😳 [VIDEO] - CIA Undercover Spy EXPOSES How The Agency (Really) Works • Andrew Bustamante • 97

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Apr 29, 2022

A former undercover CIA officer describes recruitment, cultivating intelligence sources, spotting surveillance, and the moment his cover was blown. The conversation also ranges into torture, information warfare, voting, capitalism, and the risks surrounding Russia, Ukraine, China, and Taiwan.

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INSIGHT

CIA Values Moral Flexibility

The CIA values moral and ethical flexibility above high IQ in operatives.
Intelligence work requires someone 'dumb enough to try' despite dire odds.

INSIGHT

Spying Is Real-time Relationship Management

Spies build relationships by assessing real-time behavioral cues and vulnerabilities.
This relational management helps them build networks to reach high-value intelligence targets.

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Technology Expands Data, Not Clarity

Technology can complicate intelligence by massively expanding data volumes.
Effective intelligence starts with human contact; tech follows to analyze known connections.

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(***TIMESTAMPS in description below) ~ Andrew Bustamante is a former CIA Undercover Spy & Air Force Nuclear Operator. From 2007 to 2014, Bustamante and his wife, Jihi (also a CIA Agent) lived abroad as undercover agents for the US Government. While he cannot reveal his precise locations during his time as a spy, Andy operated primarily out of Asia –– and completed missions on 6 of the 7 continents over the course of his career. As a result of his actions in the line of duty, Bustamante is forever very unwelcome in many countries around the world.

Guy’s life is a movie and his hair is also real.

You can check out Andy’s Podcast, Everyday Espionage, here: http

https://everydayspy.com/podcast

And His YouTube Here: https://youtube.com/c/EverydaySpy

Also, Take His Spy Skills Quiz Here:

https://everydayspy.com/quiz

***TIMESTAMPS***

0:00 - Intro; Paramilitary; CIA Theory on 3 Types of People in the World; Good vs Bad; Maslow’s Hierarchy; Information Warfare

30:45 - Andy’s Work At CIA; “Real Spies”; Dark Thoughts; Types of Traits CIA wants in recruits; Undercover Agents in US; Rigging the game

52:32 - Where Andy went undercover; How CIA Agents approach Spying; How Andy cultivated assets; How Spies assess people; Tech & Intelligence

1:10:56 - Spotting mistakes to catch spies;false flags; The Girl In Red; Inglourious Basterds & The CIA

1:22:42 - The Story of How The CIA Recruited Andy; The CIA’s Testing Procedures; CIA Agents are above the law; Never staying where you’re targeting; Andy’s undercover experience with his wife; Reverse Psychology

1:40:11 - Andy tells the story about the time his cover was blown; Why The CIA never wants to lose an officer; The 3 different types of surveillance; Julian and Andy debate CIA Torture

1:55:15 - Other countries using the United States’ freedom of democracy against it; Andy explains why the Pilgrims are a myth; Andy reveals CIA’s opinion on voting rights; Nobody ever hears about the W’s

2:10:16 - Julian and Andy have an intense debate on privacy rights, Snowden / Stellar Wind, and everything in between; Andy explains why it might be time to leave America; The CIA, groupthink, and why they pick very specific people; Military Industrial Complex discussion

2:47:28 - Why Andy is closely watching Russian Debt right now; Andy breaks down the Russia Ukraine War and where Putin’s initial objectives stand; Why Andy thinks Nuclear Bombs aren’t off the table; Can you stop a nuke?

3:05:54 - Andy provides intel on Taiwan and their impending China problem; Why CIA loves anxiety; Andy’s opinion of the CIA today

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