How many people have CIA killed? | Annie Jacobsen and Lex Fridman

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  • Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025

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  • @LexClips
    @LexClips  10 месяцев назад +77

    Full podcast episode: ruclips.net/video/GXgGR8KxFao/видео.html
    Lex Fridman podcast channel: ruclips.net/user/lexfridman
    Guest bio: Annie Jacobsen is an investigative journalist and author of "Nuclear War: A Scenario" and many other books on war, weapons, government secrecy, and national security.

    • @derekthompson9136
      @derekthompson9136 10 месяцев назад +2

      It isn’t but that’s the point of clandestine operations.

    • @Rays_Bad_Decisions
      @Rays_Bad_Decisions 10 месяцев назад

      Even if you don't think 9/11 was them, how many people did the Opium from Afghanistan kill globally???

    • @DobieDad
      @DobieDad 10 месяцев назад +1

      Lex, you need to watch the movie, "Red Sparrow" it is an example of women assassin's, how they are selected, groomed, and trained to kill men.

    • @CSHOWALTER1978
      @CSHOWALTER1978 9 месяцев назад +2

      😊

    • @WillS-x9y
      @WillS-x9y 9 месяцев назад +2

      Worked with them many times in my previous life. They are super incompetent.

  • @Laconic_
    @Laconic_ 10 месяцев назад +1759

    Directly? Thousands. Indirectly? Millions.

    • @WeAreLegion-
      @WeAreLegion- 10 месяцев назад +31

      42

    • @Feathers-12
      @Feathers-12 10 месяцев назад +6

      ​@@WeAreLegion-I get it. HGTTG

    • @TheSwegBucket
      @TheSwegBucket 10 месяцев назад

      Millions? Absolutely delusional. You'd have a better time making the argument that American voters have done that killing.

    • @420haxx
      @420haxx 10 месяцев назад

      @@420MrReeferThe title is 'How many people has the CIA killed' not assassinated. In this case saying that the CIA has indirectly killed millions is certainly true.

    • @tidakada7357
      @tidakada7357 10 месяцев назад

      Anticommunism and the jakarta protocols alone killed over 100 million.

  • @nicolasrose3064
    @nicolasrose3064 10 месяцев назад +794

    "How many people has the CIA killed....?"
    CIA : "Today.....?"

    • @roroflowazoro
      @roroflowazoro 9 месяцев назад +33

      No the last 2 hours?

    • @w4rl0rd93
      @w4rl0rd93 9 месяцев назад

      @@roroflowazoro”dozens of kids, rape, murder, lies… quite a bit we can do in a two hours”- CIA

    • @Atheism-And-Normative-Ethics
      @Atheism-And-Normative-Ethics 9 месяцев назад +1

      The central intelligence agency's role does not include harming anyone.

    • @roroflowazoro
      @roroflowazoro 9 месяцев назад +21

      @@Atheism-And-Normative-Ethics who told u that? 😭

    • @Atheism-And-Normative-Ethics
      @Atheism-And-Normative-Ethics 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@roroflowazoro economics. Contract work.

  • @BajatheChickenMan
    @BajatheChickenMan 10 месяцев назад +491

    They dont even know how many people they've ended.

    • @davesskillet9235
      @davesskillet9235 10 месяцев назад +8

      they know what happens in the field stays in the field.

    • @kelvinwilson4419
      @kelvinwilson4419 10 месяцев назад +12

      Yes they do, it's just under a different company as "privatized trade secrets" 😂😂😂

    • @RobertHoward-k8r
      @RobertHoward-k8r 10 месяцев назад +6

      You have to be as evil as those you fight &silent for ever

    • @kYnTso
      @kYnTso 9 месяцев назад +8

      They probably know the number of the high profile targets but as for the "colletaral damage" theyr approach is probably "Who's counting"

    • @markscerbo3029
      @markscerbo3029 9 месяцев назад

      God is Love

  • @kevindorland738
    @kevindorland738 10 месяцев назад +232

    CIA has no authority to arrest anyone......however......

    • @ronjon7942
      @ronjon7942 9 месяцев назад +15

      Laf. “No, sorry, I can’t bring you in as my prisoner. Buuuut….”

    • @walkertongdee
      @walkertongdee 9 месяцев назад +5

      You pay them, you enable them.

    • @theoak64
      @theoak64 9 месяцев назад +16

      Well why would you need authority to arrest if you can just make them disappear?

    • @denroy3
      @denroy3 8 месяцев назад

      Of course they can't arrest, international borders...that would be kidnapping and may cause an incident. Murder, there is always denial.

    • @chowell1451
      @chowell1451 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@theoak64I bet u there’s a lot of undiscovered Abu ghraib out there

  • @albollinger5431
    @albollinger5431 10 месяцев назад +18

    I don't know about being the sign of a great journalist.... But at least the sign of a truthful journalist. 🤷🏽

    • @bobbys4327
      @bobbys4327 7 месяцев назад +2

      Those two: great journalist and truthful journalist would never collide in the same paragraph.

  • @akaJackLugar
    @akaJackLugar 10 месяцев назад +418

    Even those working in/for CIA have no idea how many.

    • @N0sf3r4tuR1s3n
      @N0sf3r4tuR1s3n 10 месяцев назад +21

      It's so classified that just about none of them know the answer. Just like the recipes for the grilled sandwiches in the cafeteria...

    • @hypsm
      @hypsm 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@N0sf3r4tuR1s3ntroo

    • @walkertongdee
      @walkertongdee 9 месяцев назад

      Follow the money it comes from you, that's who to blame

    • @stopdacap2991
      @stopdacap2991 9 месяцев назад +11

      ​@@walkertongdee The average American who is just trying to survive is to blame for the things that our high and mighty government does? Your foolishness amazes me 🫢

    • @mp5kfisher241
      @mp5kfisher241 9 месяцев назад

      Lorena Bobbitt was a Russian spy, her real name was Lorena Cutachunkov

  • @wedtofate31
    @wedtofate31 10 месяцев назад +49

    The book, The Science of Coercion fits in well with this conversation. Annie is a great journalist!

