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You ever watch a cattle drive? The basic idea is you put a cowboy on the leftwing and a cowboy on the right. At the end of the day, them cows all end up in the same place regardless of which way they lean. A good way to control your opposition is to become your opposition. Play all sides, just like a rancher. Present the antithesis at the same time as your thesis in the form of theatrics to better steer the conversation in your favor. Just like the rancher steers the cattle with his cowboys. Human farming.
The KGB had so many sleeper agents living normal lives in America. The KGB made the CIA, MI6 and even Mossad sweat, they even helped Afrikan countries kick out the colonialists and trained the MK agsinst the Apartheid regime in South Afrika, the FSB is still good, they are here in Afrika making good friends
@@I_Lemaire lol😂😂. You sure don't know alot about africa and intelligence agencies operating in Africa. Just deep dive and you'd find at one point the chinese intelligence agency was dropping mossad operatives like ducks in Africa. They both had to stop due to so many losses on both sides but still mossad took more beating.
I think the power of kgb was being human centric first and foremost. The Soviet Union was a multicultural society with people of many races. To control all these different cultures and people of different races the basic you need to get right is don’t be racist. They also managed to make friends with Arabs, Africans, south Asians, East Asians and work towards common goals by respecting mutual interests. That’s what made them strong vs other colonial and imperialist powers and their agencies which solely focused on self interest, not to mention looked down on other nations as less intelligent, uncultured, uncivilized etc.
Take it your a modern "diversity is a strength" ideologue despite all the evidence to the contrary. Absolute fool Btw-Bullshit, they were openly antisemitic and racist towards Asians in their own countries
Just wrong. Much like the Hanifiication in China, the secret services like all government agencies in Russia engaged in a Russification. Yes people of different backgrounds where allowed to rise in the administration. But only if they where clealry russified.
Riddle me this. Kerenski came to my house for dinner in Santa Monica CA in 1964! I was 10 yrs young, an air force brat now 70 yrs old. Dad had top secret files in a file cabinet in the garage. The movie Ice Station Zebra was loosely based on my father who advised the producer. I went to first grade in Norway, was kicked out of second in Foggy Bottom and lived next door to Robert Stack in Arlington VA. In 3rd. Who was Kerenski? Take your best shot!
As a Russian I enjoyed this piece of my own country's history. It is really close to what we study in school. Although the majority-minority part is not quiet right. Mensheviks(roughly coud be translated as minorities) were majority in the party and got their name bc of their programm called "Minimum", and Bolsheviks got the "Maximum" programm, so they got their "majorities" name, that should be better translated as "big"(changes)
Through Russia the globalists were building a new world, and the Comintern was their network, Stalin spoilt the globalist cards and began to build socialism in a single country. It was a grandiose project, after Stalin did not leave his successor and the team that could go forward and carry out the necessary reforms, in addition, in a constant struggle with the ideological enemy it made the task more difficult. In any case, Russia became the originator of a new worldview and this experience enriches its possibilities
KGB though is the FBI/CIA for USSR... or and is focused on counterintelligence and counter-terrorism. (which they are known for) GRU is the one in-charge in foreign espionage and military espionage. These are the one who are mostly sent overseas and KGB are the one sent for officials. What's scary is not KGB nor GRU but CIA who has 20x more personnel and budget than Soviet Union GDP itself. And still somehow playing the blaming game with KGB when something bad happens. The scale of its operations of CIA is larger and massive compared to USSR which is mostly on just mainland and certain western countries. Which is also why the Soviets has the bests world map during that period as well because CIA is fighting an espionage battle with 2 departments of USSR.
I agree with Rick's assessment. From what I have read about Russian History, the Okhrana was the actual broker of power in Russia during the last two Czars. They were just a formalization of those who had always worked for the Romanovs. Watch the "Fall of Eagles" they have a good episode on the Okhrana.
It goes further back than that. Ivan the Terrible formed the Oprichniki, which served as his bodyguard and enforcers who sought out, tortured, and executed those disloyal to the Czar.
Total and complete BS. The Okhrana had bubkes to do with the class killings or the mass terror- they were Lenin and Dzerzhinsky's babies. But I do understand why those two are spreading this drivel- " Russia is evil. Always was, always will be. " So boring.
Ladies and gentleman, the entire interview with this guy, you have had the PRIVILAGE to see how when you have a popular podcast you can sell any narrative that you want.
Exactly. Misleading. "We've always said in an admiring way, that the Jesuits have formed the greatest intelligence agency in the world, and always have." - E. Howard Hunt
Indeed. "We've always said in an admiring way, that the Jesuits have formed the greatest intelligence agency in the world,and always have." - E Howard Hunt
When the question had been, who is the best informed and intelligent diplomatic foreign agency, the answer would be the diplomatic service of the Vatican.
