CIA Files: True Stories of U.S Intelligence Podcast
1) Episode 27: People know about Donald but wait until you hear about Melina. Donald and Melinda Maclean the KGB Power couple of the Cambridge 5
British aristocrat Donald Maclean, as a member of the Cambridge 5, worked his way to the top of the British Foriegn Office while secretly working as KGB spy. His wife was in on it the whole time. How ...Show More
2) Episode 16: The Life of CIA Director John Brennan: News: The American NCO/Pro-Putin podcaster, The Prankster tricking Russians into torching recruitment offices, A Chinese police station on US soil.
This is our third episode in a three part series on CIA Directors who shaped US policy towards the Soviet Union and now Russie. I give an overview of the life of John Brennan, a straight talking Irish...Show More
3) Episode 15: The Life of CIA Director Robert Gates; News: The Imprisioned Accused Russian Spy Mad He Can't Pay His Bills, Wagner in Sudan
This is our second episode in a three part series on CIA Directors who shaped US policy towards the Soviet Union. I gives an overview of the life of Robert Gates a proverbial and literal boyscout. We ...Show More
4) Episode 14: The Life of CIA Director William Casey and an Interview with Ukrainian Volunteer Medic Rebecca Maciorowski
From the OSS to CIA Director William Casey is the CIA Director who shaped America's Cold War policy and indirectly gave us GPS. Find out how. This is the first episode in a three part series on CIA Di...Show More
5) Announcement
We're taking a break from our weekly conversations to focus on our proper episodes. Look out for Frank Wisner, part 2 in two weeks. Then we're taking a short break to get things prepped for what we're...Show More
6) Paul Bennewitz and "Aliens," the Story of a Government Psy-op.
Picture this: You're a high-ranking Air Force official overseeing research and development of new, top-secret aircraft. Your job is Operational Security, which is to say, keeping it secret. Then one d...Show More
7) Profile: Clifford Stoll, the First Master of Cybersecurity
In 1986, computers were still the domain of the wily nerd. They wouldn't become cool until the World Wide Web was invented. And even then, computers weren't really that much cooler until DSL connectio...Show More
8) Profile: Mikhail Gorbachev. Plus, MORE-A-LAGO!!! (has anybody done that yet? i haven't seen it, so i'm using it.)
Mikhail Gorbachev died on August 30, 2022, at the age of 91. Brandon discusses the man's life and political trajectory while making the case that Gorbachev's legacy deserves more appreciation. And I, ...Show More
9) CIA Files: Wherein Brandon helps us suss out the finer points of Russia's culture war shenanigans in America
Brandon walks us through some of the misunderstood, overblown, and under-reported aspects of Russia's long-term efforts to sow derision and division among Americans. How involved was Russia with the N...Show More
10) CIA Files: Donald Trump's FBI Woes
On Monday, August 8th, the FBI conducted a search of Trump’s Mar A Lago mansion, seizing 11 boxes of documents. It was later disclosed that the boxes were classified material, including some labeled T...Show More