  • @rrrrramone
    @rrrrramone 10 месяцев назад +255

    John Perkins called them “Jackals”

    • @martinvanburen4578
      @martinvanburen4578 10 месяцев назад +11

      Tony calls them night creeping American soldiers

    • @loopofconsciousness
      @loopofconsciousness 10 месяцев назад +10

      That is a great book!!

    • @planetclay
      @planetclay 10 месяцев назад +5

      @@loopofconsciousness books...the second one might be even better....but yeah...then he went all spiritual South American herb-studies....not dissing it...totally love and respect the man forever.

    • @loopofconsciousness
      @loopofconsciousness 10 месяцев назад +7

      @@planetclayI didn’t know he had other books- will check them out, thanks

    • @planetclay
      @planetclay 10 месяцев назад +11

      @@loopofconsciousness The Secret History Of The American Empire is his amazing follow-up.

  • @qedsteve
    @qedsteve 9 месяцев назад +59

    When I get a book on an historical topic, I FIRST turn to the sources/bibliography to determine whether it's worth the effort to read. Annie's statement at the end about her book having "100 pages" of sources at the end will see me heading to the bookstore cash-in-hand.

    • @Zappappappappa
      @Zappappappappa 9 месяцев назад +7

      You think that's impressive you should read Whitney Webb's two volume mammoth of a research/historical text I have ever encountered. It is absolutely absurd.

    • @christopherharper1586
      @christopherharper1586 6 месяцев назад +2

      I would listen to more of her interviews before spending the money. There are somethings she speaks on that is sourced and just flat out incorrect. whether from the source or from her it is still false information. I am still interested in her work and will probably pick it up but I will read it with that in mind.

    • @RebeccaTurner-ny1xx
      @RebeccaTurner-ny1xx 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@christopherharper1586 And those incorrect statements are...?

    • @christopherharper1586
      @christopherharper1586 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx One of the largest is that our nuclear program is still analog and independently fired.

    • @Skank_and_Gutterboy
      @Skank_and_Gutterboy 5 месяцев назад

      @@christopherharper1586
      I agree with you. I read her book on Area 51 history and it's total garbage. After reading 3/4 of that dog, I trust nothing she writes. The book was full of conflicting information and so full of logical problems that events could not have happened per her sources, somebody was wrong and somebody was right and she did nothing to address any of it. (One glaring example: if the USSR had UFO stealth technology and were flying the saucer that crashed at Roswell, NM that entered our country undetected and remained undetected until it crashed, why were they floating spy balloons in the early 1970s and they have yet to manufacture a legitimate stealth aircraft?) The Area 51 association of former employees regrets ever having anything to do with her, she took their information and twisted it to fit some fiction account.
      It's also glaringly obvious that she has ZERO knowledge of anything to do with aerospace. I don't expect everybody to know the published specs of the SR-71 to a whisker, but she's not even aware of the typical speed that an airliner flies, where the space shuttle flew, or what it's typical orbital speed was +/- 1000 MPH. She doesn't even know a ballpark figure of what Mach 1 is, and she's writing books about aerospace? That's pretty appalling. With that piece of garbage under her belt, I trust nothing that comes from her. Pulitzer Prize author my a$$.

  • @Swampfox42
    @Swampfox42 9 месяцев назад +18

    Same answer that a cop gets when he asks how many beers you’ve had. TWO

  • @magg93
    @magg93 10 месяцев назад +436

    *"Women can get a lot closer to a target"*
    - Indirectly implies that all targets are male.

    • @ChipHighlark
      @ChipHighlark 10 месяцев назад +81

      I mean if I had to guess I'd bet that 90% of them are

    • @meredithisme3752
      @meredithisme3752 10 месяцев назад +42

      Of course men think with the little head first

    • @defatgames2796
      @defatgames2796 10 месяцев назад

      Yes most leaders of other countries are men. It's very easy to point the finger at men when men are the ones voted into power. Cleopatra didn't do much better.

    • @richplant2205
      @richplant2205 10 месяцев назад +13

      It doesn’t at all

    • @pluckinmageetar
      @pluckinmageetar 10 месяцев назад

      Yes, historically Men hold positions of power or are usually more libel to associate with violent peeps.
      Culturally, it's still taboo to assassinate Women.

  • @tmtb80
    @tmtb80 10 месяцев назад +237

    Annie Jacobson should narrate audiobooks. Great voice.

    • @ryancarmona290
      @ryancarmona290 10 месяцев назад +33

      She narrates her own books, go get one!

    • @user-xn4hu3nh9n
      @user-xn4hu3nh9n 10 месяцев назад +1

      Right

    • @Overtimeheat
      @Overtimeheat 10 месяцев назад +9

      As long as she doesn’t say “right?” or “Okay?” after every sentence I’m all for it

    • @stephenrosenthal5252
      @stephenrosenthal5252 10 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@ryancarmona290 are they in the fiction section?

    • @swiftnsilent1
      @swiftnsilent1 9 месяцев назад +4

      "Right?!" 😂

  • @trevornever27
    @trevornever27 10 месяцев назад +126

    We need to get Whitney Webb and Annie Jacobsen together!

    • @Braveheartless
      @Braveheartless 10 месяцев назад +1

      🙏🏾

    • @nancysmith4848
      @nancysmith4848 9 месяцев назад +4

      Whitney Webb seems too gleeful about misery to me. Also she mixes facts with assumptions. I like this lady better.

    • @jumpinjohnnyruss
      @jumpinjohnnyruss 9 месяцев назад +7

      @@nancysmith4848 This lady seems to revere the psychopaths she writes about.

    • @trevornever27
      @trevornever27 9 месяцев назад +3

      @@nancysmith4848 interesting take Nancy, Whitney could definitely learn a thing or two from Annie for sure. Partly why I was saying this, it would be interesting to see

    • @danchristopher7957
      @danchristopher7957 9 месяцев назад +1

      💯👏👍🏆

  • @darenm617
    @darenm617 9 месяцев назад +49

    She’s so measured, I could listen to this lady talk about a paint factory and be intrigued.

    • @Mraquanetchris
      @Mraquanetchris 5 месяцев назад +3

      "How many square feet?"

