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CIA Files: True Stories of U.S Intelligence

CIA Files: True Stories of U.S Intelligence

By Brandon Givens & Topher M. Ford

We explore the history of the Central Intelligence Agency by telling the stories of the individuals who lived through it. We'll discuss the villains, the victims, and the heroes. We'll uncover the motivations and the ideals of the people who set into motion world-changing events that have steered global politics along the course that has led us to where we are today.
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Episode 4: Antonio Villas Boas, Part 2: "Oh yeah, I know that guy!"

CIA Files: True Stories of U.S IntelligenceMay 27, 2021

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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

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

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)

Aug 14, 202334:34
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.

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.

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

Jun 22, 202336:56
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

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

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.

Apr 17, 202327:26
Episode 24: The Life of CIA Director William Casey and an Interview with Ukrainian Volunteer Medic Rebecca Maciorowski

Episode 24: The Life of CIA Director William Casey and an Interview with Ukrainian Volunteer Medic Rebecca Maciorowski

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

Mar 25, 202346:53
Announcement
Sep 29, 202203:46
Episode 23: Paul Bennewitz and "Aliens," the Story of a Government Psy-op.

Episode 23: Paul Bennewitz and "Aliens," the Story of a Government Psy-op.

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

Sep 22, 202201:16:10
Episode 22: Profile: Clifford Stoll, the First Master of Cybersecurity
Sep 13, 202249:20
Episode 21: Profile: Mikhail Gorbachev. Plus, MORE-A-LAGO!!! (has anybody done that yet? i haven't seen it, so i'm using it.)

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

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


Sep 08, 202255:39
Episode 20: CIA Files: Wherein Brandon helps us suss out the finer points of Russia's culture war shenanigans in America

Episode 20: CIA Files: Wherein Brandon helps us suss out the finer points of Russia's culture war shenanigans in America

Brandon walks us through some of the misunderstood, overblown, and under-reported aspects of Russia's long-term efforts to sow derision and division among Americans. How involved was Russia with the NRA? Has the Kremlin been stirring up secessionist movements? And what's up with those crazy Russian dashcam videos? We don't really talk about that last question, but we're still curious.

NRA Infiltrated

https://www.thedailybeast.com/kremlin-used-nra-to-help-trump-in-2016-says-senate-intelligence-committee?fbclid=IwAR0qMckztLmcsp7TzK0bmwVl5n3J_dSppQZwfsNp0mKd8ukEe7ykb8tHh74

https://www.npr.org/2019/09/27/764879242/nra-was-foreign-asset-to-russia-ahead-of-2016-new-senate-report-reveals

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/01/nra-russia-investigations-gun-lobby

Maria Butina

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Butina

https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-sioux-falls-maria-butina-us-news-russia-bc8e1858b424ca5d5d6119a53facfcdd

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Erickson_(activist)

CALEXIT infiltrated

https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article264043131.html

Texas too (Troll Factory)

https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-41853131

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62359884

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_J._Marinelli#Life_in_Russia

Elena Branson

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/russian-american-charged-with-acting-as-spy-in-u-s-1318658/

Republican asked for Russian Help

https://www.newsweek.com/russell-taub-2016-election-rhode-island-russia-intelligence-fec-trump-1681742

Russian Open support for succession movements

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/what-s-behind-russian-support-world-s-separatist-movements-n614196

Bots misinformation

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/russian-trolls-flood-twitter-after-parkland-shooting-n848471

Aug 25, 202259:03
Episode 19: CIA Files: Donald Trump's FBI Woes

Episode 19: CIA Files: Donald Trump's FBI Woes

On Monday, August 8th, the FBI conducted a search of Trump’s Mar A Lago mansion, seizing 11 boxes of documents. It was later disclosed that the boxes were classified material, including some labeled Top Secret, that the National Archives and the Department of Justice say Trump was not authorized to take with him after he left the White House. 