Cause its not de facto defunct, Putin is literally ex-KGB agent, which is not a like some conspiracy or secret. KGB replaced communist party as ruling power in Russia during 80th and 90th, they only did some rebranding to FSB after soviet union collapse. I think modern late USSR+Russia is good example of country where intelligence services became to overpowered and got in charge of the whole country
I like how people commenting here like saying: Mossad is best, CIA is best... probably only know about them through pro CIA or pro Mossad documentaries or videos articles that will always say they are the best no matter what.
What are you talking about lol almost everyone who says they're the best likely says so because how effective they are at controlling/overthrowing/nefarious stuff. CIA/Mossad are likely the top agencies, and they're evil. Never seen a pro CIA/pro Mossad documentary LMAO.
@@igorzimin2518 If by "best" you mean "most powerful criminal organisation by a LONG way" there are people saying that. But the comments seem to disappear...
@@TeacherTom1 For the CIA or the FBI to criticize the FSB is the height of hypocrisy. The entity that trained DINA and the Gestapo/SBU has no right to moralize period.
Lenin as a Ochrana agent is not heresy it's simply ridiculous. 1) How is a paid agent able to create such an expansive body of theory that is able to convince millions, leads movements all over the globe to success and becomes the foundation of what even today reamains the most powerful strain of left-wing politics? 2) Why did the split between revolutionaries and moderates happen in every other country of the world too if it wasnt an internal theoretical issue of socialist polictics that repeats itself over and over again even today? 3) What did the Ochrana achieve if the splintering turned out to create the organisation that would be able to successfully stage a revolution precisely because of the organisational features that Lenin introduced? They might have tolerated a split or even encouraged it but to introduce policies that form a very effective underground political apparatus seem to be very unwise as a strategy.
Well, Bandera did it. The Nazis butchered his brothers- yet he died as a West German Intel asset. Michelle Bachelett threw her father under the bus when she refused to save Gonzalo Lira. So it's " possible ".
Lex did delete my comment but the regime did execute Lenin's brother whom he adored. But these clowns need to justify what Bandera did so it's perfectly normal to cooperate with your brother's murderers. The CIA is becoming a frigging joke.
Let alone that all of that surely will turn against the Russian government. Its just common sense that if you give someone (or a group of people) too much power, sooner or later it will turn on you. There’s potential thinking there, but Lenin as an Okranka agent is just highly unlikely
What I believe KGB's biggest victory was being able to infiltrate the institutes of almost every single country gaining independence in the post world war 2 era. This is what allowed the Soviet to gain so much influence around the world.
In modern history I don't doubt this, perhaps mi6 or mossad would be a rival to that debate, but it's by no means rock solid to say that they're the best of all time. Every empire in history, every tribe, has its own methods of Intel work. A good study of this would be Nesta h websters book, history of Secret Societies as relating to revolutionary movements.
@@blueocean2510italy a superpower?😂 Italy today is absolutely nothing in the great scheme of things. There's only 2 superpowers today: China and U.S. With Russia being a military superpower, while U.S is declining fast.
Russian people were actually the main enemy of the KGB starting fromt its early days of VChK when it was founded by Polish aristocrate Dzierżyński. Gorbachev actually started to destroy it but Eltsin started restoration of that organization.
Once in a while, great learning marries with unique teaching ability . This guy is very good. Had great respect for my Professor in Russian Studies at University, but , as a communicator, he was boring.
We are still reeling from the placement of Gus Hall voters at the heads of a Law Enforcement and an Intelligence service, as they both did more damage to our nation and Constitution than Ames and Hanssen. The damage to the reputation and trustworthiness of the organizations is immeasurable.
That would undoubtedly be the Roman Praetorian guard, literal shapers of the Roman empire, at their prime were able to make and break emperors without a sweat and had more direct power than senators.
You don't find a society where these clowns are considered " experts " and are actually listened to terrifying as hell? So the regime executed his brother whom he adored but Lenin still joined the Okhrana? I thought his last name was " Ulyanov "- not " Bandera ". 😂
On October 26, 2023 the CIA with more than a little help from Mossad all but succeeded in assassinating Oleg Tsarev. Next year Victoria Bondarenko Tsareva joins both the CIA and the Blake Association. 😂😂😂
No. If Pavel Sudoplatov were alive the FSB could have pulled what the Mossad pulled with my brother on October 26, 2023 in Yalta, made sure Tsarev was dead and would have gotten away with it. No. Mossad and the FSB are not equals. Not anymore.
The power of any security/intelligence service is proportionate to the power of its state. There is no doubt that the U.S. is the most powerful state in history, and the CIA is the most powerful security/intelligence service in history. This can be easily measured in the scope of operations, the resources available, and the level of financing. The Soviets certainly had great successes and were powerful in their own right, but the CIA is in a league of its own (and I don’t mean this in a positive way).