    • @TheDennys21
      @TheDennys21 Месяц назад

      And she has the voice of an angel.

  • @JohnBurman-l2l
    @JohnBurman-l2l 9 месяцев назад +13

    She really gets off on this stuff...the little smiles.

  • @notrealnic
    @notrealnic 10 месяцев назад +352

    Murdering people so to out trial based on your own interests and ideology? How is this different to ‘terrorism’?

    • @djquinn11
      @djquinn11 10 месяцев назад +62

      Because the US government says so?

    • @RootBeerGMT
      @RootBeerGMT 10 месяцев назад +35

      It’s not

    • @defatgames2796
      @defatgames2796 10 месяцев назад +45

      Terrorism is trying to deal with something by causing straight terror. Assassinations are the opposite, they're for when democracy is impossible and when war is unavoidable, if a leader of a country for example was clearly leading his people to March on the US im pre sure if you were in the US' shoes you would want that leader dealt with quickly and quietly.
      Again terrorism is causing terror on purpose to achieve a goal, assassinations are about quietly dealing with a threat in order to avoid causing terror. Literally the opposite.

    • @foff-666
      @foff-666 10 месяцев назад

      @@defatgames2796 found the bootlicking mental gymnast

    • @ssgtomen621
      @ssgtomen621 10 месяцев назад +25

      Indiscriminate targeting of civilians would be terrorism. This is surgical. Though it doesn't feel right. But to outright diss it without diligence is another level of ignorance.

  • @Randal-p3o
    @Randal-p3o 10 месяцев назад +227

    Secrets are making our country fall apart.

    • @holymacarenafin2319
      @holymacarenafin2319 9 месяцев назад

      Well judging by religions job in your country most cant handle truth.

    • @TheMohisa
      @TheMohisa 9 месяцев назад +4

      Arrogance. Letting out hideous secrets as a form of intimidation. Flexing their muscles so to speak.

    • @MichaelW-vj6wx
      @MichaelW-vj6wx 9 месяцев назад

      3 letters agencies have been destroying this country for decades.

    • @Atheism-And-Normative-Ethics
      @Atheism-And-Normative-Ethics 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@TheMohisa lmao. No one has to flex.

    • @jamberry8026
      @jamberry8026 9 месяцев назад

      @@Atheism-And-Normative-Ethics You act like you approve of the sh!t they're doing. They're not doing it for you. They're doing it for themselves. You will be left behind to die in case of a catastrophic event, and it will be your tax dollar that they use to do it with.

  • @titrecords2294
    @titrecords2294 10 месяцев назад +73

    The lack of regard for human lives makes you wonder if being a good person is really worth it, because the good people always end up as “collateral damage” smh!

    • @titrecords2294
      @titrecords2294 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@Mr.G237 why not back further? Did history start that day??

    • @jumpinjohnnyruss
      @jumpinjohnnyruss 9 месяцев назад +3

      It's not, but the good people can't help it.

    • @jamberry8026
      @jamberry8026 9 месяцев назад

      True. The worse thing free Americans ever did was to trust the government. Blacks were not free and ha no say do in the matter.

    • @jamberry8026
      @jamberry8026 9 месяцев назад

      @@jumpinjohnnyruss Yes, you could. You could have stood up and said no when they were telling you to hate the Indians and the Black slaves when the government was small. It's too late now.

    • @gabriellagelir2027
      @gabriellagelir2027 9 месяцев назад +5

      Be good, but know when to turn your humanity off.

  • @albertsolberg8682
    @albertsolberg8682 9 месяцев назад +41

    She keeps mentioning how it was not classified. She knows more than she’s saying, she just knows how the game works.

    • @audreyl704
      @audreyl704 9 месяцев назад +2

      🙈🙉🙊

    • @daniellazarus7943
      @daniellazarus7943 9 месяцев назад +1

      She probably is CIA

    • @Zappappappappa
      @Zappappappappa 9 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@daniellazarus7943 she's literally their podcast correspondent

    • @kirillvoloshin2065
      @kirillvoloshin2065 9 месяцев назад +2

      yeah, definitely plays safe even though knows much more

    • @invisiblecollege893
      @invisiblecollege893 8 месяцев назад +3

      You know what happens to someone who reports classified information. They go to jail. Do you want her speaking in public and writing books or in jail and doing none of that. Use your brain

  • @jimo680
    @jimo680 9 месяцев назад +13

    Thanks Ms. Jacobsen and Lex. I almost forgot what a real journalist is supposed to be like. God Bless, and thank you both for your work.

  • @jorgevasconcelosmadetomove
    @jorgevasconcelosmadetomove 10 месяцев назад +14

    And God said “Love your enemy”, and I obeyed him and loved myself.

  • @G.Sharb1
    @G.Sharb1 10 месяцев назад +77

    Lex is so good he commented 5 days ago on a 5 min old vid

    • @208flatheads3
      @208flatheads3 10 месяцев назад +7

      Because all of these came out days ago he's just editing them to boost views.

    • @TheLeadHook
      @TheLeadHook 10 месяцев назад +4

      No it’s a scheduled upload

    • @astralfluxaf
      @astralfluxaf 10 месяцев назад +1

      ✨ scheduled posts ✨

    • @aspartamekillsyaknow9019
      @aspartamekillsyaknow9019 10 месяцев назад +1

      Stalk much?

  • @MrMorbingdun
    @MrMorbingdun 10 месяцев назад +11

    Hey Lex - I’m a big fan of your podcast been following for a couple years now. Big fan of Annie Jacobson as well so this one was a real treat. I believe you may have spliced in the wrong Richard Proto - I believe she was talking about Rick Prado, legendary SAD operator. I did have a good laugh imagining a math guy and Billy Waugh in a fight to the death though. Keep up the fantastic work my man!

  • @MrFlickzHD
    @MrFlickzHD 10 месяцев назад +33

    At minute 10:04, I could be wrong but I believe she was referring to Ric Prado, who was the former CIA Counterterrorist Chief of Operations, he has a book called Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior. I hope you see this Lex.