In mid January, 2022, 15 boxes of presidential records were moved from Mar A Lago back to National Archives. Officials involved in the matter said Trump dragged his feet on the request for documents from his time in the White House, but eventually gave in. Mid-February, classified information was found in the documents retrieved from Mar A Lago. This raised concerns about what other classified material he might still have. It also raises the possibility that Trump broke federal law by bringing classified material to his Florida home. 

Officials from the National Archive also noticed that there were a number of documents that should have been returned but were still missing. Around June, members of the DoJ and the FBI visited Mar A Lago to meet with Trump’s lawyers about the possibility that Trump still had classified material there. They issued a subpoena for more documents. Trump’s lawyers responded, saying any and all classified documents that Trump may have had were returned with the boxes turned over to the National Archives in January. 

On Friday, August 5, a judge issues a search warrant for Trump’s Florida home, and the FBI exercises the warrant and searches Trump’s Mar A Lago mansion. Trump’s lawyers were apparently given about 45 minutes’ notice. It’s worth noting that the White House says it had no advanced knowledge about the raid, and the current FBI director, Chris Wray, was appointed by Trump. 

The GOP and right-wing media immediately began crying foul. Trump supporters began protesting. Calls for violence against the FBI and other government organizations began flooding social media. 

On Thursday, August 11, Attorney General Merrick Garland said that he initiated the request for the search warrant. That same Thursday, 42-year-old Navy veteran and Trump supporter Ricky Shiff attacked the FBI office in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was eventually killed by law enforcement. 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ohio-shooting-fbi-standoff-shiffer-latest-b2144460.html 

The Department of Homeland Security has issued a statement saying the threat of more violence is extremely high at the moment. 

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi-dhs-warn-us-law-enforcement-threats-after-trump-search-2022-08-14/ 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/08/11/garland-trump-mar-a-lago/ 

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/515700-trump-disclosed-secret-weapons-system-to-woodward-book/ 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/15/super-duper-missile-us-trump-military https://news.yahoo.com/trumps-mar-lago-security-nightmare-111008352.html

Aug 16, 202201:04:32
Episode 18: CIA Files: The Pentagon's Secret Keyboard Warriors
Aug 09, 202255:08
Episode 17: CIA Files Profile: CIA Director Bill Burns, Part 2

Episode 17: CIA Files Profile: CIA Director Bill Burns, Part 2

This week, we review CIA Director Bill Burns' track record so far. 

Jul 28, 202201:07:46
Episode 16: CIA Files Profile: CIA Director Bill Burns, Part 1

Episode 16: CIA Files Profile: CIA Director Bill Burns, Part 1

Jul 19, 202245:28
Episode 15: CIA Files: The CIA Manual of Deception and Trickery
Jul 15, 202242:17
Sorry for the interruption of services...

Sorry for the interruption of services...

No episode this week, but we'll be back next week.

Jul 05, 202201:60
Episode 14: CIA Files: A Look at Julian Assange
Jun 22, 202241:25
CIA Files: News Episode 24: Stuff - In Which We Bid The News A Fond Farewell

CIA Files: News Episode 24: Stuff - In Which We Bid The News A Fond Farewell

That's right, folks. This is our last news episode. We will still be releasing proper episodes highlighting the lives of the people involved with the CIA. And we'll be releasing more short episodes as well. We will also be launching a new show soon, so keep an eye out for that. Updates to follow.

Jun 14, 202245:02
Episode 13: James Jesus Angleton Part 3: Cigarettes, Liquor, and Lies; Find part 1 at episode 9 and part 2 at episode 12

Episode 13: James Jesus Angleton Part 3: Cigarettes, Liquor, and Lies; Find part 1 at episode 9 and part 2 at episode 12

Jim Angleton dedicated his life to building and maintaining the CIA. He spent years manipulating people and policy from his self-labeled "wilderness of mirrors," motivated by his own paranoia, and informed by an opportunistic Russian defector named Anotoli Golytsin. Eventually, despite his monumental efforts to cover his tracks, Angleton's chickens came home to roost. 

