From Jujitsu to CIA Analyst: An Unconventional Journey

In this episode, we welcome David McCloskey to the show. He is a former CIA Analyst turned novelist. While in the CIA, he worked in field stations across the Middle East and briefed senior White House officials and Arab royalty. He has written two novels: Damascus Station and his newest book Moscow X. In this interview, we discuss what led him to working at the CIA, common misperceptions of the work the CIA does, what a day in the life of a CIA analyst looks like, whether or not the CIA has “black ops” groups, whether or not the CIA is spying on American citizen, what the federal government knows about potential terrorists crossing our porous southern border, why he decided to leave the CIA and become a professional writer, the major mistakes that he has made in his writing career, misperceptions of the publishing world, his writing and research process, and much more. Let’s get into it… 

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