Mossad makes the CIA look like amateurs and Mossad will go to any lengths to get a job done. Mossad don't care about following the usual norms. The MSS of China is by far the largest intelligence agency on the planet. The CIA doesn't have assets on every corner of the globe. The MSS does. Almost every Chinese national you see anywhere on the planet is loyal to the CCP. Even the Chinese who are citizens of other nations will still ultimately stay loyal to Zhongua/China unless they're dissidents of course. The DGSE of France are up there too and of course we have MI6. The CIA is by far the most well funded but it's not the best. None are the 'best'. They all have their unique qualities. Now the KGB was undoubtedly the cream of the crop but the KGB has been defunct since 1991.
The CIA never beat them. CIA is relatively new compared to KGB. KGB goes back several hundred years. CIA was early 40s mid 50s and they’re sloppy as sh*t Look at this non binary identify as a cucumber nation. America school shootings are over 400. Russia and China got zero.
Also, they focus on them because so much is unknown about them. Meanwhile CIA is over here releasing declassified files left and right. Plus the three letter agencies like cia are very VERY LEAKY. This has been factual proven.
@ …..so they beat them ? I didn’t say they killed every Russian in Russia. Obviously there will always be an intelligence agency in any country. But they destroyed the KGB and the surrounding regime through years of covert attrition cold warfare.
Well I don´t consider wise to left out of the analisys the effect of WW1 in the 1917 revolution, isolating it only to the interior security agency to me leaves out a hugh factor in the decline of the zarist rule and the rise of revolution.
No one is more powerful than American CIA+NSA+14 other Intel.services! But even if we just compare CIA vs KGB, there is still will be more power on a side of American Intelligence Agency rather than on KGB’ side! Clearly, you guys are just *crazy* about that notorious abbreviation (KGB) which makes you believe they were such supa-powerful organisation, which is correct if we’re talking about control in Soviet Union, but on a global scale, I believe, MI6 & Mossad would be more efficient than KGB. And whilst, you’re so focused on KGB, you’re totally forgetting about GRU, which was *Elite* Intel.agency in Soviet Union. Why this organisation was Elite?! Because of GRU’s selective approach and high standards for getting new members on board!You could apply for KGB(and FSB) after completing just 12 grade, or if you have Uni degree would be preferable! GRU was hand-picking young promising officers and helpef …
I lived under USSR times in Moscow for some years. I know exactly what he is saying. Lived in UK and America i see how Russians work all over the world.
yup... they all are missing it. KGB was mostly inner agency, while GRU made outside operations. And it wasn't like same organization at all, completely different.
My vote would be for British intelligence, it has going strong since Queen Elizabeth the first with her Alchemist John Dee who signed his secret correspondence (007) and Sir Francis Walsingham, at present this same Banking Intelligence Cabal has been branded as (The Five Eyes) intelligence sharing. Social/Communism/Capitalism is a British social engineering applied concept. Read the "Red Symphony" if that sounds conflicted or confusing to you.
An interesting guest, but it is immediately obvious when complete nonsense begins due to ignorance of the language. There is a gigantic dispute about whether Stalin was an agent of the Okhrana (almost certainly he was not), and as for Lenin, it is simply ridiculous - there are even memoirs of Okhrana leaders in exile who wrote that Ulyanov was simply an impenetrable guy and this was a factor in the success of the Bolsheviks. Lenin did not work for the Tsarist or German secret services - he created his own. The same with Dzerzhinsky, his health problems have long been studied, consumption, heart disease, more than 10 years in camps and prisons. The Chekists used only the technical personnel of the Tsarist secret police: cipher officers, etc. Basically, the secret police officers went over to the White forces and emigrated. And the basis of the Cheka were communists, and later bureaucrats. The secret of the Bolsheviks was precisely in the fact that the party itself was built as a special service, Stalin once called it "the Order of the Swordsmen". Therefore, party control was always higher than that of the Cheka. There were only two cases of Cheka success in politics: Beria and Andropov, but both were short-lived. When the party fell apart, it is not surprising that it was the former Cheka who became the main one (Putin)
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Religious fraternal orders such as the Vatican and British crown have the best intelligence and secret services.
You ever watch a cattle drive? The basic idea is you put a cowboy on the leftwing and a cowboy on the right. At the end of the day, them cows all end up in the same place regardless of which way they lean. A good way to control your opposition is to become your opposition. Play all sides, just like a rancher. Present the antithesis at the same time as your thesis in the form of theatrics to better steer the conversation in your favor. Just like the rancher steers the cattle with his cowboys. Human farming.
@@christoforos4126 brilliantly said
Well said
Gross but true
Excellent understanding.
