CIA Deputy Director of the Counterterrorism Center | Darrell Blocker | Ep. 175

The Team House

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History, Documentary, Society & Culture, Government

4.7 • 929 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2022

⏱️ 110 minutes

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Darrell M. Blocker is a former American intelligence officer who served for 28 years with the Central Intelligence Agency. He held prominent positions including deputy director of the Counterterrorism Center (CTC), Chief of Africa Division, and Chief of Training at Camp Peary, Virginia, better known as "The Farm". Within the intelligence community, Blocker was known for participating in a number of semi-professional musical ensembles during his postings abroad. He retired in 2018 as the most senior black officer in the CIA's Directorate of Operations. Since 2019 Blocker has been chief operating officer of intelligence and advisory firm MOSAIC, and a contributor for ABC News. In November 2020, Fox News reported that president-elect Joe Biden had included Blocker among his shortlist of candidates to nominate for Director of the Central Intelligence Agency; in the end, the position went to William Burns. Today's Sponsor: SAP Gear (Stately Asset Protection) https://SAPGEAR.com Veteran-owned company, Stately Asset Protection’s retail store specializes in handmade and unique survivability products. Use the code “TEAM” for 15% off your order! https://SAPGEAR.com To help support the show and for all bonus content including: -2 bonus episodes per month -Access to ALL bonus segments with our guests -Ad Free audio feed Subscribe to our Patreon! 👇 https://www.patreon.com/TheTeamHouse Team House merch: https://teespring.com/stores/my-store-10474963 Social Media: The Team House Instagram: https://instagram.com/the.team.house?utm_medium=copy_link The Team House Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheTeamHousePod Jack’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/jackmcmurph?utm_medium=copy_link Jack’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackmurphyrgr?s=21 Dave’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/dave_parke?s=21 Team House Discord: https://discord.gg/wHFHYM6 SubReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheTeamHouse/ Jack Murphy's memoir "Murphy's Law" can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/Murphys-Law-Journey-Investigative-Journalist/dp/1501191241 The Team Room Reading Room (Amazon Affiliate links): https://jackmurphywrites.com/the-team-room-reading-room/ Intro music by https://www.youtube.com/user/RemixSample Want to sponsor the show? Email: 👇 [email protected] #cia #counterterrorism

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0:39.0	Special Operations.
0:43.0	All right.
0:44.0	Covert Ox.
0:47.0	Espionage.
0:49.0	The Team House.
0:51.0	With your host, Jack Murphy and David Park.
0:57.0	Hey everyone, this is Jack Murphy. I'm here with David Park. Today we are here on
1:06.8	episode 176 with our guest Darrell Blocker. Darrell served in the CIA, stationed all over the world, all over to Pakistan, to Switzerland, to
1:17.3	all over Africa, served as the Chief of Africa Division and finished out his career as the deputy head of the
1:25.0	Counterterrorism Center. So we've wanted to have Darryl on the show for a long time.
1:29.7	We're really excited to have you here tonight. Darryl, thank you for coming on the team house.
1:35.6	Thank you for having me.
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