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The Truth About CIA Hit Teams, Black Ops & Covert Action | Ric Prado (throwback)

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original air date 5/13/22

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Ric Prado is a former CIA operations officer who spent more than two decades working in some of the agency’s most demanding assignments, including counterterrorism, paramilitary operations, and overseas intelligence missions. He later chronicled his career in Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior, offering a rare look at the covert side of U.S. national security.

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"Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior"
https://www.amazon.com/Black-Ops-Life-Shadow-Warrior/dp/1250271843

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00:00 – Start
01:19 – Escaping Castro’s Cuba as a Child
08:00 – Joining the Air Force & Becoming a Pararescueman
11:33 – Ric’s First Exposure to the CIA
15:00 – Undercover With the Contras in Honduras
23:16 – CIA Sabotage Missions Against the Sandinistas
26:31 – A Covert Mission Goes Wrong
35:23 – Running the Southern Front & the Iran-Contra Scandal
40:13 – Becoming a CIA Operations Officer
51:15 – Fighting Terrorists in the Philippines
57:35 – Ric Addresses the CIA Hitman Allegations
1:05:06 – The Original Bin Laden Task Force & North Korea Operations
1:18:08 – Building a CIA Intelligence Capability in Africa
1:22:17 – Inside CIA’s Counterterrorism Center on 9/11
1:31:55 – Building a New Post-9/11 Covert Operations Team
1:58:16 – Blackwater, Intelligence Operations & Life After the CIA
2:18:48 – How to Join the CIA & Advice for Future Officers

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