"Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior"

Ric Prado spent 24 years with the Central Intelligence Agency working undercover with anti-communist rebels in Central America, and in operations against communist insurgencies in Peru and the Philippines, before tracking a rising financier of terrorism named Osama bin Laden. The retired agent talks about his new book, "Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior," with CBS News national security correspondent David Martin.
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[@viper3-346]

'Fear the old man in a profession where men die young' or something along those lines.

[@chardin1900]

💯🤔

[@glnnchrstphr9717]

There is always more to a story than meets the eye.

[@oogrooq]

Transformers.

[@John-mf6ky]

Like all the cocaine that was flying into the US from Honduras?

[@joshcantu6734]

Three sides yours theirs and the truth.

[@gary4rmbikinibottom]

Yup... somebody was part of the CIA, tall and dark. Taking US dollars to start a proxy war.

[@exdemocrat9038]

Chinese Intelligence Agency 🇨🇳

[@JeffreyGillespie]

“You’re a dangerous man.” “Not to my allies” - that’s pure spook 😂

[@David-wc5zl]

That's War Worship propaganda from people who cheered on Iraq & Vietnam.

[@MadMax31577]

...and he was a PJ. That's impressive all by itself.

[@austinmillbarge8731]

and even more than a PJ, but it really wouldn't do justice to bring it up.

[@djb3271]

caught that one too -- I saw guys leave my boot camp group to go to try and make it as a PJ .... all were back with our humble like enlisted guy boot camp within two weeks.

[@usernamemykel]

VERY impressive. PJ's are special ops who specialize as medics, dropping into firefights, from helos, to save wounded American soldiers - THAT is impressive!

[@MadMax31577]

@@usernamemykel Yeah and their pipeline is known as Superman School 😂

[@JoeSmith-lx7ie]

Thank you Mr. Prado. Free societies do not survive without men like you.

[@sanjayvaidya4925]

Right you find those wmds? Million plus dead.

[@jeffhicks8428]

the US has the highest incarceration rate in the world. by far. it's nearly 6x higher than Chinas. You are brainwashed.

[@Marius_vanderLubbe]

hahahaha.

[@Rorschach_theghost]

Free??? Where??

[@nonameinsouthafrica3315]

😂... CIA brought drugs to USA, that's freedom

[@thegamerboneless2864]

I love older experienced instructors. He seems like he lived a good productive life, great stuff and awesome. Much appreciated

[@sonnysantana5454]

back in the wild 80's after my time in the corps , i worked with the nica contras by way of bob poo's CMAG's and prado was 1' of the few spooks who not only spoke Spanish he had the experience and the same kind of passionate hate that the contra's felt

[@paradiddlediddle8630]

Hi Ric, I was an U.S. Army Huey crew chief in Honduras, Central America 1985-86. This brought back me back to the jungles.

[@luistpuig]

My father Tomas Puig Garcia was also a Cuban working for the CIA... but he was doing it inside the monster, inside Cuba itself from 1959 to 1965... He was one of the CIA agents who sounded the alarm, and monitored the Soviet nuclear missiles coming into the island in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He spied for many years giving the United States crucial intelligence about what the Soviets and Cubans were doing during those early years of the Cold War. Later in 1965, he and four other members of his CIA spy cell would be double crossed by his point of contact on the island, the Italian ambassador to Cuba, apprehended by the Cuban Intelligence services (the G2), and serve 12 years in prison, from 1965 to 1978, out of a sentence of 21 years in case number 161 of 1965 of the Cabaña Tribunal. He was beaten and tortured on a daily basis. In 1978 he was paroled after US President Carter made a deal with castro, and two years later my entire family and I escaped Cuba in 1980 during the Mariel Boatlift. My father died in 2012 at age 85 in West New York, NJ. Many stories of great men who put their lives at risk in the shadows of history, and who did amazing things in defense of Freedom and Liberty throughout history... my father was one of them. Miss you dad. His story is in my book "Born Again, from communism to American Submariner" at Amazon Kindle, Paperback, and Audible, narrated by the great voice of Harry Minot from WPKN Bridgeport CT.