    • @JohnCox-ut3cv
      @JohnCox-ut3cv 9 месяцев назад +3

      Just did a search on Wikipedia for Ric Prado and of course nothing came up.
      We are like mushrooms - kept in the dark & fed shit.

    • @convictednotconvinced
      @convictednotconvinced 9 месяцев назад

      Yes, check out his interview on The Team House podcast.

    • @coryhoggatt7691
      @coryhoggatt7691 9 месяцев назад

      She clearly said Prada, not Proto.

  • @SM2099
    @SM2099 10 месяцев назад +62

    First unnofficial Halo Jump in history? August 24, 1964. Performed by a CIA Operative named: John (last name classified). Operative Unit: FOX. Operative codename: Naked Snake. Target location: Tselinoyarsk, USSR. Mission name: Virtuous.

    • @qasimrashidi6870
      @qasimrashidi6870 8 месяцев назад +3

      mission result?

    • @grimmertwin2148
      @grimmertwin2148 8 месяцев назад +3

      Father of D B Cooper?

    • @SM2099
      @SM2099 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@qasimrashidi6870 Rank: "Fox", new codename: "Big Boss".

    • @SM2099
      @SM2099 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@grimmertwin2148 Wouldnt be able to hold a candle to Snake.

    • @OrdinaryJo3
      @OrdinaryJo3 7 месяцев назад +5

      It’s so sad how few people will get this reference. This blew my mind when I played the series back in the late 90’s early 2000s.

  • @bugtusslealien3931
    @bugtusslealien3931 10 месяцев назад +11

    Open your parachute at 1000 feet? In the French Foreign Legion we opened our chutes at 100 feet and the Japanese never used chutes.😂😂

    • @AustinBrawner-ml5su
      @AustinBrawner-ml5su 9 месяцев назад

      The japs didn’t need em 😂😂😂😂😂 but did you guys seriously pop at 100ft dude that’s insane!!! Balls of steel!!

    • @lifewithlouie420
      @lifewithlouie420 9 месяцев назад

      😂

    • @thelastboomer9088
      @thelastboomer9088 8 месяцев назад +1

      Ninja no need chute

    • @TheDennys21
      @TheDennys21 Месяц назад

      What's that in meters???

  • @BetaBuxDelux
    @BetaBuxDelux 10 месяцев назад +89

    3:14 The current president just wants some ice cream and hair to sniff. 😢

    • @thewestfaceofdhaulagiri6697
      @thewestfaceofdhaulagiri6697 10 месяцев назад

      You be voting for the guy that wants the constitution terminated, lies on a scale far beyond anyone and who tried to steal an election to keep himself in power.

    • @glennmcnease8359
      @glennmcnease8359 9 месяцев назад

      He wants that little to keep a bullet from his brain. Ice cream and little girls hair to sniff. What a bad man a real jackass

    • @AntonioPeralesdelHierro
      @AntonioPeralesdelHierro 9 месяцев назад

      Last time I looked he isn't headed for the slammer like you very well know who. My antipathy for you know who is more than just political/cultural, it's about social aesthetics. I refuse to be associated with or governed by what appears to be utterly gross and psychotic trash if I can help it.

    • @burkena
      @burkena 9 месяцев назад +1

      3:50 Seals were chosen..ìt was rotation..but I believe U.S. Could have gotten him years earlier.but GWB & family were too closely tied to his family.. Prior..and couldn't
      DO IT SOONER..

  • @sharonwickens6921
    @sharonwickens6921 9 месяцев назад +6

    Always a pleasure Lex thanks Annie I've lived knowing it's about time it was discussed openly, enough time has gone by and this affects everyone ,respect from sxx bravo Juliett

  • @mrkennedy1213
    @mrkennedy1213 8 месяцев назад +6

    I could fall asleep listening to her soothing voice.❤

  • @roberta.6399
    @roberta.6399 8 месяцев назад +18

    Annie's voice is so smooth, and an outstanding reporter/writer.

  • @STaSHZILLA420
    @STaSHZILLA420 10 месяцев назад +63

    When the sentient A.I. gets created, I hope it has the same voice as Annie Jacobsen.

    • @nadimkhoury5547
      @nadimkhoury5547 10 месяцев назад +10

      She narrates her own audio books. They're free if you pay for Spotify. Listening to one atm 👌👌👌👌

    • @STaSHZILLA420
      @STaSHZILLA420 10 месяцев назад +4

      @@nadimkhoury5547 thanks for the heads up!

    • @quackyduck1499
      @quackyduck1499 10 месяцев назад

      I cant ever see AI becoming sentient. That's the god factor and AI is man made. But if they do learn to want, then that's what they'd want. Just like us, and why people like Gates, Bezo's and Musk are fucking insane. They have it all. What's the point of getting out of bed? So they come up with theses Ideals and try to convince the world that they're right. They could use their money for the good of mankind. But they grow meat in labs, create deadly viruses and fly to places we will never live. They think they're like a god and man will exist for ever. Yet history shows we get wiped out pretty bad every 12,000 years and completely every few hundred thousand years. In the time span of the history of the universe. A mere blink in time.

    • @itsthelittlethings100
      @itsthelittlethings100 10 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@nadimkhoury5547yes, ty!

    • @GregGremlin
      @GregGremlin 10 месяцев назад

      When it gets created? I mean uffa buddy if u saw what they saw what i at Clonaid HQ in Windsor,Ontario,Canada then u might feel vile for a full year plus so forgetaboutit pal,but on the flipside this broad has the imagination of James Cameron n George Lucas if they used strictly dirty meth so what im saying here is shes selling her books at all costs,u gentz figure out the rest huh
      That's my time everybody i gotta go take a sh*t👌

  • @tmgrk1
    @tmgrk1 7 месяцев назад +5

    Funny how Delta is left out and the Navy Seals gets all the credit. Shows you how much Delta isn’t hungry for glory praise.

  • @AKrasheninnikov
    @AKrasheninnikov 9 месяцев назад +9

    I was lucky to listen to one of Annie’s books, and it really sounded like true journalism with sources and tough questions. Thank you both for this interview.