Sources:

The Ghost: The Secret Life of CIA Spymaster James Jesus Angleton, by Jefferson Morley

https://amzn.to/3xgHDfS

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brookings-now/2015/05/06/40-years-ago-church-committee-investigated-americans-spying-on-americans/

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/church-committee-established-jan-27-1975-234079

https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2017/oct/19/angleton-return/

https://jfkfacts.org/what-angleton-told-jfk-investigators-behind-closed-doors/

https://www.thedailybeast.com/my-lunch-with-the-spider-who-nearly-wrecked-the-cia

https://spartacus-educational.com/SSangleton.htm


Jun 09, 202201:09:44
Raw Files News Episode 23 CIA Files: Weekly World Report, June 7, 2022

Raw Files News Episode 23 CIA Files: Weekly World Report, June 7, 2022

Chinese fighter pilots are full of beans. Are things looking up in Yemen? Because they aren't in Tigray. A CIA whistleblower dies. And if you're looking for classified tank information, you might want to check some online video game forums.

Jun 07, 202201:05:27
Raw File News Episode 22, May 31, 2022

Raw File News Episode 22, May 31, 2022

More news from around the world -- an update on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a look at Ethiopia's record number of displaced people, and a discussion about the decline of democracy and the rise of autocracy and authoritarianism.

May 31, 202201:27:08
Raw File News Episode 21, May 25, 2022 - We may be late, but at least it's free.

Raw File News Episode 21, May 25, 2022 - We may be late, but at least it's free.

We discuss global food shortages. Finland officially wants in NATO. Badass e-bikes with missile launchers. George W. Bush makes a textbook Freudian slip. And we've got an update on UFOs, or I guess UAPs now, from the Pentagon. 

May 25, 202201:15:29
Raw File News Episode 20, May 17, 2022

Raw File News Episode 20, May 17, 2022

Finland wants in NATO. Elections in the Philippines go retro as the Marcos family gets back into the mix. Did Star Trek: The Next Generation correctly predict Irish reunification? Also, what's going on in Ukraine? Old Russian tanks enjoy more time in the spotlight. Speaking of old Russian things, times continue to be tough for old Russian oligarchs, especially if they visit shamans for toad venom hangover cures. 

May 17, 202201:10:27
Raw File News Episode 19, May 10, 2022
May 10, 202201:27:52
Raw File News Episode 18, May 3, 2022

Raw File News Episode 18, May 3, 2022

I don't feel well, so imagine a clever blurb and insert that here. 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/reputed-federal-informant-whistleblower-found-dead-l-reported-missing-rcna26382

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/valentin-broeksmit-federal-informant-whistleblower-dead-el-sereno-high-school/

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/28/yemen-saudi-arabia-to-release-163-houthi-prisoners

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/chinese-government-hunting-uyghurs-world-help-surprising-countries-rcna24987

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/20/the-deal-that-shocked-the-world-inside-the-china-solomons-security-pact

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/solomon-islands-pm-says-wont-accept-militarisation-pacific-2022-04-29/

https://intelnews.org/2022/04/29/01-3193/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/sweden-failed-integration-immigrants-gang-violence-b2067626.html

https://www.foxnews.com/world/putin-g20-summit-indonesia-zelenskyy

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-25/indonesia-pushed-to-ask-ukraine-to-g-20-summit-alongside-putin

https://www.reuters.com/world/russian-spy-chief-says-us-poland-plotting-division-ukraine-2022-04-28/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/30/depleted-russian-units-that-failed-to-take-kyiv-ukraine-are-merging-says-mod

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-says-russia-stole-several-hundred-thousand-tonnes-grain-2022-04-30

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/3472447-what-we-know-about-the-ghost-of-kyiv/

May 03, 202201:10:08
Raw File News Episode 17: Is Russia's FSB ready to break up with Putin? We're just asking questions is all.

