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

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original air date 5/13/22presented by VAER Watches go to--> https://www.vaerwatches.com/theteamhouseand get a free watch roll with your purchase & 20% off for activde duty, veteran, leo's & first responders.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.Grab Ric's book here:"Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior"https://www.amazon.com/Black-Ops-Life-Shadow-Warrior/dp/1250271843Support our show here:https://www.patreon.com/c/TheTeamHouse00:00 – Start01:19 – Escaping Castro’s Cuba as a Child08:00 – Joining the Air Force & Becoming a Pararescueman11:33 – Ric’s First Exposure to the CIA15:00 – Undercover With the Contras in Honduras23:16 – CIA Sabotage Missions Against the Sandinistas26:31 – A Covert Mission Goes Wrong35:23 – Running the Southern Front & the Iran-Contra Scandal40:13 – Becoming a CIA Operations Officer51:15 – Fighting Terrorists in the Philippines57:35 – Ric Addresses the CIA Hitman Allegations1:05:06 – The Original Bin Laden Task Force & North Korea Operations1:18:08 – Building a CIA Intelligence Capability in Africa1:22:17 – Inside CIA’s Counterterrorism Center on 9/111:31:55 – Building a New Post-9/11 Covert Operations Team1:58:16 – Blackwater, Intelligence Operations & Life After the CIA2:18:48 – How to Join the CIA & Advice for Future OfficersBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-team-house--5960890/support.