-Year Pursuit of Atomic Bomb Builders and Mischief Makers"
LTG Michael Groen USMC, Ret, former Commander of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, on AI
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LTG Michael Groen USMC, Ret, former Commander of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, on AI
Brittany Butler, author and former CIA Targeting Officer, discussing her novel The Syndicate Spy
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Brittany Butler, author and former CIA Targeting Officer, discussing her novel The Syndicate Spy
Shane Harris, Senior Washington Post Reporter, Update on Fast-Breaking Events in Russia and Ukraine
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Shane Harris, Senior Washington Post Reporter, Update on Fast-Breaking Events in Russia and Ukraine
James Bamford -Spyfail: Foreign Spies, Moles, Saboteurs, & Collapse of America’s Counterintelligence
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James Bamford -Spyfail: Foreign Spies, Moles, Saboteurs, & Collapse of America’s Counterintelligence
Alma Katsu, author, producer, former NSA and CIA Officer, on her new novel, "Red London"
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Alma Katsu, author, producer, former NSA and CIA Officer, on her new novel, "Red London"
Nigel West, Historian and Former MP, on Hitler's Trojan Horse: The Fall of The Abwehr
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Nigel West, Historian and Former MP, on Hitler's Trojan Horse: The Fall of The Abwehr
Erik J. Dahl, Naval Professor/Author - The COVID-19 Intelligence Failure: Why Warning Was Not Enough
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Erik J. Dahl, Naval Professor/Author - The COVID-19 Intelligence Failure: Why Warning Was Not Enough
Nigel West, Historian and Former MP, on Hitler's Nest of Vipers: The Rise of The Abwehr
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Nigel West, Historian and Former MP, on Hitler's Nest of Vipers: The Rise of The Abwehr
Todd Bennett - How the Glomar Explorer's Covert Espionage Mission Shielded the CIA from Transparency
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Todd Bennett - How the Glomar Explorer's Covert Espionage Mission Shielded the CIA from Transparency
Vince Houghton PhD, Director, National Cryptologic Museum, Describes the Exhibits in Reopened Museum
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Vince Houghton PhD, Director, National Cryptologic Museum, Describes the Exhibits in Reopened Museum

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @b-52eggbeast88
    @b-52eggbeast88 6 днів тому

    Looks great!

  • @NoName-wg6ip
    @NoName-wg6ip 14 днів тому

    I have seen the change in motivation trends as you noted. Money is still there, but ideology is more difficult to identify.

  • @GATOR_MCLUSKY
    @GATOR_MCLUSKY 21 день тому

    remember this well almost like its been forgotten but gettin there in 02 it was still fresh

  • @aof13
    @aof13 26 днів тому

    "Spies who lied" Hey Michael Hayden you and the other fifty high ranking current and former Govt. officials were wrong but you already knew that: "The Laptop is Real”: Justice Department Denounces Claims of Russian Disinformation as a Biden “Conspiracy Theory”

  • @realdeal139
    @realdeal139 Місяць тому

    Cubans have many people in Miami acting as agents for them.

  • @icommentio6085
    @icommentio6085 Місяць тому

    1:33 Bachelor in theology, MA and PhD in medieval history ... are you kidding me?! What kind of people do you choose for the CIA cadre? That is why the CIA is so crazy an organization.

  • @josetorga5067
    @josetorga5067 Місяць тому

    Es curioso Ana Belen no tenia marido, no tenia novio y la otra mujer que la inicio en esa actividad y que escapo a Suecia no parecia ser muy femenina. Uds. las escojen o se las envian asi.

  • @AndrewTrappen
    @AndrewTrappen Місяць тому

    Without a doubt, Michael's way is what helped all of that x-group collaboration successful.

  • @williamballz4462
    @williamballz4462 Місяць тому

    This is the man with the UAP secrets

  • @maxparry5126
    @maxparry5126 Місяць тому

    Christopher Steele, not Michael

  • @derecqil8508
    @derecqil8508 2 місяці тому

    Can you provide Mr. beck's email address?

    • @AFIOVideos
      @AFIOVideos 2 місяці тому

      You can reach Chip Beck here: www.gooseislandpublishing.com/contact

    • @derecqil8508
      @derecqil8508 2 місяці тому

      Thanks!

  • @ravendela5622
    @ravendela5622 2 місяці тому

    Such an amazing book!

  • @CosmosNut
    @CosmosNut 2 місяці тому

    Thank you so much for your videos!

    • @AFIOVideos
      @AFIOVideos 2 місяці тому

      Chip Beck can be contacted here: www.gooseislandpublishing.com/contact

  • @esjay2322
    @esjay2322 2 місяці тому

    fascinating. Thank you. I got all of Mr Bamford’s books.