[@samvaz4082]

Wow, insane

[@cripbk2147]

Dam

[@itsmemckee2110]

RIP to your father. He is an American hero brother!

[@nancymomlandrealfans1680]

So your father was a traitor of motherland.

[@Brazilianjiu-jitsuWbelt]

I'm form Brazil, I'm the scheduled at the Ukrainian consulate to get permission to fight in Ukraine, I'm looking for a ticket to Poland, can you send it?

[@karlcarlysle3578]

Billy Waugh. Man oh man.

[@akrukundo]

#MHSRIP.

[@Lichcrafter]

What an impressive guy! He must have lived an interesting life, and I'm proud to be his countryman.

[@newvilla8115]

Now Cubans are a bunch of traitors cowards and crazies.

[@shalashaska5851]

Absolute Patriot.

[@Chertoff88]

Billy Waugh just passed at 93

[@nickdotson21]

Rico’s story is amazing. Amazing shape for his age too

[@comfortablynumb9342]

Just for the record, he/the US failed in Nicaragua. The government there still isn't friendly with ours. I lived in Central America for 9 years. I've seen the results of our dirty little wars there. Thank goodness Costa Rica and Panama are awesome and Belize is amazing in a different way.

[@TJ_CrayonBeltFeeder]

www.state.gov/u-s-relations-with-nicaragua/

[@ColKurtzknew]

Ric's story is like...no IS the story you read about and say " yeah right, maybe in a movie" and yet...

[@exdemocrat9038]

Defund the Chinese Intelligence Agency 🇨🇳

[@pdalia]

Prado’s very black pitch eyes speak for itself . The guy is the real deal

[@Siegefya]

I need to read his book, it's been on my kindle wish list for a while now just trying to get through other books, I think I'm going to go ahead and get it. thanks for telling part of his story here CBS.

[@LydellAaron]

5:18 love this part "everyday of the week!"

[@samuelarenas7033]

Thank You for service brother

[@gregstokes7169]

Warrior and patriot. Salute brother !

[@marioc63]

Indeed. Indeed. There may be a couple things we don't like about our country, but we are still the greatest on earth...and this gentleman represents that greatness.

[@David-wc5zl]

​@@marioc63LOL. "What makes America great are secret military troops". No wonder Republicans only lose wars.

[@willyt472]

Thank you Sir for your service

[@scout3058]

I don't know about CIA using this term, but 3rd Bttn 9th Marines has been called the Shadow Warriors since early Vietnam. Our motto was "Death in the Dark."

[@couchwarrior2449]

OMG.I just finished reading his book last week!!!! Great read. An American Hero!!!!

[@gegalvezge]

Thank you Mr. Prado for your service to our country. You are a true American hero🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@mirandahughes7937]

Thank you for your service,we need more hero’s like him

[@donsapunk]

Loved the book the man is a true Patriot.

[@chaosiscandytome]

There was less “meat eating” in the book than I expected.

[@djb3271]

Ditto - the book was a page-turner. Thank goodness for men this this one. Liberals will never produce a person of such strength and quality.

[@davidesquivel4326]

When he said”could’ve killed him any day of the week” nah chills bro chills 😳

[@vanilopezdearcos1414]

My family also escape from Cuba 🇨🇺 and the communist ! I am grateful for the country of Panamá 🇵🇦 and usa 🇺🇸 that open our arms to us !

[@craig5222]

I’m an American and we love Cuban milfs

[@6897yankee]

An American Hero! Honored to have Ric in my circle of friends. God Bless you, Brother!

[@victorponce7238]

This man has been there....done that...and did that....my hats off to him. Carry on soldier. 😀👍

[@mrsimo7144]

Legend. We need more people like him. ❤

[@David-wc5zl]

LOL. This military worship is so insane. Holy moly God is going to have some words for your sins.

[@needjuice]

Ok buddy​@@David-wc5zl

[@Rorschach_theghost]

@@David-wc5zlit’s mind boggling lolol

[@ediebaxter6194]

He is a true American hero.

[@tracy66666]

All Respect Thanks guys TJ

[@kyleguzman6017]

Somehow, we need to get Billy Waugh on the JRE podcast. Somebody, anybody, get that petition going! The world needs to hear his story, in long-form. There's not much time left...

