#538 - Andrew Bustamante - CIA Spy Explains Nukes, Wars & Double Agents

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2022

⏱️ 118 minutes

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Summary

Andrew Bustamante is a Former CIA Intelligence Officer and a Private Intelligence consultant.

The CIA is one of the world's most advanced, secretive, shadowy organisations. Only 10% of their officers are field agents and actually have spent time undercover, Andrew is one of those agents. He's also been in charge of nuclear missiles and been multiple cover stories.

Expect to learn why an alarm goes off at least once per hour at every nuclear missile silo across America, how the CIA protects itself from undercover agents being turned against them, what is actually in the President's nuclear football, the levels of clearance above Top Secret, what sort of personality traits the CIA look for, why Edward Snowden got Russian citizenship and much more...

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0:00.0	Hello, everybody. Welcome back to the show. My guest today is Andrew Boostermante. He's a former
0:06.4	CIA intelligence officer and a private intelligence consultant. The CIA is one of the world's most
0:12.3	advanced secretive shadowy organisations, only 10% of their officers are field agents and actually
0:18.8	have spent time undercover. Andrew is one of those agents. He's also been in charge of nuclear
0:24.0	missiles and had multiple cover stories. Expect to learn why an alarm goes off at least once per hour
0:31.1	at every nuclear missile silo across America. How the CIA protects itself from undercover agents
0:36.8	being turned against them. What is actually in the president's nuclear football? The levels of
0:41.6	clearance above top secret. What sort of personality traits the CIA looks for? Why Edward Snowden
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