Be careful with ideas like that. The idiots will say you're schizophrenic for seeing a connection where "there is none."
The KGB had so many sleeper agents living normal lives in America. The KGB made the CIA, MI6 and even Mossad sweat, they even helped Afrikan countries kick out the colonialists and trained the MK agsinst the Apartheid regime in South Afrika, the FSB is still good, they are here in Afrika making good friends
Mossad is better in Africa. You need someone found, goto Mossad.
@I_Lemaire Afrika is complicated,
Couldn't protect my brother, could they?
@@I_Lemaire lol😂😂. You sure don't know alot about africa and intelligence agencies operating in Africa. Just deep dive and you'd find at one point the chinese intelligence agency was dropping mossad operatives like ducks in Africa. They both had to stop due to so many losses on both sides but still mossad took more beating.
@@darkodonnie2729 where did u get that info?
I think the power of kgb was being human centric first and foremost. The Soviet Union was a multicultural society with people of many races. To control all these different cultures and people of different races the basic you need to get right is don’t be racist. They also managed to make friends with Arabs, Africans, south Asians, East Asians and work towards common goals by respecting mutual interests. That’s what made them strong vs other colonial and imperialist powers and their agencies which solely focused on self interest, not to mention looked down on other nations as less intelligent, uncultured, uncivilized etc.
Take it your a modern "diversity is a strength" ideologue despite all the evidence to the contrary. Absolute fool
Btw-Bullshit, they were openly antisemitic and racist towards Asians in their own countries
extremely good point!
Just wrong. Much like the Hanifiication in China, the secret services like all government agencies in Russia engaged in a Russification. Yes people of different backgrounds where allowed to rise in the administration. But only if they where clealry russified.
absltly the USSR was a unique social experiment
And yet the USSR and the kgb collapsed from their own turmoil and issues while the west still stands proud
I literally couldn’t have found this video at a better time as I’m writing a 12 page essay on Russian intelligence
What do u study
what do you study, madam?
are you going to publish an e-page, or pdf
n
Maybe you were writing it with a western perspective and if you don't they will fail your essay😂😂😂😂
@@KIM-xl6zs unfortunately that’s often true, however my main source is a Book called “The new Nobility” written by Russian journalists
Whoever you are, you are very fortunate to have him as your history teacher.
Yeah he just reads stuff anxd often times cant proniunce3 the names properly....if u didnt know any better...he does sound good
Riddle me this. Kerenski came to my house for dinner in Santa Monica CA in 1964! I was 10 yrs young, an air force brat now 70 yrs old. Dad had top secret files in a file cabinet in the garage. The movie Ice Station Zebra was loosely based on my father who advised the producer. I went to first grade in Norway, was kicked out of second in Foggy Bottom and lived next door to Robert Stack in Arlington VA. In 3rd. Who was Kerenski?
Take your best shot!
@@user-hr3di5od3n Your mom seemed pretty impressed.
Lex is KGB he grew up in it. That's why he always wears the suit that's all he's ever worn even when he was a baby, he might be a russian gmo human.
No frigging way. Lex is CIA.
😂😂😂😂
russian gmo human🤣😁👍✋🇰🇿
@@tatianalyulkin410you believe that
Mossadik
The most powerful agency in history , my opinion is Catholic church.
The jesuits
Lol
It’s the orthodox church not the catholic
@@Vastridium616no. catholic my friend
Yes
As a Russian I enjoyed this piece of my own country's history. It is really close to what we study in school. Although the majority-minority part is not quiet right. Mensheviks(roughly coud be translated as minorities) were majority in the party and got their name bc of their programm called "Minimum", and Bolsheviks got the "Maximum" programm, so they got their "majorities" name, that should be better translated as "big"(changes)
Yugoslavian UDBA was the most respected intelligence secret service. Even KGB was afraid of them
Tell me more about
just type in UDBA on youtube or Google. It was Tito's secret service police and they operated in the Yugoslavia and all over the planet.
@@Bigman-fh1fzTito threatened Stalin and Stalin stop trying to kill him.
yea, and most number of people in UDBA were Serbs. Serbs also have good inteligence agency.
@@nobody-m6fToday, it's called BIA.
NKVD, KGB and FSB are a serious organization.
Through Russia the globalists were building a new world, and the Comintern was their network, Stalin spoilt the globalist cards and began to build socialism in a single country. It was a grandiose project, after Stalin did not leave his successor and the team that could go forward and carry out the necessary reforms, in addition, in a constant struggle with the ideological enemy it made the task more difficult. In any case, Russia became the originator of a new worldview and this experience enriches its possibilities
The power of kgb is that one never knows whether he is or isn’t a kgb agent. This to various degrees is true about any intelligence agency.
