Mike Howard: Serving From the Shadows

Warriors In Their Own Words | First Person War Stories

Robert Kirk

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4.6 • 675 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Mike Howard shares stories from his 22 year career with the CIA. Mike is a former station chief for the CIA and corporate security expert. After his career in government, he served for over a decade as the Chief Security Officer for Microsoft, overseeing physical security worldwide for the company, including the personal security for Bill Gates. Keep an eye out for Mike’s upcoming book on leadership, out later in 2021, titled “The Art of Ronin Leadership: Strategy, Execution, Sustained Success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:42.3	I'm Ken Harbaugh, host of Warriors in Their Own Words.
0:49.6	In partnership with the Honor Project, we've brought this podcast back at a time when our nation needs these stories more than ever.
0:58.4	Warriors in Their Own Words is our attempt to present an unfarnished, unsanitized truth of what we have asked of those who defend this nation.
1:02.5	Thank you for listening, and by doing so honoring those who have served.
1:08.0	Today, we're hearing from Mike Howard, a 22-year veteran of the CIA.
1:12.0	His story serves as a reminder that some of America's warriors operate in the shadows. Mike started his career as a police officer in Oakland, California,
1:17.8	before joining the CIA during the Cold War. He spent six years in the agency's Office of
1:22.9	Security and the bulk of his career in the counterterrorism center.
1:32.3	I grew up in Northern California. Always wanted to be a police officer.
1:34.3	I probably saw too many cop movies when I was growing up.
1:36.3	Eventually, I ended up working in the Oakland Police Department in the late 70s.
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