  • @flamebroiledsquirrel
    @flamebroiledsquirrel 10 месяцев назад +9

    Jan Michael Vincent played a young hitman against Charles Bronson's older hitman in "The Mechanic". Spoiler alert, the young guy got the drop, but the old guy boobytrapped the getaway rig... Some games aren't worth playing if you believe you have a soul and value its positive integrity.

    • @juandager5220
      @juandager5220 10 месяцев назад

      Did you spoil the ending...

    • @ronjon7942
      @ronjon7942 9 месяцев назад +1

      Wow, there’s a name I haven’t heard in a while. I man crushed (well, boy crushed) Stringfellow Hawk and his faithful steed, Airwolf when I was growing up in the 80s.
      Couldn’t believe the gutter he ended up in. He looked like the dead walking…well, sitting; think he lost both legs to diabetes or something alcohol related.

  • @ruckinehround6965
    @ruckinehround6965 10 месяцев назад +5

    Bedtime stories with Annie Jacobsen……terrifying.

  • @TheManWithNoName686
    @TheManWithNoName686 10 месяцев назад +24

    @10:00 Wrong person in the photo edited in. She's talking about Ric Prado, not Rich Proto

  • @kene6838
    @kene6838 10 месяцев назад +21

    A always question someone who continually says “ RIGHT”. Right

    • @chrispreston256
      @chrispreston256 8 месяцев назад +3

      Always question everyone and everything

    • @gregoryhagen8801
      @gregoryhagen8801 7 месяцев назад

      Right! 😆

    • @VintageLJ
      @VintageLJ 2 месяца назад +1

      so if someone is a super smooth talker you wouldnt question them at all? Bet you are easy to manipulate. so many people judge someone not on what they are saying, but how they say it, and all it does is show that you care more about being entertained or convinced, than you do about being informed.
      Who tf cares if she says "right". Maybe she says "umm" instead? Only an idiot would reduce her entire speech to a single world and then judge the rest of that speech on just the use of a filler word. That is legitimate stupidity.

  • @nigeltollit4113
    @nigeltollit4113 10 месяцев назад +35

    "Killing people is a dirty game" thanks for that info,I will remember
    that when I am job seeking.

  • @cccmmm1234
    @cccmmm1234 9 месяцев назад +18

    The whole Angolan war, and many others, were kicked off by CIA.

    • @joyholtzhausen8976
      @joyholtzhausen8976 9 месяцев назад +2

      They didn't mind using South Africa as their proxy .... to what end?

    • @cactusblossom7210
      @cactusblossom7210 5 месяцев назад +3

      And Ukraine

    • @Robespierre-lI
      @Robespierre-lI 28 дней назад

      Eh. How about including the Soviets in your oversimplified narrative?

    • @cccmmm1234
      @cccmmm1234 28 дней назад

      @@Robespierre-lI The Soviets didn't drag South Africa into the Angolan war. That was USA. The Soviets would rather that South Africa had stayed out. South Africa went in at the request of USA and once SA was involved the USA high-tailed.
      Without CIA meddling, the Angolan civil war would have been brief and South Africa would not have been involved which means UNITA would have been rapidly starved out.
      The Angolan War is not yet really over. To this day, people are still being blown up in minefields on a weekly basis.
      Sure we can what-about with the Cubans and Russia, but the USA was the main instigator of a large conflict.

  • @hunternotbiden
    @hunternotbiden 10 месяцев назад +134

    Do we count US presidents in the list?

    • @superduper1917
      @superduper1917 9 месяцев назад +5

      🤭

    • @grimmertwin2148
      @grimmertwin2148 8 месяцев назад

      Just made me think. Accuse the FBI as a distraction...... meanwhile lol
      You know what I mean lol

    • @disco1974ever
      @disco1974ever 8 месяцев назад

      POTUS are responsible for 100% of people killed by CIA
      Everuthing the CIA does is the responsibility of the President. Congress only authorises their budget.

    • @pietskiet42-_
      @pietskiet42-_ 8 месяцев назад +2

      Ooh ...you just made a list.....😮😮😮😊

    • @Cantsaydog
      @Cantsaydog 7 месяцев назад

      Amen

  • @KatrinaDancer
    @KatrinaDancer 10 месяцев назад +33

    Saying "right" at the end of a sentence repeatedly makes a person sound less confident. It's a way of telling someone how they should think rather than asking for agreement.

    • @cranegantry868
      @cranegantry868 10 месяцев назад +7

      I'm an author of many books. When explaining quite unusual things to people, I will often say 'see?'...

    • @larrysnipes7113
      @larrysnipes7113 10 месяцев назад +3

      Right!

    • @coast335
      @coast335 10 месяцев назад +3

      Couldn’t finish listening, to the hundreds of “right” …… “right”……. “right”……..

    • @mikeb5372
      @mikeb5372 10 месяцев назад +3

      Thanks Dr. Freud! It doesn't mean that and it doesn't not mean it

    • @staunchy3283
      @staunchy3283 10 месяцев назад +2

      Very hard to get through this clip with how distracting “RIGHT?” being said every 5 seconds was

  • @derekcoaker6579
    @derekcoaker6579 10 месяцев назад +8

    IMO, one of the best Podcasts going today. For sure one of the best interviewers.

  • @JustNowNews365
    @JustNowNews365 10 месяцев назад +8

    Excellent Interview.

  • @hectorelmexican4014
    @hectorelmexican4014 9 месяцев назад +4

    Excellent audio💪💪

  • @michaelangelo7511
    @michaelangelo7511 9 месяцев назад +57

    KENNEDY and KING for sure.

    • @FuckGoogle2
      @FuckGoogle2 8 месяцев назад

      They're in the mix for the swedish prime minister Olof Palme too.

    • @kittymuse4005
      @kittymuse4005 8 месяцев назад +4

      Kennedys!

  • @basilivanovo841
    @basilivanovo841 10 месяцев назад +33

    The Jerky Boys taught us to never trust a Rizzo.

    • @mikedoyle2023
      @mikedoyle2023 10 месяцев назад +4

      Fantastic!
      "GET BRETT WEIR I SAID!!!!"

    • @MrChuckwagon55
      @MrChuckwagon55 10 месяцев назад +4

      I’m the super across the way!

