• Episode 27: People know about Donald but wait until you hear about Melinda. Donald and Melinda Maclean the KGB Power couple of the Cambridge 5
    Aug 14 2023

    British aristocrat Donald Maclean, as a member of the Cambridge 5, worked his way to the top of the British Foreign Office while secretly working as KGB spy. His wife was in on it the whole time. How did an extremely wealthy and noticeable couple successfully spy for so long, and why? Learn about their backgrounds, deeds, and fates. This is the fourth episode to deal with the Cambridge 5. The other episodes are: Episode 7: Secret Agent Super Spy: Harold Kim Philby: The 1st in a series on the Cambridge 5, Episode 10: Kim Philby Part 2: I Really Must Be Going; The second episode on our series on the Cambridge 5, & Episode 11: Guy Burgess: I Gotta Be Me! This is the third episode in our series on the Cambridge 5. (First 2 are episodes 7 & 10)

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    35 mins
  • Episode 26: 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.
    Jun 22 2023

    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 Irishman from New Jersey. The episode ends with anecdotes about a stateside former American sailor pretending to be in the Donbass while promoting pro-Kremlin propaganda, a Ukrainian operation to trick Russians into burning down their own recruitment stations, a hacker who steals from the FSB and gives to Ukraine and the FBIs prosecution of alleged Chinese agents on US soil. The agents allegedly have set up a covert police station and are harassing dissidents. *Correction: NAFO=North Atlantic Fella Association

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    37 mins
  • Episode 25: The Life of CIA Director Robert Gates; News: The Imprisoned Accused Russian Spy Mad He Can't Pay His Bills, Wagner in Sudan
    Apr 17 2023

    This is our second episode in a three part series on CIA Directors who shaped US policy towards the Soviet Union. I give an overview of the life of Robert Gates a proverbial and literal boyscout. We also give a brief news update about Wagner in Sudan and Armenia's frustration with Russia.

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    27 mins
  • Episode 24: The Life of CIA Director William Casey and an Interview with Ukrainian Volunteer Medic Rebecca Maciorowski
    Mar 25 2023

    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 Directors who influenced our present policy towards Russia. Though a sober man Casey was not without controversy.

    At minute 19:00 there is an interview with Rebecca Maciorowski. She is an American nurse who is volunteering as a medic in Ukraine.

    You may donate to her via paypal at bechendry@gmail.com, or at www.bymeacoffee.com/bekamaciorowski

    Rebecca Maciorowski mentioned the need for the following items:

    Gas Masks including theyse types-M50 Joint Services General Purpose Mask, Mestel Safety SGE 400/3 Gas Mask, Mestel Safety Multipurpose Filter 203 A2B2E2K2P3 RD Medical Equipment: Chest seals and vents, chest shears, IFAKs-Individual First Aid Kits, oxygen tanks, and oxygen compressors


    This podcast was written and read by Brandon Givens

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    47 mins
  • Announcement
    Sep 29 2022

    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 generously calling Season 2 of CIA Files. Meanwhile, for international news, check out This Week Explained, which does a great job of covering current events around the globe.

    And we're working hard on our upcoming show, Rise of Mammon, wherein we will discuss the rise of Christo-fascism and America's new Nationalist Christians, or Nat-Cs for short. You can follow us at these links:

    https://www.instagram.com/riseofmammon/

    https://www.facebook.com/riseofmammon

    https://twitter.com/riseofmammon

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    4 mins
  • Episode 23: Paul Bennewitz and "Aliens," the Story of a Government Psy-op.
    Sep 22 2022

    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 day, a civilian who's an expert on radio waves, as well as a bit of a photography buff, comes to you with a massive collection of pictures and data related to the top-secret aircraft you're supposed to be keeping secret. Not ideal, right? But then this civilian explains that he's pretty sure what he has is evidence of an alien invasion. So you look him in the eye and you tell him he's onto something. He's definitely discovered aliens zipping around your military base. Then the fun begins.

    This is the story of Paul Bennewitz, a man subjected to what some might describe as a intimate, one-on-one psy-op. After stumbling upon government secrets, he is led into a crazy world involving a variety of aliens and rumors of a secret underground base where these aliens live and work.

    And Brandon updates us on current events surrounding Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the CTSO. 

    https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/why-are-armenia-azerbaijan-fighting-again-why-does-it-matter-2022-09-13/

    https://www.livescience.com/ukraine-ufo-uap-report

    https://arxiv.org/pdf/2208.11215.pdf

    https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/09/14/ufos-over-kyiv/

    http://www.greatdreams.com/Falcon-Richard-Doty.htm

    https://supernaturalmagazine.com/articles/the-strange-saga-of-paul-bennewitz-and-the-undergruond-alien-base-at-dulce

    https://www.openminds.tv/william-moore-ufo-opportunist-agent-disinformation/29056

    Mirage Men Documentary

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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Episode 22: Profile: Clifford Stoll, the First Master of Cybersecurity
    Sep 13 2022

    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 connections came along.

    But Clifford Stoll, an unemployed astronomer, took an IT job at a university, where his superior nerdity would lead him to be the first IT person to discover and track down a computer hacker. That hacker was sniffing around private U.S. military and national defense databases, selling whatever information he could find to the KGB.

    Also, this week, Josh, whom you may recognize as the voice of our quotes, joins us to contribute to the commentary. It's a fun, light-hearted episode this week. 

    https://www.wired.com/story/meet-the-mad-scientist-who-wrote-the-book-on-how-to-hunt-hackers/

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    49 mins
  • Episode 21: Profile: Mikhail Gorbachev. Plus, MORE-A-LAGO!!! (has anybody done that yet? i haven't seen it, so i'm using it.)
    Sep 8 2022

    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, Topher, talk about new details in the unending drama that is former President Donald Trump versus the National Archives. Or FBI. Or Department of Justice. 

    We also talk about a Ukrainian immigrant named Inna Yashchyshyn, or as Donald Trump, Senator Lindsey Graham and former Missouri governor Eric Greitens knew her, Anna de Rosthchild. She posed as a member of the famous, wealthy family in order to rub elbows with the rich and famous at glorious Mar a Lago. Was she a real estate agent? A charity president? A music promoter? A rampaging elephant? Wait, I got off track there.

    Anyway, that's what's in this episode. Sorry it's late. As such, some of the news we mention may be out of date. I'm very, very sorry.

    https://www.reuters.com/world/mikhail-gorbachev-who-ended-cold-war-dies-aged-92-agencies-2022-08-30/

    https://www.emptywheel.net/2022/08/26/trump-had-human-signals-and-fisa-intelligence-in-an-insecure-room-at-mar-a-lago-for-a-year/

    https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-home-search-unearthed-some-documents-covered-by-attorney-client-privilege-2022-08-29/

    https://newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/anna-de-rothschild-trump-mar-a-lago-security-fbi-investigation

    https://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/trump-mar-lago-security-risk-espionage-235950

    Photo credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RIAN_archive_359290_Mikhail_Gorbachev.jpg


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    56 mins