Okay, then how do they work amongst each other?
@@JohnDoe-iq9bz it’s called compartmentalization
KGB though is the FBI/CIA for USSR... or and is focused on counterintelligence and counter-terrorism. (which they are known for)
GRU is the one in-charge in foreign espionage and military espionage. These are the one who are mostly sent overseas and KGB are the one sent for officials.
What's scary is not KGB nor GRU but CIA who has 20x more personnel and budget than Soviet Union GDP itself. And still somehow playing the blaming game with KGB when something bad happens. The scale of its operations of CIA is larger and massive compared to USSR which is mostly on just mainland and certain western countries.
Which is also why the Soviets has the bests world map during that period as well because CIA is fighting an espionage battle with 2 departments of USSR.
“The men with dark suits and black/blue ties” -Putin
If you know you know.
I agree with Rick's assessment. From what I have read about Russian History, the Okhrana was the actual broker of power in Russia during the last two Czars. They were just a formalization of those who had always worked for the Romanovs. Watch the "Fall of Eagles" they have a good episode on the Okhrana.
It goes further back than that. Ivan the Terrible formed the Oprichniki, which served as his bodyguard and enforcers who sought out, tortured, and executed those disloyal to the Czar.
@@AlexKazakovaxkazakov Agree!
They basically thought they were 3rd Rome.. Czar=Ceasar
@@milesb2111 it sounds different on Russian.
Total and complete BS. The Okhrana had bubkes to do with the class killings or the mass terror- they were Lenin and Dzerzhinsky's babies. But I do understand why those two are spreading this drivel- " Russia is evil. Always was, always will be. " So boring.
Ladies and gentleman, the entire interview with this guy, you have had the PRIVILAGE to see how when you have a popular podcast you can sell any narrative that you want.
Exactly. Misleading.
"We've always said in an admiring way, that the Jesuits have formed the greatest intelligence agency in the world, and always have."
- E. Howard Hunt
Indeed.
"We've always said in an admiring way, that the Jesuits have formed the greatest intelligence agency in the world,and always have."
- E Howard Hunt
🤡🤡🤡
When the question had been, who is the best informed and intelligent diplomatic foreign agency, the answer would be the diplomatic service of the Vatican.
Thats useless if you don't have the power to leverage it.
Remember Stalin to Churchill? How many tanks does the Pope have ?
Touche!
Why does the KGB stil have such an aura even after being defunct?
two words!
NOSTALGIA!!!
@@milo2324😂u in other planet
what if want everyone to think we are being defunct
Cause they still are here
Cause its not de facto defunct, Putin is literally ex-KGB agent, which is not a like some conspiracy or secret.
KGB replaced communist party as ruling power in Russia during 80th and 90th, they only did some rebranding to FSB after soviet union collapse.
I think modern late USSR+Russia is good example of country where intelligence services became to overpowered and got in charge of the whole country
For a second I genuinely thought Richard Dreyfus had found a new hobby.
😂 I thought the same thing!
😂😂😂
😂😂😂
Could be the British round the time of Queen Elizabeth 1st.. Or.. The Roman's might have been pretty good.
I like how people commenting here like saying: Mossad is best, CIA is best... probably only know about them through pro CIA or pro Mossad documentaries or videos articles that will always say they are the best no matter what.
What are you talking about lol almost everyone who says they're the best likely says so because how effective they are at controlling/overthrowing/nefarious stuff. CIA/Mossad are likely the top agencies, and they're evil. Never seen a pro CIA/pro Mossad documentary LMAO.
Comrade there are literally no one commenting about CIA. I don’t see any. Nice try Ivan
@@igorzimin2518 If by "best" you mean "most powerful criminal organisation by a LONG way" there are people saying that. But the comments seem to disappear...
@@LIV-FREE-VET Comrade, read more carefully, there are few comments. And what try did i do?
@@TeacherTom1 For the CIA or the FBI to criticize the FSB is the height of hypocrisy. The entity that trained DINA and the Gestapo/SBU has no right to moralize period.
Lenin as a Ochrana agent is not heresy it's simply ridiculous.
1) How is a paid agent able to create such an expansive body of theory that is able to convince millions, leads movements all over the globe to success and becomes the foundation of what even today reamains the most powerful strain of left-wing politics?
2) Why did the split between revolutionaries and moderates happen in every other country of the world too if it wasnt an internal theoretical issue of socialist polictics that repeats itself over and over again even today?
3) What did the Ochrana achieve if the splintering turned out to create the organisation that would be able to successfully stage a revolution precisely because of the organisational features that Lenin introduced? They might have tolerated a split or even encouraged it but to introduce policies that form a very effective underground political apparatus seem to be very unwise as a strategy.