Raw File News Episode 17: Is Russia's FSB ready to break up with Putin? We're just asking questions is all.

A string of odd coincidences has Brandon posing some interesting hypotheticals about what might be happening behind the scenes in Moscow as Putin's bloody invasion seems to be scratching some unusual itches. There's the occasional fire at one or two or three (who's counting?) top secret Russian facilities, and a handful of strange murder-suicides among Russia's retired oligarch community.

Also, are you a useful idiot? If so, congratulations! At least you're not an unuseful idiot like me. I kid. I washed the dishes yesterday, so I've got some value.

All of that and more awaits you in this week's episode of CIA Files: Raw File News!

Find show notes at

https://www.ciafiles.net/raw-file-news-is-russias-fsb-is-ready-to-break-up-with-putin-were-just-asking-questions-is-all/

Apr 26, 202201:27:49
Coming Soon: James Jesus Angleton, part 3

Coming Soon: James Jesus Angleton, part 3

News of President Kennedy’s assassination sent shockwaves around the world. And at the epicenter of those shockwaves sat one Jim Angleton. His actions following Kennedy’s death would help stoke tales of conspiracies that, perhaps, people within the U.S. government had killed their own Commander-In-Chief, a concern the President himself expressed just before his untimely death.

Angleton played a key role in the investigation of President Kennedy’s murder, though what that role was is still hard to say.

Along the way, Angleton's paranoia and misplaced trust would destroy the careers of faithful CIA officers and sincere Soviet defectors.

Eventually, Angleton would be forced out of the agency, and the extent of his secret empire would be uncovered, revealing the vast trove of secrets squirreled away in the floorboards of the intelligence agency he helped to build.

Coming soon, the conclusion to the story of James Jesus Angleton, on CIA Files, True Stories of U.S. Intelligence.

Apr 21, 202202:11
Raw File News Episode 16: Have Russia's Hopes Sunk? Plus, Training Cyborg Kitties

Raw File News Episode 16: Have Russia's Hopes Sunk? Plus, Training Cyborg Kitties

We discuss the sinking of the Moskva and Moscow's PR two-step. Plus, are things looking up for the people of Yemen? And Nigeria gets some shiny new American helicopters. Pakistan is getting a little missile-happy in Afghanistan, testing how easy-going the Taliban really are now. Russia reminds Japan that they're still in the neighborhood, so Japan better not get any funny ideas about those contested islands. Ukrainian richy-rich Viktor Medvedchuk gets tossed in jail. Finland and Sweden move closer to joining NATO, even though Putin really wishes they wouldn't. President Biden uses the word "genocide" in decribing Russia's actions in Ukraine. And for our Weird File, the story of the time the CIA tried to turn kitty cats into cyborg spies. Spoiler, it didn't work.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/u-n-envoy-hopeful-that-theres-a-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-for-yemens-war

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/yemens-rebels-criticize-us-led-task-force-red-84119001

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/u-s-approves-1-billion-arms-sale-to-nigeria-despite-human-rights-record

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taliban-authorities-summon-pakistani-envoy-protest-military-strikes-2022-04-16/

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-zelenskyy-biden-genocides-c933e9effd7bb2e30d42be11e0384fcd

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/04/15/national/russia-missile-test-sea-of-japan/

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/world/finland-sweden-move-toward-possible-nato-membership-amid-russian-war-in-ukraine

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-already-has-nuclear-weapons-baltic-region-says-lithuania-2022-04-14/

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/13/technology/russia-tech-workers.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61114843

https://www.businessinsider.com/captured-putin-ally-viktor-medvedchuk-assets-seized-by-ukraine-2022-4

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-cias-most-highly-trained-spies-werent-even-human-20149/?page=3


Apr 19, 202201:26:02
Raw File News Episode 15: The Many Forms of Genocide. Plus, the CIA needs better jokes writers.