[@fleontrotsky]

Thats a deeply disturbed man right there.

[@c.e.m7535]

Thank you for your service Sir. 🎉

[@johnroberts816]

Thanks for your service Enrique “ Ric “ Prado!

[@eiland369]

Ric Prado, Billy Waugh, legends of the CIA and patriots of the highest order.

[@wordherb1128]

Indeed sadly Billy Waugh passed away a few days ago

[@SanFran4]

Billy’s autobiography is great 😮

[@SanFran4]

He’s a legendary 🎉

[@hectortellez7776]

Thank you for your service 🇺🇸

[@sgtellioman]

The worst part for these warriors is getting old and men no longer fearing you.

[@MachineGunGabe11B]

These old men Worked in a profession where young men die and are still alive. also I believe the older you get the less noise and attention you’d want especially when you’re CIA. I doubt these old timers care about being feared, they know what they’re capable of.

[@usernamemykel]

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[@sta7586]

Wow! Amazing story!

[@j.e.g2321]

Loved your book black ops your parents and family ties was great loved what your mom and dad did.thank you for your service and more.

[@sawittwo]

You give a immigrant/refugee a life line. He/She will remember your kindness, and won't hesitate to defend you with every fiber of their body.

[@stevencampbell365]

What a man!! Aint many men like this in the world 💪🙏 go strong

[@itsmemckee2110]

I read his book.I'd recommend it.

[@michaelmcgraw1536]

There is only one Billy Waugh. Respect to both him and Mr. Prado.

[@eakaratsarsukh1033]

BEYOND THE STAR ⭐️

[@skysands5743]

The Freedom we have I feel is under appreciated, what an incredible country we have. It’s hard to be American but we still are Americans

[@Pestbringer89]

LMAO

[@lethaldosegame]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_involvement_in_Contra_cocaine_trafficking Ooof

[@drmartin5062]

What? Comments like this make me want to see the commenter and ask them civics questions.

[@arislopes1924]

As a Nicaraguan I salute this man. My family had many contra members. Man like him trained many of my uncles & other relatives to fight against communism. we hated the Sandinistas back then and we still do to this day something that has drawn 90% of my family out of Nicaragua seeking asylum from Costa Rica to Spain & the US. One day our Nicaragua will be free of communism and socialist ideologies with true democracy & only the blue & white flag proudly swaying across the sky not that nasty red & black communist flag. FREEDOM for 🇳🇮🇨🇺

[@jeffhicks8428]

so back to where they came from then? so what you're saying is the native indigenous took their country back from you white colonizers? You gonna cry about it, terrorist lover? Unlimited backing from the US and you losers still lost. that goes to show how little the country cared for your kind.

[@williambabbitt6015]

Awesome video

[@fltboss]

It's always easy to look back and say what we should have done. That way you're always 100 percent right.

[@uriamudeltoro5075]

You and him as an operator are proof enough of what I've looked into.....Vietnam was the cluster of all clusters.....all I can really say about that...

[@David-wc5zl]

LOL. You didn't do that for Vietnam and the result was Iraq. It's both disturbing & hilarious how easily controlled you are by feel good propaganda. There are the people who cheered & lost Iraq. Keep it up! The next mistake is in you too?

[@dolo4213]

The cocaine contras 🤔

[@drewpointkouski6571]

God Bless!

[@SJR_Media_Group]

*_Knives never run out of ammo..._*

[@gonzaleztravels]

Full Volume!

[@andywelborn9212]

Highly recommend his book

[@yasharYouTube]

The intro starts with calling these guys "CIA AGENTS"...they're CIA Officers. There's a huge difference and news organizations constantly make this mistake.

[@tdirtyatl]

Who cares what title these psychopaths carry?

[@russty5692]

These psychopaths make it possible for us to sleep safely at night, Snowflake!!!

[@vivek27789]

@@tdirtyatl These psychopaths defend the country from way worse psychopaths from all over the world...Harsh but god damn true.

[@usernamemykel]

Interesting that you fail to explain the difference to folk who have not been to The Farm.

