Doug Patteson: Spy Game
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🗓️ 8 February 2023
⏱️ 100 minutes
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Summary
Today’s guest is former CIA case officer Doug Patteson.
Doug retired from the CIA after serving multiple overseas tours where he specialized in human intelligence and counterterrorism. He is currently a professor at the University of New Hampshire.
Doug has worked extensively in Hollywood as both a technical consultant and a producer for television and film. Notably, he can be seen lending his insights in the documentary The Lost Leonardo, which looks into the controversial $450 million “Salvator Mundi” painting.
As a published author, his work has focused on security, travel safety, and intelligence, including pieces for SpotterUp.com and three chapters of the book More Stories from Langley: Another Glimpse Inside the CIA.
Doug Patteson is President of the Board of Directors of the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation, focused on global press freedoms and advocacy work on behalf of hostages.
Follow Doug on Instagram at @texasspydad or on Twitter @GrayManActual
You can check out Doug’s line of authentic intel community related products @ingloriousamateurs on Instagram.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Danger Close Podcast, an Iron Cloud original presented by Navy Federal |
| 0:22.0 | Credit Union. |
| 0:23.0 | My next novel only the dead hits shelves this spring and is available for pre-order now. |
| 0:28.6 | The Federal Official Jack-Cart dot com click on only the dead for a sneak peek. |
| 0:33.5 | My guest today, former CIA case officer Doug Pattison, fascinating guy, really enjoyed |
| 0:40.4 | talking to him and he does some stuff in the entertainment industry these days. |
| 0:44.4 | So without further ado, let's get after it. |
| 0:47.5 | Doug Pattison. |
| 0:48.5 | Doug, what's up man? |
| 0:52.5 | Hey, you don't know how you're going to see it. |
| 0:55.3 | I'm so glad we're finally doing this. |
| 0:58.1 | Yeah, exactly me too. |
| 0:59.1 | Yeah, and I got to tell you New Hampshire or Texas, where are you right now? |
| 1:02.2 | So I'm in New Hampshire right now. |
| 1:04.7 | Well I live in New Hampshire right now. |
| 1:06.0 | I'm currently in Virginia for the week with some family stuff going on. |
| 1:11.3 | And from Texas, hence the Texas Spide ad name. |
| 1:13.9 | So yeah. |
| 1:14.9 | Got it. |
| 1:15.9 | Oh man, well this is really my favorite part about doing a podcast is that I get to sit down |
| 1:21.4 | and not have a computer open in front of me, not have emails coming in, not have text messages |
| 1:26.4 | coming in and most of the time people leave me alone out here in the podcast studio. |
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