    • @144k_Kingdom_Living
      @144k_Kingdom_Living 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@mikedoyle2023I got a log splitter for sale. Do you have balloons?

    • @7Moonbeam6
      @7Moonbeam6 6 месяцев назад

      Fckn Rizzo 👊🏻🕶️

  • @milkcrate805
    @milkcrate805 10 месяцев назад +39

    “Right?” “Right?” “Right?” “Right?”

  • @adrianc.demery8872
    @adrianc.demery8872 10 месяцев назад +7

    Great interview

  • @oregonoutback7779
    @oregonoutback7779 9 месяцев назад +4

    Did Billy ever talk about the removal of President Diem of South Vietnam in October of 1963? That's a pretty fascinating story, especially the why.

  • @OGatosCorner
    @OGatosCorner 10 месяцев назад +6

    Her covert ops book surprise kill vanish is great highly recommend

  • @foff-666
    @foff-666 10 месяцев назад +95

    Epstein knows this first hand lol

    • @GonzoA211
      @GonzoA211 10 месяцев назад

      😂😂😂

    • @GonzoA211
      @GonzoA211 10 месяцев назад +10

      P. Diddy may find out as well I hear.

    • @ruckinehround6965
      @ruckinehround6965 10 месяцев назад +3

      Geoffrey was alive until he wasn’t.

    • @Ray-kg9gq
      @Ray-kg9gq 9 месяцев назад +7

      who said he isnt alive you werent there

    • @sergpop17
      @sergpop17 8 месяцев назад +1

      He is alive in Israel bearded in the basement

  • @mikestone9129
    @mikestone9129 10 месяцев назад +11

    Annie needs to go to Israel and talk to Mossad Agents. They have o many stories I'd love to hear about. And she's the one person we can trust to tell it like it is.

    • @joeswampdawghenry
      @joeswampdawghenry 10 месяцев назад +7

      Like how they got caught doin 911... N were let go???

  • @boeingseven6939
    @boeingseven6939 10 месяцев назад +18

    I remember President Obama in late 2015 said, in regards to Assad in Syria, that we (the US/him) does not do "pin-prick" strikes on foreign political leaders. Syria had a crazy humanitarian warcrime situation going on back then, but I remember him saying that.

    • @DavidWood-r8k
      @DavidWood-r8k 10 месяцев назад

      Obama campaigned on being directly opposite of crazy war mongering republican George Bush.
      He ended up signing more executive orders and more drone bombing deaths all across globe.
      He ran out all the parts nessary to keep jet fighter's in air during war-time. Used up all bombs.
      That is why Trump took so much criticism at first in white house.
      Biden has run into same thing with equipment left behind in Afghanistan. Then spending 160 billion in Ukraine.
      Everything is running out and will cost even possibly double due to inflation.
      So that 80 billion of equipment lost in Afghanistan is now over 160 billion.
      160 billion plus in Ukraine is double too.
      That's taxes for now and next 100 year's.
      China refused to sell rare earth minerals that are needed to make computer chips in our guidance control systems.
      Strategic oil reserves gone too.
      Petrol dollar gone because of President Joe Biden spending
      Stock market crash now & bsnk failures are close to 1929 levels

    • @jumpinjohnnyruss
      @jumpinjohnnyruss 9 месяцев назад

      And when he said the word "foreign" did he give Bernie the side-eye?

    • @boeingseven6939
      @boeingseven6939 9 месяцев назад

      @@jumpinjohnnyruss no he was alone in the Oval Office

    • @Shaun-fe1ve
      @Shaun-fe1ve 9 месяцев назад

      Syria is sending us back the gmo soldiers that the US secretly sent there. The war crimes were done by Obama...

    • @anibaldamiao
      @anibaldamiao 7 месяцев назад

      The immigration issue across Europe started there when no one fixed Syria

  • @TheRescueDog
    @TheRescueDog 9 месяцев назад +10

    I respect people who can say "I don't know."

  • @coriyork2534
    @coriyork2534 9 месяцев назад +2

    Fantastic interview, I enjoy listening to both of y'all ❤👍🏼🙏🏼💐🎉

  • @Gunnumn
    @Gunnumn 10 месяцев назад +3

    I love this woman. Her books are truly incredible.

  • @leeshiflett1863
    @leeshiflett1863 10 месяцев назад +48

    It's a dirty world.

    • @jamberry8026
      @jamberry8026 9 месяцев назад +6

      The world isn't dirty. The people are.

    • @Dasha-c4s
      @Dasha-c4s 4 месяца назад

      No, the US is dirty. The world is the victim of the US.

  • @thejtd21
    @thejtd21 9 месяцев назад +9

    The guy who broke the halo jump world record for the US jump team and also a macv sog operator in vietnam and did halo jumps after Wahs, was my good neighbor and family friend James W. Hauck, callsign "Ninja Man" RIP sir we miss you

  • @house3249
    @house3249 3 месяца назад

    I'm a fan of Annie"s humble, pragmatic, and careful approach... And Lex' last comments at the end of the interview was such a compliment to Annie for the win... "Not enough people say I don't know, but that's the sign of a great journalist"... both of you guys were great. Thanks to both of you for the video.

  • @JRT140
    @JRT140 8 месяцев назад +2

    Fantastic interview

  • @ImdaSnackGuy
    @ImdaSnackGuy 10 месяцев назад +9

    Yall may have just made the list.

  • @LetsGoSomewhere87
    @LetsGoSomewhere87 10 месяцев назад +41

    Lethal drinking game: take a shot every time she says "right"

    • @unnamedchannel1237
      @unnamedchannel1237 10 месяцев назад +7

      “You know” : no I don’t fucken know , that is why you are talking ffs .

    • @WTPFreedom
      @WTPFreedom 10 месяцев назад +6

      Right……Okay????? 🤣🤣

    • @bffalcon3378
      @bffalcon3378 10 месяцев назад +5

      She was on Joe Rogan and her answer to EVERYTHING was "read my book" 😂

    • @milkcrate805
      @milkcrate805 10 месяцев назад

      When someone uses “right?” too much, subconsciously their insecure about what their saying and want to make sure they can keep their audience believing what they are saying.
      I’d suspect that most of this is nonsense. Intelligence and SOCOM are supposed to lie, it’s part of the deal. Intentionally leading you away from the secrets they definitely don’t want to expose. Put it in a book.

