YERRRR we had the CIA's former (or not so former) Andrew Bustamante come through and tell us all about what it's like to work for 'The Agency', the tips and tricks he was taught to be help harness his trauma, how Trump changed the CIA and much much more. INDULGE

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00:00 Intro02:16 What is the CIA?04:48 9/11 redefined CIA08:10 CIA is the DMV11:44 Trump challenging CIA + use of private intelligence22:01 Cold War didn’t have an imminent threat25:39 Corporations lobbying CIA + Who got the presidents?30:01 Recruiting the right amount of crazy32:05 Dating another CIA operative33:59 Easiest race to trick? Americans???36:32 Training at the Farm + free cup of coffee43:37 Not feeling guilt + getting through the application process52:18 Does CIA have my best interests? What motivates you?58:26 Service over self + justifiable mission creating validation1:03:01 Bustamante has trouble with whistleblowers1:05:12 Wanting to leave the US1:14:10 Bustamante still repping CIA? + huge recruitment crisis1:22:10 Military Industrial Complex is essential + China replicating it1:27:31 Proxy wars provide battle experience + China too1:33:53 Moving to Europe + worrying about hot war1:36:37 China infiltration + exploiting motivations + sexpionage1:43:18 UAE trying to flip Bustamante + Mossad’s tactics1:48:38 US tactics in flipping + secrets are commodities1:57:15 Corporate espionage is too risky2:02:41 Trusting nobody + Cuba’s intelligence is immense2:06:38 Russian infiltration + Cold War implosion2:10:04 Space Race, Black Budget + now CIA’s risk averse2:15:59 Marshall Plan pushing ideology + supporting2:20:16 Israel-Palestine policy has backfired2:24:17 Ukraine + Israel will end up at similar points2:26:36 China might have a green light + outsource the bad stuff2:29:22 Race relations + Chinatown is a sleep cell???2:31:33 US doesn’t have a 50 year policy + China’s legal takeover2:39:00 Not CIA now + his business model to teach CIA principles2:48:36 Wanting to restructure CIA + Attention span is so short2:53:30 The heroes of CIA are still there2:57:03 General Petraeus losing his legacies2:59:57 CIA recruitment + regrets & dealing with trauma3:04:19 Using learnt skills on his children3:08:10 CIA might be listening…3:09:44 UFOs are real but they’re not aliens3:11:59 India is a sneaky, sneaky superpower3:15:01 Exploiting economic disparity here3:16:52 Clandestine acts, MK Ultra + remote viewing nonsense