Well, Bandera did it. The Nazis butchered his brothers- yet he died as a West German Intel asset. Michelle Bachelett threw her father under the bus when she refused to save Gonzalo Lira. So it's " possible ".
Lex did delete my comment but the regime did execute Lenin's brother whom he adored. But these clowns need to justify what Bandera did so it's perfectly normal to cooperate with your brother's murderers. The CIA is becoming a frigging joke.
Let alone that all of that surely will turn against the Russian government. Its just common sense that if you give someone (or a group of people) too much power, sooner or later it will turn on you.
There’s potential thinking there, but Lenin as an Okranka agent is just highly unlikely
He was a Jew that’s why
Good grief, Rick Spence just loves to hear the sound of his own voice.
14:56 only indica is meant to compartmentalize you. If it's anything else it be bad
Stoners are losers.
Id say, TikTok....
KGB is not Russian, it was USSR which consisted of 15 countries
My great grandpa worked for the NKVD so this is an interesting way of getting to know him better
Brilliant analysis!! Loved it.
"short gist clips" i think is more better than the full interview for me, coz listening long makes me sleep 😋 thanks sirs!
First, brilliant topic, lets do more
Jesuits were/are the greatest intelligence group ever.
Touche!
What I believe KGB's biggest victory was being able to infiltrate the institutes of almost every single country gaining independence in the post world war 2 era. This is what allowed the Soviet to gain so much influence around the world.
In modern history I don't doubt this, perhaps mi6 or mossad would be a rival to that debate, but it's by no means rock solid to say that they're the best of all time. Every empire in history, every tribe, has its own methods of Intel work. A good study of this would be Nesta h websters book, history of Secret Societies as relating to revolutionary movements.
catholic church?
Rockefeller Foundation?
@@olafuragustgudmundsson4464 No, that are freemasons.
The Jesuit Order
Good job Alexander. I see you working hard for your motherland
Sasha's " love " for Russia and $ 2.25 will get you on the bus. 😂
China in modern day America has to be far greater
while in USA all Americans have a Credit Rating and a bad one will stop them from renting and even landing a job. But look how bad China is,
@@ClownWorld63a bad credit rating won’t stop you from getting a job. What???
7:40 Robert Hanson reference.
I thought he was gonna say historically the Vatican modern Russian ..I would argue The Vatican
The Roman Empire was transformed into a more efficient Worldwide Empire, that is why Italy is a Superpower.
@@blueocean2510 Italy a superpower:) OMG you serious? The evil Empire has three letters if you did not know.
"We've always said in an admiring way, that the Jesuits have formed the greatest intelligence agency in the world, and always have."
- E. Howard Hunt
@@blueocean2510italy a superpower?😂 Italy today is absolutely nothing in the great scheme of things. There's only 2 superpowers today: China and U.S. With Russia being a military superpower, while U.S is declining fast.
Dude was asked about secret service but answered for origins of soviet union revolution.
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Why was the segment about Protocols taken down?
Because " the Jews are evil " is misleading gaslighting crap? 😂
Because lex is a tiny hat 🧢
Because it’s a long debunked fake, compiled by the Okrana and so ludicrous , only a complete mow-Ron would believe it.
Russian people were actually the main enemy of the KGB starting fromt its early days of VChK when it was founded by Polish aristocrate Dzierżyński. Gorbachev actually started to destroy it but Eltsin started restoration of that organization.
rUSSAN intelligence exemplifies one of the most ruthless human organizations. Remains active across numerous countries.
@@TarasBoychuk Are they more powerful than the US 3-letter agencies?
What do you have to say about No Such Agency since you are so well informed about the Russians? Waiting with bated breath.
Not anymore. If it were true Kolomojsky and Zelensky would have been very very dead.
Ruthless CIA still starting revolutions with no regard to overthrow governments
Once in a while, great learning marries with unique teaching ability . This guy is very good. Had great respect for my Professor in Russian Studies at University, but , as a communicator, he was boring.
'The Ochrana' The Russian Secret Police...A.T. Vassilyev.. 1930.....Invaluable book on this subject...
We are still reeling from the placement of Gus Hall voters at the heads of a Law Enforcement and an Intelligence service, as they both did more damage to our nation and Constitution than Ames and Hanssen. The damage to the reputation and trustworthiness of the organizations is immeasurable.
That would undoubtedly be the Roman Praetorian guard, literal shapers of the Roman empire, at their prime were able to make and break emperors without a sweat and had more direct power than senators.
‼️ GRU ‼️
u omitted the GRU military intelligence headed by russian general staff, the nkvd flollowed the the cheka. djerzinsky was a polish count by the way
Так уморительно смотреть как на Лехе шапка горит.