Raw File News Episode 15: The Many Forms of Genocide. Plus, the CIA needs better jokes writers.

We discuss more claims of Russian war crimes, of course. Plus, a Russian "humanitarian" group announces it'll soon be easier than ever for Russian citizens to adopt Ukrainian orphans. Isn't that nice? We also give an update on the dire situations in Yemen and Ethiopia.

And we also get a peek behind the curtain of the CIA as we review a formerly top-secret document containing the very best in anti-Soviet comedy. I bet you can't wait.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/09/world/europe/putin-russia-war-ukraine.html

https://snyder.substack.com/p/russias-genocide-handbook?s=r

https://medium.com/@kravchenko_mm/what-should-russia-do-with-ukraine-translation-of-a-propaganda-article-by-a-russian-journalist-a3e92e3cb64

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-mariupol-azov-nazi-1695125

https://riamo.ru/amp/547852/detej-sirot-pribyvshih-iz-donbassa-v-podmoskove-mogut-usynovit-v-rossii-xl

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/04/8/7338199/

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/two-russian-rockets-hit-railway-station-east-ukraine-used-by-evacuees-rail-2022-04-08/

https://www.ft.com/content/1c0e6e15-c8fe-4a84-99dc-12b6836bf0f4

https://thehill.com/news/wire/3262365-japan-to-expel-8-russian-officials-impose-new-sanctions/

https://www.axios.com/slovakia-s300-ukraine-air-defense-system-russia-2d1b77ea-5ccb-4483-b630-0076cb94b1e6.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/06/1bn-for-ukraine-35bn-for-russian-energy-eu-chief-calls-out-funding-gap

https://www.businessinsider.com/fmr-russian-special-forces-captain-abramovich-poisoning-was-a-trick-2022-4

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1591385/Ukraine-latest-mariupol-surrender-video-russia-propaganda

https://youtu.be/saEpkcVi1d4

https://www.iheartradio.ca/chom/music-news/pink-floyd-releases-hey-hey-rise-up-for-ukraine-1.17540513

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/us-sounds-alarm-over-reports-of-possible-ethnic-cleansing-in-tigray

https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/04/1115392

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-61055210


Apr 12, 202201:09:39
Episode 12: James Jesus Angleton part 2: We're Just Getting Started! Episode 9 is Part 1
Apr 07, 202237:30
Raw File News Episode 14: Is Doxing Always Bad? Also, the Insanity of Project Pluto

Raw File News Episode 14: Is Doxing Always Bad? Also, the Insanity of Project Pluto

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/apr/01/first-food-aid-for-100-days-enters-tigray-under-humanitarian-truce

https://news.yahoo.com/saudi-offered-rebel-rejected-cease-030832024.html

https://www.businessinsider.com/great-translation-movement-twitter-account-blowing-up-russia-ukraine-2022-3

https://twitter.com/TGTM_Official

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-asks-putin-release-info-hunter-biden-rcna22117

https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/03/30/video-shows-europe-s-largest-food-warehouse-on-fire-after-deliberate-russian-attack

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/01/ukraine-russia-peace-talks-continue-amid-fresh-bid-to-help-mariupol-residents-flee

https://www.foxnews.com/world/ukrainian-intelligence-releases-names-of-more-than-600-alleged-russian-spies

https://www.bellingcat.com/news/rest-of-world/2022/04/01/food-delivery-leak-unmasks-russian-security-agents/

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/kremlin-says-ukraine-strike-russian-fuel-depot-creates-awkward-backdrop-talks-2022-04-01

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/red-cross-heads-again-mariupol-russia-shifts-ukraine-focus-2022-04-02/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-latest-russia-bucha-mass-graves-b2049884.html

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/un-rights-office-says-evidence-growing-mariupol-mass-graves-2022-03-25/

https://news.yahoo.com/soviet-made-tanks-headed-ukraine-170112372.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-china-lavrov-visit-beijing-vladimir-putin-xi-jinping-new-world-order/

http://www.merkle.com/pluto/pluto.html

Apr 05, 202201:10:08
Coming Soon: James Jesus Angleton, Part Two

Coming Soon: James Jesus Angleton, Part Two

For a brief time within the history of the United States, its citizens trusted that their country’s best and brightest were in charge – competent leaders who knew how to navigate the complex, often treacherous, paths of diplomacy and global conflict. This trust, like most things, would not endure.

