The CIA and FBI are both tasked with protecting our country. These two agencies are often portrayed as strained colleagues, but what is it really like inside these iconic institutions? How do spies learn their craft? How are threats assessed? How are spies discovered? And how do these secretive institutions change with the times? In a fascinating series, veterans of the CIA and FBI discuss their professional roles and how these closely guarded organizations operate.
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The Spy Whisperer
How do you train someone to spy? How do you collaborate with other countries on spy education and not lose your own secrets? How are these things consistently accomplished in a dangerously changing world front? Darrell M. Blocker, a 28-year veteran of the CIA’s clandestine service, explores these and other compelling questions and discusses the challenge he faced as chief of all clandestine service operations in sub-Saharan Africa. A recipient of the Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal, Blocker served as deputy director of the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center and chief of the Africa Division.
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