You don't find a society where these clowns are considered " experts " and are actually listened to terrifying as hell? So the regime executed his brother whom he adored but Lenin still joined the Okhrana? I thought his last name was " Ulyanov "- not " Bandera ". 😂
On October 26, 2023 the CIA with more than a little help from Mossad all but succeeded in assassinating Oleg Tsarev. Next year Victoria Bondarenko Tsareva joins both the CIA and the Blake Association. 😂😂😂
Nonsense my dearest. He's openly shilling.
@@tatianalyulkin410нахуй їм той Царьов не всрався)))) якби хотіли йобнути - йобнули би)
what about MI6? Isn't it the oldest one?
History is that which is yet to be written. 2028 is ok, 2050s a bit weird, but some of the best Intel out of yoghurt to be found.
Mossad is officially the most powerful intelligence but KGB is unofficially the most powerful one
@@geramaier4673 CIA?
The kgb is called the fsb now, speak correctly or not at all.
No. If Pavel Sudoplatov were alive the FSB could have pulled what the Mossad pulled with my brother on October 26, 2023 in Yalta, made sure Tsarev was dead and would have gotten away with it. No. Mossad and the FSB are not equals. Not anymore.
@@milesb2111Oh, God Almighty, can't you see what they're doing???
"We've always said in an admiring way, that the Jesuits have formed the greatest intelligence agency in the world, and always have."
- E Howard Hunt
He knows his s....t, respect❤
Much easier to be effective in a barbaric sense when you don’t have to pay any attention to custom.
Mind blowing
No one till now can do what the Israelis have done 🇮🇱 !
Interesting!!!
The power of any security/intelligence service is proportionate to the power of its state. There is no doubt that the U.S. is the most powerful state in history, and the CIA is the most powerful security/intelligence service in history. This can be easily measured in the scope of operations, the resources available, and the level of financing. The Soviets certainly had great successes and were powerful in their own right, but the CIA is in a league of its own (and I don’t mean this in a positive way).
Mossad makes the CIA look like amateurs and Mossad will go to any lengths to get a job done. Mossad don't care about following the usual norms. The MSS of China is by far the largest intelligence agency on the planet. The CIA doesn't have assets on every corner of the globe. The MSS does. Almost every Chinese national you see anywhere on the planet is loyal to the CCP. Even the Chinese who are citizens of other nations will still ultimately stay loyal to Zhongua/China unless they're dissidents of course. The DGSE of France are up there too and of course we have MI6. The CIA is by far the most well funded but it's not the best. None are the 'best'. They all have their unique qualities. Now the KGB was undoubtedly the cream of the crop but the KGB has been defunct since 1991.
How come Lex and his guests always focuses on the KGB even though the CIA beat them and has a history that’s just as crazy?
The CIA never beat them. CIA is relatively new compared to KGB. KGB goes back several hundred years. CIA was early 40s mid 50s and they’re sloppy as sh*t
Look at this non binary identify as a cucumber nation. America school shootings are over 400. Russia and China got zero.
Also, they focus on them because so much is unknown about them. Meanwhile CIA is over here releasing declassified files left and right. Plus the three letter agencies like cia are very VERY LEAKY. This has been factual proven.
@@drichards4426 Most powerful criminal organisation in history, plus the NSA and other affiliates. American exceptionalism at its finest
How did the CIA beat them?? The USSR fell but the KGB just changed names.
@ …..so they beat them ? I didn’t say they killed every Russian in Russia. Obviously there will always be an intelligence agency in any country. But they destroyed the KGB and the surrounding regime through years of covert attrition cold warfare.
Thought Walter White was talking intelligence agencies for a second.
Walter White and Gale Boetticher's love child
One of the finest spymasters in western history was Queen Elizabeth 's John Dee. J.
**( Best & Most Informed InteLigence Agency )** - "TRUST-ME, BRO" ! 😮😊😮
Well I don´t consider wise to left out of the analisys the effect of WW1 in the 1917 revolution, isolating it only to the interior security agency to me leaves out a hugh factor in the decline of the zarist rule and the rise of revolution.
No one is more powerful than American CIA+NSA+14 other Intel.services! But even if we just compare CIA vs KGB, there is still will be more power on a side of American Intelligence Agency rather than on KGB’ side!
Clearly, you guys are just *crazy* about that notorious abbreviation (KGB) which makes you believe they were such supa-powerful organisation, which is correct if we’re talking about control in Soviet Union, but on a global scale, I believe, MI6 & Mossad would be more efficient than KGB. And whilst, you’re so focused on KGB, you’re totally forgetting about GRU, which was *Elite* Intel.agency in Soviet Union. Why this organisation was Elite?! Because of GRU’s selective approach and high standards for getting new members on board!You could apply for KGB(and FSB) after completing just 12 grade, or if you have Uni degree would be preferable! GRU was hand-picking young promising officers and helpef …
Yuri Bezmenov: The Four Stages of Ideological Subversion (1984)
ruclips.net/video/yErKTVdETpw/видео.html
russia is doing it right now full force
His words were spot on. Many look at Russians as simple and stupid or diabolically clever.
