David McCloskey

the CIA has that group because sometimes you want to be able to deploy those types of assets in a, in a deniable way under the auspices of what we call a covert action finding, which is when the president wants something done and they, they don't want, you know, us fingerprints on it. So that's, that's kind of why the CIA has those, has those groups.

the CIA has that group because sometimes you want to be able to deploy those types of assets in a, in a deniable way under the auspices of what we call a covert action finding, which is when the president wants something done and they, they don't want, you know, us fingerprints on it. So that's, that's kind of why the CIA has those, has those groups.

the CIA has that group because sometimes you want to be able to deploy those types of assets in a, in a deniable way under the auspices of what we call a covert action finding, which is when the president wants something done and they, they don't want, you know, us fingerprints on it. So that's, that's kind of why the CIA has those, has those groups.

So I was an analyst.

So I was an analyst.

So I was an analyst.

Yeah. Well, you realize after about two days, it's not really like Jack Ryan. What I did was, as I worked on primarily Syria and on the broader Middle East, and I did a lot of my work from Langley. I did a lot of my work from the region. Most of what I was doing was taking, basically looking at all of this information that's coming in. And that could be

Yeah. Well, you realize after about two days, it's not really like Jack Ryan. What I did was, as I worked on primarily Syria and on the broader Middle East, and I did a lot of my work from Langley. I did a lot of my work from the region. Most of what I was doing was taking, basically looking at all of this information that's coming in. And that could be

Yeah. Well, you realize after about two days, it's not really like Jack Ryan. What I did was, as I worked on primarily Syria and on the broader Middle East, and I did a lot of my work from Langley. I did a lot of my work from the region. Most of what I was doing was taking, basically looking at all of this information that's coming in. And that could be

That's the human intelligence we've gathered. That's just stuff from press. It's stuff from academics. It's stuff from our embassy. It's the signals intelligence we talked about from the National Security Agency, intercepted phone calls, intercepted emails, etc. You're looking at all this and you're answering a question, really, that a policymaker might have.

That's the human intelligence we've gathered. That's just stuff from press. It's stuff from academics. It's stuff from our embassy. It's the signals intelligence we talked about from the National Security Agency, intercepted phone calls, intercepted emails, etc. You're looking at all this and you're answering a question, really, that a policymaker might have.

That's the human intelligence we've gathered. That's just stuff from press. It's stuff from academics. It's stuff from our embassy. It's the signals intelligence we talked about from the National Security Agency, intercepted phone calls, intercepted emails, etc. You're looking at all this and you're answering a question, really, that a policymaker might have.

And so the example I like to give is, you know, I was working on Syria in the opening days of 2020.

And so the example I like to give is, you know, I was working on Syria in the opening days of 2020.

And so the example I like to give is, you know, I was working on Syria in the opening days of 2020.

uh its unrest which eventually became a civil war this was in early 2011 and the big question that you know the president obama was asking was okay what are the what are the scenarios for how this how this goes down right how long can asa hold on to power and so you're you know i was writing essentially an answer to that question in like two or three pages that sourced and you know structured well and

uh its unrest which eventually became a civil war this was in early 2011 and the big question that you know the president obama was asking was okay what are the what are the scenarios for how this how this goes down right how long can asa hold on to power and so you're you know i was writing essentially an answer to that question in like two or three pages that sourced and you know structured well and

uh its unrest which eventually became a civil war this was in early 2011 and the big question that you know the president obama was asking was okay what are the what are the scenarios for how this how this goes down right how long can asa hold on to power and so you're you know i was writing essentially an answer to that question in like two or three pages that sourced and you know structured well and

gives the president the ability to sort of bound reality uh you know what might happen what could happen what would it mean for us in different scenarios so that's an example of something that i wrote and then briefed uh downtown to you

gives the president the ability to sort of bound reality uh you know what might happen what could happen what would it mean for us in different scenarios so that's an example of something that i wrote and then briefed uh downtown to you