Distinguished Speaker Series - Douglas Laux, Former CIA

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  • Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024

Комментарии • 32

  • @davidstory2712
    @davidstory2712 3 года назад +12

    thank you for defending me and america

  • @mmaking931
    @mmaking931 4 года назад +10

    Spy games was amazing i hope they get a second season

  • @likasgandamercado3969
    @likasgandamercado3969 4 года назад +12

    This guy is undoubtedly bright but the job probably, could have taken a toll on him. His processing of words is too slow and his reaction to questions. His years of service to CIA with the threats against his life every single day is far from easy to handle even if the person is brave or smart. Soldiers who were assigned in Afghanistan, many of them, had PTSDs and some other psych problems later on. It's an honorable job for serving the country but it also involves probable compromise of mental faculties.

  • @dawitbekele6975
    @dawitbekele6975 4 года назад +16

    do you guys think he's on something, because I've watched his other interviews and he's not this slow or a little bit weird

    • @blindatnothing
      @blindatnothing 4 года назад +4

      maybe micro dosing psychadelics

    • @luceatlux7087
      @luceatlux7087 4 года назад +4

      yeah, that third time he talked about his chance of dying being, "high... not medium... not low... not just possible..." along with a few other moments, got me to look up from my home activities.

    • @noamtrotsky9601
      @noamtrotsky9601 3 года назад +4

      That’s what I noticed

  • @noamtrotsky9601
    @noamtrotsky9601 3 года назад +8

    Why does this dude look and sound blasted out of his mind on drugs

  • @GbawlZ
    @GbawlZ 3 года назад +7

    Is it just me or does he sound drunk or high? He's very awkward, whoever said he was articulate is nuts--- not one of his jokes hit and he was just all over the place.

  • @itsmemckee2110
    @itsmemckee2110 5 лет назад +4

    Pretty eccentric dude, but I did like his book.

  • @shapeshiftingpanda
    @shapeshiftingpanda 4 года назад +8

    his afghan assignment really did a number on him

    • @timgreenglass
      @timgreenglass 3 года назад +3

      cant make eye contact, arms crossed, be prepared to lie to everyone. he is an advertisement for not joining.

  • @jimnaz5267
    @jimnaz5267 4 года назад +2

    he sounds like Christopehr Walkins. punctution in speach excatly the same

  • @waedjradi
    @waedjradi 5 лет назад +3

    Wow.

  • @nicknack8459
    @nicknack8459 3 года назад +5

    What is this dude on?

  • @sjpnnk
    @sjpnnk 4 года назад +2

    I'm not understanding how the penny falls out of a drawer, unless there's a crack in the bottom😆

    • @aleksandraristic1796
      @aleksandraristic1796 4 года назад +2

      You leave it on the side edge (not inside the drawer), when you pull the drawer fast, it falls down.

    • @sjpnnk
      @sjpnnk 4 года назад +1

      @@aleksandraristic1796 ahhhh ok

  • @georgeweatherley
    @georgeweatherley 5 лет назад +5

    What's up with this guy? Falling asleep aready..

    • @hsehovic63
      @hsehovic63 5 лет назад +3

      PTSD

    • @Garrus1995
      @Garrus1995 5 лет назад +1

      The Bosnian Dragon, Does he really have PTSD? I read his book and it never seemed like he ever brought that up as a possibility.

    • @hsehovic63
      @hsehovic63 5 лет назад +4

      @@Garrus1995 yes, he does. it's in his book. when he got fed up with the agency, shortly after he got off his meds and alcohol, his doctor told him he should seek therapy. Working in a war zone takes a lot out of a man

    • @Garrus1995
      @Garrus1995 5 лет назад +3

      You're right, he talked about how he struggled with drugs and alcohol and saw a therapist, but I never really thought it meant he had PTSD. I thought it was more to do with how much of a toll working for the Agency took on his personal life and he was just generally depressed by it all. Guess I never read closely enough to think he was struggling with PTSD.