Michael Weiss

It might be a good time to start doing that. Are you going to think twice, three times, four times about whether or not this Assadist, who's now sort of the wrangler of 18 different intelligence services, might declassify intelligence that could expose you, out you, and put you in harm's way, very real harm's way in a country like Syria? Yeah.

It might be a good time to start doing that. Are you going to think twice, three times, four times about whether or not this Assadist, who's now sort of the wrangler of 18 different intelligence services, might declassify intelligence that could expose you, out you, and put you in harm's way, very real harm's way in a country like Syria? Yeah.

It might be a good time to start doing that. Are you going to think twice, three times, four times about whether or not this Assadist, who's now sort of the wrangler of 18 different intelligence services, might declassify intelligence that could expose you, out you, and put you in harm's way, very real harm's way in a country like Syria? Yeah.

I should say you probably are going to think two, three, four times. Same with Russia? Same with Russia. Let's say you're a GRU colonel in Moscow, and you want to become what's called a defector in place, which is to say you don't actually skedaddle to the West and get resettled, but you stay in your job in Russian intelligence, but you're an informant, you're an agent of the CIA. Yeah.

I should say you probably are going to think two, three, four times. Same with Russia? Same with Russia. Let's say you're a GRU colonel in Moscow, and you want to become what's called a defector in place, which is to say you don't actually skedaddle to the West and get resettled, but you stay in your job in Russian intelligence, but you're an informant, you're an agent of the CIA. Yeah.

I should say you probably are going to think two, three, four times. Same with Russia? Same with Russia. Let's say you're a GRU colonel in Moscow, and you want to become what's called a defector in place, which is to say you don't actually skedaddle to the West and get resettled, but you stay in your job in Russian intelligence, but you're an informant, you're an agent of the CIA. Yeah.

You've seen what Putin will do when the U.S. government is not working against their own assets. I mean, look at what he's attempted to do on U.S. soil with respect to defectors here. Look at what he did to Sergei Skripal, who was an MI6 agent.

You've seen what Putin will do when the U.S. government is not working against their own assets. I mean, look at what he's attempted to do on U.S. soil with respect to defectors here. Look at what he did to Sergei Skripal, who was an MI6 agent.

You've seen what Putin will do when the U.S. government is not working against their own assets. I mean, look at what he's attempted to do on U.S. soil with respect to defectors here. Look at what he did to Sergei Skripal, who was an MI6 agent.

After he had him in custody in a Russian prison for many years, pardoned him, released him in a prisoner trade, he still dispatched agents, officers rather, to go and poison him with a military-grade nerve agent years later, right? So you already have that kind of

After he had him in custody in a Russian prison for many years, pardoned him, released him in a prisoner trade, he still dispatched agents, officers rather, to go and poison him with a military-grade nerve agent years later, right? So you already have that kind of

After he had him in custody in a Russian prison for many years, pardoned him, released him in a prisoner trade, he still dispatched agents, officers rather, to go and poison him with a military-grade nerve agent years later, right? So you already have that kind of

damper on going to work for the other side now all of a sudden you have a credible suspicion that people who are working at very high levels of the american intelligence community aren't exactly kosher and might be secretly or not so secretly um sympathetic to the government you're trying to betray this is going to have an impact it probably already has done you know and what about the intelligence sharing with our allies i think it's a potential issue right

damper on going to work for the other side now all of a sudden you have a credible suspicion that people who are working at very high levels of the american intelligence community aren't exactly kosher and might be secretly or not so secretly um sympathetic to the government you're trying to betray this is going to have an impact it probably already has done you know and what about the intelligence sharing with our allies i think it's a potential issue right

damper on going to work for the other side now all of a sudden you have a credible suspicion that people who are working at very high levels of the american intelligence community aren't exactly kosher and might be secretly or not so secretly um sympathetic to the government you're trying to betray this is going to have an impact it probably already has done you know and what about the intelligence sharing with our allies i think it's a potential issue right

Look, there is no closer intelligence relationship in the world than that between the United States and the United Kingdom, right? I mean, the Anglo-American special relationship, I would say, starts there at the intelligence level. It's almost like we are one country in that respect.

Look, there is no closer intelligence relationship in the world than that between the United States and the United Kingdom, right? I mean, the Anglo-American special relationship, I would say, starts there at the intelligence level. It's almost like we are one country in that respect.

Look, there is no closer intelligence relationship in the world than that between the United States and the United Kingdom, right? I mean, the Anglo-American special relationship, I would say, starts there at the intelligence level. It's almost like we are one country in that respect.

I have heard from people who, former but not so former, on the British side, we are probably not going to be giving everything, knowing some of the people who are coming in now. That is, I mean, I wish you had somebody who's worked in, say, the CIA or the NSA on the podcast next to me, because I'd love to hear their reaction to that. That is a staggering development.

I have heard from people who, former but not so former, on the British side, we are probably not going to be giving everything, knowing some of the people who are coming in now. That is, I mean, I wish you had somebody who's worked in, say, the CIA or the NSA on the podcast next to me, because I'd love to hear their reaction to that. That is a staggering development.