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Guyon Espiner

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753 total appearances

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The Agency
Quiet Americans

Which isn't to say, though, that you give them a free pass.

The Agency
Quiet Americans

The least you can say is that there are some pretty big areas of judgment.

The Agency
Quiet Americans

And let's not forget, they are self-appointed leaders of the free world.

The Agency
Quiet Americans

Yeah, just recently, the idea that Donald Trump might let Vladimir Putin do whatever he likes in Ukraine freaked a lot of people out.

The Agency
Quiet Americans

That's right.

The Agency
Quiet Americans

It was known as Pax Americana, the American Peace.

The Agency
Quiet Americans

So the only thing worse than having America in charge of the world is, well, not having America in charge of the world.

The Agency
Quiet Americans

So where were we?

The Agency
Quiet Americans

He's gone off to the US to start his training, right?

The Agency
Quiet Americans

That's how they picked up Bill Such in 1974.

The Agency
Quiet Americans

me being the target.

The Agency
Quiet Americans

So this training is happening in the streets in and around the American capital, Washington, D.C.

The Agency
Quiet Americans

CIA headquarters in Langley are in the suburbs there.

The Agency
Quiet Americans

There was also a psychological aspect to this training.

The Agency
Quiet Americans

And is their story credible?

The Agency
Quiet Americans

At Kit Bennett's request, he wanted us to hide the name of the country because it would identify his target personally.

The Agency
Quiet Americans

It's a Pacific nation.

The Agency
Quiet Americans

Where were you targeting these people and how did you determine who to target?

The Agency
Quiet Americans

Now, this is clearly painstaking work.

The Agency
Quiet Americans

There are no guns, no fast outcomes that can be forced by gadgets or hand-to-hand combat or anything like that.