  • @donalddenton2297
    @donalddenton2297 2 місяці тому

    What is truly amazing about this operation (and many others conducted during WWII) is the ability of people to actually KEEP SECRET the operations on which lives and liberty depended. No "Tell All" biographies. No "Unnamed Sources" that advanced someone's career. ABSOLUTE SILENCE.

  • @mahdi5796
    @mahdi5796 3 місяці тому

    Thanks. Can you please make episodes about Iran revolution and CIA?

  • @sageoasis
    @sageoasis 3 місяці тому

    I am in the middle of reading this book, It is stunning. Clearly, the same methods are being used today. This book is filled with information that is frightening, alarming, and insightful. Thank you, Mr. Hope for your perseverance and determination.

  • @williammbuvi8307
    @williammbuvi8307 3 місяці тому

    Amazing 👍

  • @jamespope1072
    @jamespope1072 4 місяці тому

    This was an extraordinary summary and characterization of the situation and the strategic implications. Norm sort of apologizes for not being more brief, but the talk is not ever redundant and every point was relevant and consequential. I will use it with students for not only its substance but as a briefing model. In short, at the Farm this would earn a “satisfactory.” Thank you and keep ‘em coming.

  • @user-bq9dr2ow6w
    @user-bq9dr2ow6w 4 місяці тому

    What a great career and life experiences!! Big changes from SC and Mariposa in the 60's...!!

  • @mahdi5796
    @mahdi5796 4 місяці тому

    Thank you. Please upload more videos about Iran and its threats.

  • @Houthiandtheblowfish
    @Houthiandtheblowfish 4 місяці тому

    fantastic norman has always been one of the best experts to look for amongst john bolton school of operation

  • @redred971
    @redred971 4 місяці тому

    Thank you for your service. 😎

  • @sthebo1529
    @sthebo1529 5 місяців тому

    I felt absolutely betrayed when our vetted intel officers, including Hayden who is an idol to me, - lied about the Russian collusion hoax and commented on "the hallmarks of Russian disinformation" regarding the Hunter Biden laptop incident. Love these guys and their perspectives, I've learned so much as a civilian on the outside looking in, but that really upset me, even hurt me as I really care about my country.

  • @donalddenton8135
    @donalddenton8135 5 місяців тому

    I recall this chaos and the airlift evacuation of American civilian personnel. This included a missionary family that my home church was supporting. I was 12 years old at the time and it made a profound impression on me. I appreciate the work of Mr. Reid as well as the AFIO series of interviews. Keep up this very important service to the wider public.

  • @MMACOMMUNIQUE
    @MMACOMMUNIQUE 6 місяців тому

    Respect for this interview guys

  • @TheVarmitpoontang
    @TheVarmitpoontang 6 місяців тому

    The book is great, Dr Mitchell is one of the best most polite well spoken intelligent tough, heart of a warrior men there is

  • @jemalguillory
    @jemalguillory 6 місяців тому

    Mr Gosler, thank you for sharing your knowledge. Thank you, AFIO for allowing us in your world.

  • @RickyCastillo
    @RickyCastillo 6 місяців тому

    please do one about Victor Manuel Rocha! Great channel!

  • @mmartinez6342
    @mmartinez6342 6 місяців тому

    Mr Lapp, I would like to thank you for your work, I also would like to tell you that a couple of days ago I saw you on Miami Spanish TV channel America TV, presenting your book, I was wondering to what extent the FBI is aware of how many Cuban spy's have walked in to the USA through the Southern border, I will tell you that a group of lawyers in Miami have created a page called Cuban ID, according to this page hundreds of possible Cuban spy's have walked freely into the USA seance the Democrats open border policies, also today America biggest enemies are already inside the country, this people are American citizens born and raised in your country, the universities have become breading ground for America haters and possible spy's, the left have taking over the USA higher education and are radicalising your children, today is very normal to see American children in universities campuses walking around wearing Che Guevara t-shirt, USSR t-shirt, Fidel Castro t-shirt, Russian and Cuban intelligence started this work in universities back in the 70s, today your enemies are living with in and among the American society, I really hope someone who understands this and really cares about the state security do something about it for once and for all.

  • @johnposey1455
    @johnposey1455 6 місяців тому

    I just conducted a 2 hour interview with Victor Grossman, who was an informant for the Stasi (supposedly) and American defector. I haven’t posted it yet, but I’m hoping you may know a way to contact Mr. Hope regarding some of the conversations Victor and I had. In particular, Victor talked about how there was only a single US officer who defected, and he wasn’t kept around the rest of the defectors: His handlers kept him (2Lt William Adkins) in a suburb of East Berlin, while they kept everyone else - even Victor who was the most communist and loyal - in Bautzen. I’m working with the POW Investigation Project now about this because 5 or 6 US aviators who were reported maimed in the Vietnam War were brought to the same suburb as Lt. Adkins in 1967, and never heard from again after the negotiations fell through. Victor Grossman communicated with the Stasi but wasn’t a full-fledged member, but someone like Hope may (I hope!) have more information about Lt. Adkins. Grossman said that Adkins disappeared and went back to West Germany to write a book about the Stasi, but POW Investigative Project says they have no record of that.

