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"THE CIA TRIED TO SILENCE MY STORY!"

August 28, 2025 / 01:31

This episode discusses a CIA operation involving a mole within the agency, featuring a personal account from an officer and his wife. Key topics include espionage, intelligence gathering, and the dangers faced by operatives.

The officer recounts how he and his wife were involved in a mission to identify a mole leaking sensitive information to a foreign adversary. They were deployed with new identities to gather intelligence and uncover the source of the betrayal.

As the operation progressed, the officer's presence in the enemy country became known, leading to a sense of imminent danger. He describes a pivotal moment when he realized he needed to escape, fearing for his safety and the potential consequences of being captured.

The narrative highlights the risks associated with espionage and the lengths to which the CIA goes to protect national security. The officer's story sheds light on the complexities of intelligence work and the personal stakes involved.

TLDR

A CIA officer recounts a dangerous mission to uncover a mole leaking secrets to a foreign adversary.

Episode

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When this story hits the airwaves, it's going to transform people's opinion about the CIA and the depths to which

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CIA will dive to collect intelligence that protects Americans. So, one of its own officers became a spy reporting our

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secrets to a foreign adversary. My wife and I were included in an operation to bait the mole to make a mistake so that

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the mole could be found and disclosed. Your wife is here today and you've never told this story before, have you?

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No. And your curiosity right now is a major issue with CIA because they don't want the world to know who those people

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are. It's a dangerous game. Well, obviously my research team tried to figure out who it was.

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So, was this the mob? Andrew, what happened? A foreign ally contacted CIA and said,

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"You have somebody inside your organization sharing information on operations, officers, assets to an enemy

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country." They deployed us to the country and crafted it new identities, new aliases so that we could build new

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sources of intelligence and try to find the mole. And we were really successful in doing

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that. Nobody felt like they were in imminent danger. But then that changed. My presence in the enemy country became

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known. I called G and said, "I'm coming home early." And from that, I knew that something was

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wrong because it is very real that you can be disappeared by a foreign adversary

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or worse being captured and a president can plausibly deny that you're CIA. So, I had to try to escape this country, but

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everything went wrong. And what happens next? A horrible story. So,

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Episode Highlights

The CIA's Deep Secrets
A former CIA officer reveals the dangers of espionage and personal stakes involved.
“It's a dangerous game.”
@ 00m 27s
August 28, 2025
A Call for Help
The officer realizes his cover is blown and must escape before it's too late.
“I had to try to escape this country, but everything went wrong.”
@ 01m 22s
August 28, 2025

Episode Quotes

It's a dangerous game.
"THE CIA TRIED TO SILENCE MY STORY!"
I had to try to escape this country, but everything went wrong.
"THE CIA TRIED TO SILENCE MY STORY!"

Key Moments

CIA Secrets Revealed00:02
The Mole's Identity00:03
Dangerous Game00:27
Escape Attempt01:22