In the decades immediately following the Second World War, the political mandate engendered by the public’s trust would be squandered by a cadre of self-important men who each believed fervently that he, and only he, knew what was right. James Jesus Angleton embodied this arrogance, and ultimately tainted the trust of the American people.

Coming soon… the conclusion of story of the man the CIA calls a “Master Spy Hunter,” but who others might call a narcissist with paranoid delusions…

James Jesus Angleton. On CIA Files: True Stories of U.S. Intelligence.

Mar 29, 202201:42
Raw File News Episode 13: A Little of This, a Little of That

Raw File News Episode 13: A Little of This, a Little of That

This week on Raw File News (that’s what we’re calling the news now. What do you think?) –

Some progress in Ethiopia as a ceasefire has the potential to end the deadly conflict in Tigray…

Plus, Houthi rebels claim responsibility for a massive explosion that rocked an oil field in Saudi Arabia…

And mixed signals from Moscow as the bloody Russian invasion of Ukraine continues…

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright dies, and Guantanamo Bay gives her a strange send-off.

This is Raw File News…(seriously, what do you think of the name?)

Ethiopia: Tigray rebels agree ‘cessation of hostilities’ after government truce

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/25/ethiopia-tigray-rebels-agree-cessation-of-hostilities-after-government-truce

Smoke plume seen after Houthi attack on Saudi oil facility ahead of Formula 1 race weekend

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/25/middleeast/saudi-jeddah-aramco-attack-intl/index.html

https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/saudi-gp-would-have-been-cancelled-if-security-threat-sports-minister-2022-03-27/

Tensions rise again as Azerbaijani forces cross line of contact - report

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-702273

Russia says first phase of war is over as its advances in Ukraine appear to have stalled

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/25/europe/russian-general-calls-encirclement-of-ukrainian-cities-a-deliberate-plan/index.html

Russia reasserts right to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/26/russia-reasserts-right-to-use-nuclear-weapons-in-ukraine-putin

McDonald's Flag at Half-Mast for Madeleine Albright Leaves Internet Baffled

https://www.newsweek.com/mcdonalds-guantanamo-bay-flag-half-mast-madeleine-albright-1691762

The CIA’s Psychic probing of Jupiter in 1973

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/NSA-RDP96X00790R000100040010-3.pdf

CIA Release of 1973 Controlled Remote Viewing of Jupiter

https://stillnessinthestorm.com/2017/06/cia-release-of-1973-controlled-remote-viewing-of-jupiter/

https://haroldsherman.com/

https://ingoswann.com/

Mar 29, 202254:58
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)

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)

Guy Burgess was perhaps the most unlikely spy in history, which is probably why he ended up being one of the best spies in history. 

Guy pulled off incredible feats of espionage without ever being caught. He accomplished this work with a staggering level of audacity and aplomb, all while drinking enough alcohol to kill two or three tortured musicians. Not only did Guy not hide his true self, he was utterly incapable of it.

To meet Guy Burgess was to know Guy Burgess: unkempt, opinionated, inebriated, highly sexual, and seemingly fearless – Guy engaged with anyone who happened to cross his path. He made strong impressions, and quickly, among those who met him. Some were immediately taken by his sharp wit and astute observations, while others were utterly put off by his obnoxious political preaching and shameless name-dropping.

Mar 22, 202201:01:38
Raw File News Episode 12: Did you know Ukraine isn't the only place where stuff's happening?