    • @kennethmullen-qe9hg
      @kennethmullen-qe9hg 10 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@bffalcon3378 Yeah, that ish was annoying af! Dude with the 30-year in-the-makin' book gave a way way better interview!

  • @AJ93-lx6on
    @AJ93-lx6on 10 месяцев назад +16

    Telling assassination stories with smile, USA does it that's national interest and security but if Saudi or Iran does that breaking international law and proxy terrorism label put upon them. Saudi assassinating journalist was wrong but if USA agent in foreign country doing that its ok. There are multiple examples of USA doing that. Not supporting any country assassinating on foreign land but that does shows any one with power can do it 1000 times and still be called hero using soft power and social media.
    These rules and regulations are for all countries except USA which can force power to do the opposite while if any other country does it sanctions and threats roam around them.

    • @poolhalljunkie9
      @poolhalljunkie9 9 месяцев назад

      It's not just the US. I'm convinced 99% of the countries are in bed with one another and have talks to allow certain things to get away with other things. Like the US either allowing 911 to get something in trade or doing it themselves for another country to get something from said country, such as, the blame on certain individuals and the take down of others. Not saying that's what I necessarily think happened, I'm just using it as an example.

  • @ryanoakley8426
    @ryanoakley8426 2 месяца назад

    My mentor was a sog guy and I didn’t learn it till I was enlisted and on my first leave from basic. That man taught me so much about cars and I still miss him.

  • @matthewcox4
    @matthewcox4 7 месяцев назад +1

    Audible should sign her...amazing voice!

  • @xaidorDude
    @xaidorDude 10 месяцев назад +4

    Great questions Lex

  • @ryann.9636
    @ryann.9636 10 месяцев назад +8

    Right and Ok are like punctuation marks

    • @joebagodonuts4039
      @joebagodonuts4039 9 месяцев назад +1

      No, that’s an attempt to get one to believe a lie! Never believe someone who talks like that!!!

  • @rodgertoner5705
    @rodgertoner5705 8 месяцев назад +3

    She has a great voice for a navigation aid! Especially if you needed to turn right! Right?

  • @ezo4
    @ezo4 8 месяцев назад +2

    I can listen to her talk forever

  • @DaffyAF
    @DaffyAF 10 месяцев назад +5

    Lex needs to interview John Perkins. I wonder if Annie knows him.

  • @dilyansworkshop8532
    @dilyansworkshop8532 10 месяцев назад +8

    America is great country…i mean this people are freely talking about such topics and they are still alive, safe and sound as well as their families.

    • @albollinger5431
      @albollinger5431 10 месяцев назад +3

      Most not all

    • @ruthretzke8785
      @ruthretzke8785 9 месяцев назад +1

      I am quite sure this woman has lots of "kill switches"!

    • @jumpinjohnnyruss
      @jumpinjohnnyruss 9 месяцев назад

      Except for all the other ones.

  • @dennissmith6783
    @dennissmith6783 10 месяцев назад +15

    they lost count around 1970 and havent kept track since

  • @tonybmusic1166
    @tonybmusic1166 4 месяца назад

    I’ve read your books…..you’re great at what you do…..presenting the data in an easily digestible form for the reader. Your books are entertaining as well as informative and thanks for giving credit to the folks who came before you doing research on a subject and laying down the foundation. Whitney Webb did the same thing in her two-volume set on blackmail. Always share some credit with the people who may have started the process.

  • @firemanmcdonald
    @firemanmcdonald 6 месяцев назад +1

    I’m a Veteran. Form your own opinion on what she says. But just remember, sometimes they pay guys to throw Journalists like herself off the REAL path.

  • @mmnotes95
    @mmnotes95 10 месяцев назад +6

    Her voice has resonance

  • @kjvail
    @kjvail 10 месяцев назад +4

    There was a movie that helped end the Cold War. “ The Day After”. It’s dated now but is still worth a watch.

    • @BrightResultsMedia
      @BrightResultsMedia 10 месяцев назад

      Wasn’t that a TV movie…? I vaguely remember it as a child.

    • @kjvail
      @kjvail 10 месяцев назад

      @@BrightResultsMedia yep. I think you can find it on RUclips

    • @kjvail
      @kjvail 10 месяцев назад

      @@BrightResultsMedia there’s another, very similar movie that came out of the UK around the same time, also on RUclips. It’s call “Threads”

    • @ronjon7942
      @ronjon7942 9 месяцев назад

      @@BrightResultsMediaya. It was required viewing in grade school, think someone here said in 83, so I’d have been 13. Think I only saw it the one time, but it made an impression.
      I remember a pastor trying to hold service outside, with a handful of people there, traumatized, dying of radiation poisoning…

    • @Zappappappappa
      @Zappappappappa 9 месяцев назад

      Nuclear war is bad for business. Great piece of propaganda, worked like a dream.

  • @FarbotBurunetNia
    @FarbotBurunetNia 10 месяцев назад +6

    Thank you for the report.

  • @susandempsey8139
    @susandempsey8139 3 месяца назад

    She is incredibly well informed and has a beautiful softness to her powerful words.

  • @SuperLuminalElf
    @SuperLuminalElf 2 месяца назад

    LEX is a Great Interviewer!!

  • @frothin7923
    @frothin7923 10 месяцев назад +19

    What about all the people they’ve saved?!?! Like literally hundreds of warlords, war criminals, drug dealers, human traffickers, terrorists, nazis… come on, give em a break!

    • @poindextertunes
      @poindextertunes 9 месяцев назад

      so that nullifies all the lives they’ve destroyed of their own American citizens that had nothing to do with war or espionage?

    • @SAR0311
      @SAR0311 9 месяцев назад

      And maybe you and your family and you can't even realize it

  • @VancouverIslandoutdoor
    @VancouverIslandoutdoor 10 месяцев назад +4

    She's got a great asmr voice

  • @Von45Rose
    @Von45Rose 10 месяцев назад +10

    We are better than them.