Enforced power end of x
KGB makes Mossad look like amateurs. CIA is just pathetic 😂
Tell that to Nordstream 2.
Zero evidence mentioned?
My dearest, this is the new and improved America. The Wokeys have no use for evidence .
I lived under USSR times in Moscow for some years. I know exactly what he is saying. Lived in UK and America i see how Russians work all over the world.
This is fantastic. Makes me laugh.
I submit the Stasi were more efficient and they trained the KGB.
As someone who dreams of a carrier in the future EU CIA this is an interesting video.
Если это сделал запад то почему мне не сказала китайская сторона и фсб , но если Россия то почему не сказала западная сторона ?
Obsessive focus on Russia. What about MI5 Boss or ASIO ??.
The most powerful agency was the G.R.U.
yup... they all are missing it. KGB was mostly inner agency, while GRU made outside operations. And it wasn't like same organization at all, completely different.
@@preludeh22a57GRU - воєнною розвідкою закордоном була)
А Перше головне управління в складі KGB здійснювало зовнішньополітичну розвідку;))!
Its funny when he says that to a russian spy
Oh c'mon
Hard to listen to a person who is openly a heretic.
The definition of heretic is :"a person holding an opinion at odds with what is generally accepted.". So why is that hard ?
@@bojanvrangeloskisome people are stuck in their ways and stubborn about their archaic religion.
They all had the same pay check: the Party maximum.
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Without question The Mossad!!
@@CasinoMaster48 They're an extension of the CIA
Calling a terrorist Kerensky a moderate socialist is.... telling xd
He also called him a (quasi) dictator
@@Lincoln.Osiris He's a quasi scholar- who cares?
Today it is Chinese MSS, and American CIA
Скоріш MSS , якщо в цілому брати)))
З CIA можна порівнювати лиш частково)))
KGB тобто)
That's your opinion.
He's talking about the United States?
Touche!
My vote would be for British intelligence, it has going strong since Queen Elizabeth the first with her Alchemist John Dee who signed his secret correspondence (007) and Sir Francis Walsingham, at present this same Banking Intelligence Cabal has been branded as (The Five Eyes) intelligence sharing. Social/Communism/Capitalism is a British social engineering applied concept. Read the "Red Symphony" if that sounds conflicted or confusing to you.
I was thinking the same thing but was too afraid to say it 😱😱😱🤷🏻♂️
Easy MOSSAD
Russia & New Zealand Are The Best
I've stopped taking this man seriously, after hearing that he believes Macedonia existed as a country before the fall of the CCCP
The russian have the tightest set of disciplines and guidelines...hence the US "inviting" technology informations🤫
Anyone know the common link between mossad and the kgb?
Who cares what someone in Idaho thinks about anything except potatoes.
An interesting guest, but it is immediately obvious when complete nonsense begins due to ignorance of the language. There is a gigantic dispute about whether Stalin was an agent of the Okhrana (almost certainly he was not), and as for Lenin, it is simply ridiculous - there are even memoirs of Okhrana leaders in exile who wrote that Ulyanov was simply an impenetrable guy and this was a factor in the success of the Bolsheviks. Lenin did not work for the Tsarist or German secret services - he created his own. The same with Dzerzhinsky, his health problems have long been studied, consumption, heart disease, more than 10 years in camps and prisons.
The Chekists used only the technical personnel of the Tsarist secret police: cipher officers, etc. Basically, the secret police officers went over to the White forces and emigrated. And the basis of the Cheka were communists, and later bureaucrats. The secret of the Bolsheviks was precisely in the fact that the party itself was built as a special service, Stalin once called it "the Order of the Swordsmen". Therefore, party control was always higher than that of the Cheka. There were only two cases of Cheka success in politics: Beria and Andropov, but both were short-lived. When the party fell apart, it is not surprising that it was the former Cheka who became the main one (Putin)
Vatican.
Lex trying to cover up the ops he was involved in. Russia
Oh, for God's sake- if Lex is FSB I'm Isaak Levitan and Frida Kahlo in one body.
❤❤❤ Mr You are convinced is that true!!! What you thing if we talk to Cronovizor of Vatican???!!!😂😂😂
Mossad…🙉🙈😎
Lol I forgot the name mossad I was thinking monsanto😂😂
@@chasep402 Same difference, really
@@christoforos4126 😂👍
Trained by the CIA
what happened on oct 7th again?
The most powerful intelligence agency has to go to the Jesuits
Touche!
They have been fairly diabolical
USSR simping is a trend now?