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Luis Rueda

Aug 27, 20227 min read

Morality and Intelligence...And Beyond

I was watching a portion of a podcast on TikTok, hence the watching rather than listening, where the concept of enhanced interrogation,...

Luis Rueda

Aug 9, 20224 min read

A Beginners Guide to Counterintelligence

Bridge of Spies Recently, I sat had dinner with an author specializing in intelligence matters. Over the course of the evening, we had...

Luis Rueda

Jul 13, 20225 min read

Is The CIA Risk Averse?

Much has been written in the media about the CIA being risk-averse. Even some former CIA officers have commented on how the CIA avoids...

Luis Rueda

Jun 28, 202211 min read

What Mistakes We Make - The Iron Commander - Part 1

Stan Smith - Drawn Feet Wiki (miraheze.org) (This is a true story with the names changed to protect the guilty and locations obscured.)...

Luis Rueda

May 26, 20228 min read

What Makes An Operations Officer

I get this question a lot, mostly from people interested in joining the CIA, or from people who were not selected and are wondering why....

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Luis Rueda

Apr 29, 202211 min read

The Case Officer - Agent Relationship

The CIA does two principal things, collect and analyze intelligence. Within the CIA, the Directorate of Operations (DO) collects human...

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