Jack Devine on the Afghan War’s Financial Disaster (Podcast)

Masters in Business

Bloomberg

Business, Entrepreneurship, Investing

4.4 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2021

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Jack Devine, a 32-year veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency and the founding partner and president of the international risk consulting firm The Arkin Group. Devine is also the author of “Spymaster’s Prism: The Fight Against Russian Aggression” and “Good Hunting: An American Spymaster’s Story.”

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0:00.0	This is Masters in Business with Barry Reynolds on Bloomberg Radio.
0:08.3	This week on the podcast, I have an extra special guest returning to the show Jack Divine
0:14.1	32-year veteran of the CIA.
0:17.6	His resume is just too long to go over.
0:21.1	We talk about a lot of it.
0:22.9	He was instrumental in pushing the Russians out of Afghanistan in the 1980s.
0:29.3	He helped run the counter-narcotics division for the CIA.
0:34.6	He's just had so many roles within the intelligence world, really quite an astonishing career.
0:42.8	His new book is all about Russia's aggression against the West, not in the Cold War
0:48.9	area, but today.
0:51.2	And it's quite fascinating and very revealing in particular how the Russians have so skillfully
0:57.8	used social media to foment unrest and anger and essentially turn Americans against each
1:07.1	other.
1:08.1	They're not the only reason why the country is having issues, but they are clearly pouring
1:14.3	fuel on the fire.
1:16.1	It's quite fascinating.
1:17.7	Really, a person with an endless amount of insight and knowledge from a unique position,
1:24.2	with no further ado, my conversation with the CIA's Jack Divine.
1:31.4	This is Master's in Business with Barry Reynolds on Bloomberg Radio.
1:37.6	This week I have an extra special guest.
1:39.9	His name is Jack Divine.
1:41.2	He is a 32-year veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency where he has served as Acting Director
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