  • @redkelly1188
    @redkelly1188 6 місяців тому

    It's so nice to hear from a career CIA official, that's such a positive message about joining the agency. It's a breath of fresh air to listen to this interview from your speaker. Thank you

  • @mariaelenagonzalez4450
    @mariaelenagonzalez4450 7 місяців тому

    I just bought Queen of Cuba. Because I’m a quarter Cuban, she caused me a world of hurt while I was active duty

    • @petelapp5118
      @petelapp5118 2 місяці тому

      Thank you, and hope you enjoyed it.

  • @CosmosNut
    @CosmosNut 7 місяців тому

    too bad this didn't come out a little sooner considering what happened with the Wagner Group!? This just with respect to headlines. Great interview and thank you very much for both of these about James Bamford.

  • @SherlockOhms119
    @SherlockOhms119 7 місяців тому

    China supposedly discovered America first, they feel they are the owners, they already own California and buying acreage near our air force bases and other bases, not to forget their 11 secret police stations. Stan Steiner wrote a book about China discovering America back in 71. Their old gangs here are still running intel ops, then the recent lab in Cali. They're in the process of conquering the US via weakening Americans with heroin/opium during V'nam, here in the states presently with the onslaught of fentanyl, well outlined in 1971 book The Cairo Documents chapter 11. Chou En Li letters and meetings with Nassar told all. China pulls Biden strings. Are y'all slipping? It seems SpyFail was harshly honest on our best ally according to low star reviews, mostly unverified purchase reviews. I'll probably buy the book.

  • @shalhevet2650
    @shalhevet2650 7 місяців тому

    Outstanding

  • @lookaround2009
    @lookaround2009 7 місяців тому

    This is one of the most engrossing and informative youtube channels I subscribe to, yet this has so few views and subscribers? Quality, not quantity! Thanks for the videos and providing fascinating insight into near recent events.

  • @ZandDaryoush
    @ZandDaryoush 8 місяців тому

    Thank you for the information; People of Iran have been captivated and imprisoned by the Islamic regime since 1979, why American intelligence agencies have not come up with a plan to overthrow this terrorist regime who have killed hundreds of Americans and Jewish people over the last 4 decades?!!!

    • @coimbralaw
      @coimbralaw 2 місяці тому

      Nobody owes you anything!!!! DEAL WITH IT!!!!!

  • @filmperia1945
    @filmperia1945 8 місяців тому

    Ilana is great! Just had her on my channel

  • @SherlockOhms119
    @SherlockOhms119 8 місяців тому

    Arab Spring was not an organic uprising, it was orchestrated, by we know who, over social media later renamed X. Your CIA lady ought to know that. It was also noted in the lengthy UN report, which was available until it was removed.

  • @enalb5085
    @enalb5085 8 місяців тому

    I wonder if they have Jeffery Epstein's black book at the CIA museum or the *actual* gun that killed JFK

  • @imtheman4805
    @imtheman4805 8 місяців тому

    Man these two gentleman were knee deep in alligators most of their career. They served during a time when Humint was the Best way for gathering intelligence! They served our country well and are deserving of our gratitude and respect

  • @donalddenton8135
    @donalddenton8135 9 місяців тому

    A fascinating interview. An excellent illustration of effectiveness of counter-insurgency operations. Great to hear the success stories.

  • @edwardb7811
    @edwardb7811 9 місяців тому

    Operacion Pedro Pan brought 14,000 Cuban kids to the United States to escape the Castro Regime. In many cases their parents never were able to join them. Many lived for a while in orphanages or with foster families, not all of whom were decent people. Despite the many obstacles, these kids learned English, studied and worked hard, and became great American citizens. Rick Prado is a fine example. I recommend readers do a quick Google search to learn more about Pedro Pan.

  • @chrissudlow863
    @chrissudlow863 9 місяців тому

    Fantastic content! Thank you both.

  • @edwardb7811
    @edwardb7811 9 місяців тому

    I hope to read this book if published in English.

  • @edwardb7811
    @edwardb7811 9 місяців тому

    Let’s have more from this gentleman!

  • @ronfurg
    @ronfurg 10 місяців тому

    What a fascinating interview! I loved being able to gain insight into the Agency's Special Ops through Mr. Vickers' extensive experience. The pace of the interview and Vickers' masterful description of events made this one of my favorites on this channel. Bravo Zulu to AFIO.

  • @MikeHunt-rw4gf
    @MikeHunt-rw4gf Рік тому

    Algorithm.

  • @SherlockOhms119
    @SherlockOhms119 Рік тому

    "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."