From Honeypots to AI Grooming: Inside the Fourth Intelligence Revolution | Ep. 284 | Pt. 3

Mike Drop

Mike Ritland

News, Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Politics

4.9 • 6.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Former intelligence officer, NGA Chief Technology Officer, and author of The Fourth Intelligence Revolution Dr. Anthony Vinci joins Mike Ritland on Mike Drop to explore the new frontiers of espionage in the age of AI. They break down honeypot traps and modern recruitment risks, how social media and AI-powered disinformation have transformed propaganda, why teaching civil society to “think like an intelligence officer” is critical, and the looming threats of a digital Pearl Harbor, drone swarms, and economic warfare with China. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.6	Kind of along those same lines with the cover story of what you're bringing into it.
0:35.6	How particular is the agency as far as directions with both lifestyle,
0:44.7	like under no circumstances, get romantically involved with anyone ever?
0:50.1	Like, are there hard and fast rules like that?
0:52.2	Like, don't drink if you're in a situation where, you know,
0:55.9	and I know this is probably more on the movie line,
0:59.8	but, you know, like you find yourself in a situation,
1:02.4	like undercover cops are like, hey, do these drugs so I know you're not a cop.
1:06.6	Or, you know, just any of those types of glorified movie scenes.
1:11.1	But like, is there very intentional direction that way that you are given
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