Spy vs. Spy: Mark Kelton on Cold War intrigue and treason

Intelligence Matters

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Politics, News, Government

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🗓️ 14 November 2017

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Former CIA Counterintelligence Chief Mark Kelton talks to Michael Morell about his years working in Cold War outposts, how the U.S.-Russia adversarial relationship has evolved and what double agents Aldrich Ames and Robert Hanssen have in common with Edward Snowden.

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0:07.6	I'm Candace DeLong, and on my new podcast, Killer Psychy Daily, I share a quick 10-minute
0:12.8	rundown every weekday on the motivations and behaviors of the cold-blooded killers you
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0:31.0	Spying is as old as mankind.
0:34.0	It's the second oldest profession with all the virtues of the first.
0:37.0	What is the selection of the target of US democracy?
0:42.0	Tell us about Russia.
0:44.0	It tells us that democracy is the main threat, and Putin recognizes that quite well too.
0:49.0	So, tarnishing it, it serves not only to diminish his enemy, but to diminish his threats
0:52.0	to him.
0:53.0	Right at home.
0:54.0	At home.
0:57.0	To understand him, you have to understand his intelligence officer passed.
1:00.0	He thinks like a KGB officer.
1:02.0	They hit some very, very professionally accomplished people, and the Russian services still do.
1:07.0	They're there worthy adversary.
1:10.0	Espionage is not a science.
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