392 // The Secret World of Confidential Informants w/ Trevor Aaronson

Crawlspace - True Crime & Mysteries

Crawlspace Media

True Crime, News, Society & Culture

4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Welcome to Crawlspace. In this episode Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna explore the inner workings of government agencies like the FBI, CIA, DEA and more. These agencies are known as The Alphabet Boys and no one has more to say on them than investigative journalist Trevor Aaronson. Trevor is the host of the great show, The Alphabet Boys which reveals the FBI's sordid use of informants to instigate violence and target black activists. Listen to The Alphabet Boys: Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/alphabet-boys/id1668980612 iHeart - https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-alphabet-boys-107700229/ Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0QLFkKJYdXGKgxL1WBlII0?si=41c60b842b154a14 Follow Trevor https://twitter.com/trevoraaronson?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Read Trevor's work at The Intercept: https://theintercept.com/staff/trevor-aaronson/ Check out Trevor's website: https://trevoraaronson.com/ We love our AquaTru water purifiers! Receive 20% off any AquaTru water purifier when you go to AquaTru.com and use code "CRAWLSPACE" We love our Air Doctors! And if you want your air to be easier to breathe, head to airdoctorpro.com and use promo code CRAWLSPACE and, depending on the model, you’ll receive UP TO 39% off or UP TO $300 off! Check out the great show, The Dead Files from the Travel Channel. Listen to The Dead Files wherever you get your podcasts. Another great show to check out is Morbid! They are celebrating their 5 year podversary! Listen to Morbid wherever you get your podcasts. Check out our Subscription Service where we have a bundled our bonus material from both the Missing and Crawlspace shows! Ad-free episodes and more at https://missing.supportingcast.fm/ Use promo code, "Missing" for your first month FREE! Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/crawlspacepod Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Crawlspacepodcast Follow us on Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/Crawlspacepodcast Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@crawlspacepodcast The music for Crawlspace was produced by David Flajnik. Listen to his music here: https://www.pond5.com/artist/bigdsound Check out our entire network at http://crawlspace-media.com/ Join the Crawlspace Discussion Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/talkcrawlspace/ Crawlspace Media is part of the Glassbox Media Network. Check them out here: https://glassboxmedia.com/ Follow Private Investigations For the Missing https://investigationsforthemissing.org/ http://piftm.org/donate https://twitter.com/PIFortheMissing https://www.facebook.com/PIFortheMissing/ https://www.instagram.com/investigationsforthemissing/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a Glassbox Media Podcast.
0:30.0	Welcome to Crawl Space. I'm Tim here today with Lance. Lance, how are you today?
0:38.0	I'm doing great today, Tim. Thanks for asking. I hope everyone out there who's listening
0:42.0	is doing great as well. They're going to be doing even better after they listen to
0:46.0	this interview that we have coming up. Even though the topic is
0:50.0	a little unnerving because we're dealing with organizations in this country and in this world that
0:54.0	kind of don't really have a whole lot of control over, but anyway, Tim, you have control over your mood.
0:59.0	And I want to know what that is. How are you?
1:02.0	Well, thanks for asking. I'm doing great today. Yeah, I'm excited to speak with
1:06.0	journalist Trevor Aronson. He writes for the intercept, but he also does a great
1:11.0	podcast called The Alphabet Boys. And it is about the CIA, the FBI, and
1:17.0	everything he wanted to know about how these agencies act when they're conducting
1:22.0	undercover investigations. Trevor is enormously talented.
1:26.0	And if you want to learn more about Trevor, you can go to his website, Trevor
1:30.0	Aronson.com. That's T-R-E-V-O-R-A-A-R-O-N-S-O-N dot com.
1:37.0	But Tim, if people wanted this episode, plus all of the other episodes, including
1:41.0	the first half of the new series Dark Valley, add free. Where would they go?
1:46.0	Well, our dear listeners can subscribe to crawlspace premium now on Apple
1:50.0	podcasts. Or if you're not an Apple user, you can go to crawlspace.supportingcast.fm
1:55.0	and get the same product there. You'll get ad free episodes, early releases,
1:59.0	and our weekly bonus show, which everybody loves.
2:02.0	And you can follow Trevor on Twitter at Trevor Aronson.
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