    • @Bordeaux1979
      @Bordeaux1979 10 месяцев назад

      Probably, the varied intelligence agencies either knew Israel was about to be attacked and allowed it or none of them knew and there’s a systematic failure

  • @Jp__2
    @Jp__2 6 месяцев назад

    Her voice and story telling is top tier🎉

  • @robertfoertsch
    @robertfoertsch 7 месяцев назад +1

    Excellent Analysis, Deployed Worldwide Through My Deep Learning AI Research Library.Thank You.

  • @stevetrent4638
    @stevetrent4638 9 месяцев назад +3

    Great interview! Also can we get her to narrate audiobooks?

  • @jacobsanchez628
    @jacobsanchez628 9 месяцев назад +3

    I serviced two MACV SOG pilots. (Owner of a business) All their citations were classified because of the locations and missions. I did get to hear some stories as I’m a Marine Vet. They were a little open to talk about it. Crazy stuff.

  • @Freddiechavira
    @Freddiechavira 10 месяцев назад +4

    If you make a drinking game out of Lex's heavy sighs you'll be drunk af in 30 minutes.

  • @hamletb
    @hamletb 10 месяцев назад

    I could listen to Annie all day! Shes a wealth of knowledge

    • @LethalSami
      @LethalSami 10 месяцев назад

      It’s all BS. Listen to Whitney Webb for real journalism.

  • @jazzvec
    @jazzvec 4 месяца назад +1

    I do not understand how this is acceptable in the US and everybody takes it as a normal behaviour of a state.

  • @jerrypiper3936
    @jerrypiper3936 10 месяцев назад +6

    You know when people try to convince you. They say “right?” All the time to make you agree. Just saying

    • @bobtaylor170
      @bobtaylor170 9 месяцев назад

      It's a verbal tic, like "you know" and "I mean." Don't read things into it.
      Why would your uncharitable hypothesis be correct? He's not hostile. He's not contesting anything she says. She doesn't need to convince him of anything.

    • @kreb12
      @kreb12 9 месяцев назад +1

      It's also something smug people say in condescension. Like, this is obvious, right?

    • @oscaracme
      @oscaracme 9 месяцев назад

      Right.......just saying, right?

  • @christinaforras
    @christinaforras 10 месяцев назад +14

    “Health alteration” 🤣💀🖤

    • @madden12
      @madden12 10 месяцев назад +1

      Drone last-package delivery 😅

    • @DRPaulk
      @DRPaulk 9 месяцев назад

      Religion verification..

  • @parkpunk2
    @parkpunk2 10 месяцев назад +16

    She says "right" and "OK" a lot. It's a habit of speech. We all have them to some degree. Neil Degrasse Tyson does the same thing.

    • @johnnyjamz6372
      @johnnyjamz6372 10 месяцев назад +3

      Whitney Webb does and she’s great

    • @FloridaManMatty
      @FloridaManMatty 10 месяцев назад +3

      Jordan Petersen too. “It’s like…”

    • @Feathers-12
      @Feathers-12 10 месяцев назад +3

      Right

    • @tomking7080
      @tomking7080 10 месяцев назад +4

      @@johnnyjamz6372I love Whitney. She does amazing research

    • @Arturoalexzander
      @Arturoalexzander 10 месяцев назад +2

      Mike Baker on jre is the worst!

  • @StopWarring
    @StopWarring 9 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you Lex. Awesome topic.

  • @CowboyKee
    @CowboyKee 8 месяцев назад

    Not disputing anything she said, I just find it interesting that these people who right these books and talk wait until a person dies before they start speaking. In other words the person she’s quoting can’t confirm or deny so we are trusting that she’s being truthful.

  • @bsjeffrey
    @bsjeffrey 10 месяцев назад +10

    normally when a fee male gives a body count one is supposed to multply by 3, but in this case multiply by 30000

  • @hillbilly4895
    @hillbilly4895 10 месяцев назад +3

    Dangit...now I gotta buy another book.

    • @billvinson7859
      @billvinson7859 7 месяцев назад

      I have 2 of her books. Now I will buy all of them. ❤

  • @grampsey
    @grampsey 10 месяцев назад +6

    I really don't understand how Annie makes a dime. On all the podcasts I've seen her on, she is only parroting long-known and pretty widely available information. It's only marketed as 'secret' information.

    • @dependablepaul
      @dependablepaul 10 месяцев назад

      Unfortunately, unlike yourself, many people are naive and ignorant. They don't know how to research or read two seemingly non related articles and see a common thread by reading between the lines. All they know is what MSM spoon feeds them. They can tell you who all the Kardashians are but couldn't name their state Senators.

    • @larrysnipes7113
      @larrysnipes7113 10 месяцев назад

      I have had serious doubts about her for a long time like is she just a tool for the C IA ?

    • @cl604driver
      @cl604driver 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@larrysnipes7113same as that big-haired dude with the hair band. I don’t trust him either. Can’t remember his name but he makes the podcast circuit.

    • @sliicky6776
      @sliicky6776 7 месяцев назад

      @@larrysnipes7113You should have a listen when she talks about who operates under what titles. Can’t even stay consistent, one minute the military operate under title 50 so can’t do this and that then she says the CIA operate under title 50 so can do this and that, then the opposite again.

  • @PaulHartXYZ
    @PaulHartXYZ 29 дней назад

    Anne’s friend Tom O’Neill would be a great person to interview also.

  • @JakeSelkirk
    @JakeSelkirk 10 месяцев назад +13

    Too many "rights?"

    • @jaykay6387
      @jaykay6387 10 месяцев назад +2

      Right, Right, Right, Right and, Right! Yeah, starts to get a bit annoying, right?

    • @JakeSelkirk
      @JakeSelkirk 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@jaykay6387 I know right? Good info but it hurts the delivery to use that so many times. It sounds like "believe me, believe me, believe me." She could fix it probably pretty easy. No big

    • @joebagodonuts4039
      @joebagodonuts4039 9 месяцев назад +1

      A sign of lying or not knowing facts.