Raw File News Episode 12: Did you know Ukraine isn't the only place where stuff's happening?

Humans are being terrible to each other all over the world. So we talk about a few places that aren't being invaded by Russia. And of course we also talk about places that ARE being invaded by Russia. Also, don't Google "methane cascade." Not if you want to enjoy your week.

Mar 21, 202201:52:51
Raw File News Episode 11: [Insert Clever Title Here]

Raw File News Episode 11: [Insert Clever Title Here]

Russian disinformation, taking a point from George W Bush's playbook. Putin in a thong. And we play a fun yet horrifying game. 

Mar 15, 202253:42
Raw File News Episode 10: Are Y'all Tired of Hearing About Russia Yet? Too Bad.

Raw File News Episode 10: Are Y'all Tired of Hearing About Russia Yet? Too Bad.

Russia, Russia, Russia! Do you think China's starting to feel like Jan Brady yet, or are they glad to have a break from all the attention?

Mar 07, 202201:16:51
Raw File News Episode 9: What's What In Russia?

Raw File News Episode 9: What's What In Russia?

Chris and Brandon discuss the current Russian invasion into Ukraine and what's next for Russia. They also dive a little into Putin's past. Where did this guy come from? What's his driving motivation? Let's find out.

Mar 01, 202201:16:34
Raw File News Episode 8: A Little Bit of What's Up

Raw File News Episode 8: A Little Bit of What's Up

Chris and Brandon talk Russia, China, and Civ 5. And some other stuff, but that's most of it.

Feb 21, 202254:55
Raw File News Episode 7: Sunday Morning Talkin' Global Stuff

Raw File News Episode 7: Sunday Morning Talkin' Global Stuff

Chris and Brandon discuss a handful of stories, including strategic intelligence leaks, same old, same old from the CIA, and Battlebots In Space!

Feb 16, 202238:39
Episode 10: Kim Philby Part 2: I Really Must Be Going; The second episode on our 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

After secretly committing himself to the cause of Communism and to serving the Soviet Union, Kim Philby worked as a reporter in the time preceding WWII. But once the War started, he decided to look for better ways to fight off Fascism and to gain access to the inner workings of his homeland. He'd been casting about for an invitation into British intelligence when fellow Trinity College alum Guy Burgess introduced him to the chief of staff of MI6 Section D's training school for propaganda, Marjorie Maxse. 


Once cleared to join British intelligence, Philby quickly rose through the ranks of MI6, and in doing so, granted Moscow unprecedented access to the inner workings of what would become one of their greatest enemies. If not for Philby's work as a spy for Russia, the Cold War likely would have ended very differently, for better or worse.

Feb 08, 202253:57
Raw File News Episode 6: One Half-Hour of Global News

Raw File News Episode 6: One Half-Hour of Global News

Chris and Brandon discuss a few things happening around the world. 

Feb 01, 202233:57
Raw File News Episode 5: I Heard Something's Up In Ukraine?

Raw File News Episode 5: I Heard Something's Up In Ukraine?

Brandon and I go over the rising tensions between Russia, Ukraine, and the West. Brandon gives us some historical context for where things are at now, and he makes a prediction or two.

Jan 26, 202245:53
Raw File News Episode 4: What Just Happened In Kazakhstan?

Raw File News Episode 4: What Just Happened In Kazakhstan?

After having lived and worked in Kazakhstan for some time, Brandon gives us a breakdown of what led to the recent mass protests and subsequent violence. What caused the uprising? Were the protests started by outside agitators? Did foreign terrorists take advantage of national unrest to attempt a coup? And if so, were key government officials involved in some way? 

Jan 17, 202249:55
Episode 9: James Jesus Angleton: Poetry, Fly Fishing, and Fascism (part 1)

Episode 9: James Jesus Angleton: Poetry, Fly Fishing, and Fascism (part 1)

Toward the end of the Second World War, many Americans had rather strong feelings about Fascists, mostly, that Fascists were evil and tyrranical, fueled by hatred and a total disregard for human life.

