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#310 – Andrew Bustamante: CIA Spy
Lex Fridman Podcast
How Do You Keep Myths Alive With the Troops?
The former CIA director talks about what he learned from Gen. David Petraeus, who is now the commander of forces in the Middle East. "He was so enlightening when he told me, when there's a myth that benefits you, you just let it go," she says. He openly admitted that he regretted some of the decisions that he made, because he had to sacrifice his family to get there."That man taught me on the same man, the same lesson about letting a myth live."
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