But there were some who didn’t feel that the Fascists were all that bad. Some Americans actually thought that perhaps the Fascists actually had some good points, if you didn’t get too hung up on the violent anti-semitism.

Jim Angleton fell solidly in the latter category. As a young man, he was intrigued by the ideology of Fascism. As he grew up, Jim denounced fascism in all the appropriate meetings and hearings. But behind the scenes, he helped facilitate the migration of Nazis and Italian fascists into the service and protection of the United States government.

Jan 11, 202242:41
Episode 8: Frank Wisner: Local Boy Makes Good

Episode 8: Frank Wisner: Local Boy Makes Good

Were it not for a handful of loud, persistent voices shouting “Fire” about Stalin’s intentions toward Western Values, the Cold War may well have never occurred, or may at least have been less brutal, less deadly. And maybe the United States wouldn’t have compromised its stated moral codes so egregiously in the decades following the end of the Second World War.

A liberal Southern lawyer was one of those few, loud voices. Frank Wisner, a man socially ahead of his time, did what he thought was necessary to stop what he considered a spreading scourge of tyranny and violence. And in doing so, he enabled innumerable crimes against humanity.

Nov 16, 202149:27
Episode 7: Secret Agent Super Spy: Harold Kim Philby: The 1st in a series on the Cambridge 5

Episode 7: Secret Agent Super Spy: Harold Kim Philby: The 1st in a series on the Cambridge 5

Kim Philby was born into peculiar circumstances at a pivotal moment in world history, and he played his part in the struggle between ideologies that shaped our modern world. But to ask who he was is perhaps too big a question to ever fully understand.

It can be said of Philby that he was a genial man -- pleasant and inquisitive. People tended to trust him instinctively, and he was always a willing confidant to anyone with something to get off of their chest.

He suffered from a slight stutter early in life, which some have speculated he used to his advantage whenever he needed an extra moment to think of a lie on the spot. Philby inspired loyalty, trust, and a sense of security in those who moved within his sphere of influence. It was this ability that allowed Philby to work for Moscow in secret for so many years without drawing suspicion

Oct 19, 202148:44
A Brief Interlude And A Brief Mention

A Brief Interlude And A Brief Mention

Sadly, we had to postpone this week's episode. But I do discuss a man who deserves his own episode somewhere down the road: St John Philby, father of notorious double-agent Kim Philby. We thought this might help understand Kim Philby, whom we will be covering with the next episode. See you soon! (Well, not literally "see you soon," but we'll have a new episode out soon and we hope you listen to it!)

Sep 28, 202113:38
Episode 6: William Samuel Stephenson: Decent Spy, Amazing Liar

Episode 6: William Samuel Stephenson: Decent Spy, Amazing Liar

Somebody had to teach Americans how to conduct espionage, and British spymaster William Samuel Stephenson was just the man for the job. He taught American spies how to lie, cheat, and use the media to manipulate the populace. He laid the groundwork for practices that would ultimately undermine public trust in the government, leading to where we are today.

Sep 14, 202137:34
Raw File News Episode 3: Afghanistan

Raw File News Episode 3: Afghanistan

As the war between the U.S. and the Taliban comes to an end after 20 years, Brandon and Chris discuss the history behind the current situation, conditions surrounding the withdrawal of U.S. troops, and what might be next for Afghanistan.

Aug 26, 202101:19:38
Programming Will Resume Shortly

Programming Will Resume Shortly

Hey there, valued assets, I mean agents, I mean audience. How's it going? 

Just wanted to say that we've gotten behind on production. I'm in the process of relocating my base of operations. And Brandon is on extended holiday, touring Eastern Europe with his family. 

But we've got more episodes coming soon. So continue to monitor this communications channel for intel drops. 

We'll see you soon, although you probably won't see us.

Jul 21, 202100:34