[@matthewhirsch2306]

Fascinating

[@tarataratara4901]

1:45 I was thinking David Martin was having a Pee Wee moment “if you loved it so much, why didn’t you marry it?” 😆

[@alexwells9948]

7:45 A look back at Dr. Paul Farmer next on Sunday Morning

[@TS-wp3wt]

We need people like this guy even if many don’t wanna believe it.

[@FreshlySnipes]

100%. It seems like there are fewer and fewer people like this every generation sadly.

[@TS-wp3wt]

@@FreshlySnipes yep, I worry about the future for sure when I see kids today.

[@orson6394]

That SMG is $20,000+

[@bigboss6568]

The best of the best

[@gec-o2167]

Billy Waugh. RIP Legend.

[@brianhumphreys7938]

Semper Fi!

[@alexthompson9516]

"The bullets are real." I wouldn't have it any other way.

[@jg3_75]

Billy Waugh is a LEGEND

[@nealfry2230]

amen.

[@goodday126]

I'd like to see this covered by a credible outlet.

[@mungodegrijalva822]

Nicaragua is not Cuba. The Contras never had popular support in Nicaragua. I'm a writer & was fact finding in Nicaragua during part of the "Contra War." I interviewed many of the campesinos that were attacked by the Contras. These farmers at the time were (still are) religious (Catholic & Christian), hardworking in their coffee & tobacco fields & supported the Sandinistas. The bad guys who committed many atrocities, injured innocent people & stole from them were the Contras. This CIA "warrior" was on the wrong side of this conflict & supported many evil deeds.

[@williestyle35]

( 2:50 ) just fyi : the money that bought weapons for the Contras, in circumvention of Congress's orders as part of the "Iran - Contra Affair" came from selling missiles to Iran (also against sanctions authorized against Iran). Those missiles and F 14 parts were sold to Iran as "payback" for Iran holding Americans hostage longer, so Reagan could "win" the 1980 election. ( 4:08 ) The Reagan administration's "anti communist insurgency" plan in Peru also entailed overthrowing the elected government, in favor of dictator Pinochet.

[@joselabrada232]

He makes me proud to be Cuban.

[@barry2949]

You know what worse nightmare.....

[@hawlikd]

Great book!

[@sepniner4848]

its still happening,, just look around😏

[@ChronicBlaze22]

Some of the best that america can offer you can tell hes a good dude

[@dog4dux719]

A real Patriot! Godspeed.

[@user-te6si7rs2q]

The land area opposite the store is ten square meters according to the notary document Thank you very much

[@Spiewick]

Three words describe describe this man Retired EXTREMELY DANGEROUS!!!!!

[@michaeloconnor1479]

RED

[@thewarroom8232]

I salute you, Sicario

[@jsavage86]

I believe the word you are looking for is "Assassin"😂😂😂

[@garyoakes6554]

WHAT AN INCREDIBLE AMERICAN. THANK GOD THAT THIS COUNTRY POSESSES REAL MEN LIKE HIM. I THANK GOD FOR BRINGING HIM HEAR.

[@AznAnarchy99]

Here*. And you mean an illegal immigrant from Cuba?

[@angellosmalefakis1321]

@@AznAnarchy99 what are YOU little girl? Go to your room and play with your Barbie dolls.

[@orfeo793]

@@AznAnarchy99 actions define a man, and he defined himself better than almost any American could ever hope to serving our nation

[@jaysartori9032]

That is a great American hero!

[@lllllllllllIllI]

Never thought ide ever call some guy named “Meat Eater” a complete badass

[@markjfox866]

What a guy

[@circleinformationseeker7461]

He and They are good story teller. Some one tell them what to say, and they just copy them.

[@adamhenry5791]

What a Legend

[@mattstephentabamocosmic]

"You're a dangerous man", then answered "Not in my allies"..........

[@captscallywag]

Read a book about Billy, that dude had quite a career

[@muslimalmumin1]

Whoa who let that guy loose...

[@ryanchase2873]

Is this the same guy that was Jon Robert's connect in the book American Desperado?

[@World_Analysis-]

This man is the epitome of what makes America great. Coming to the US at 12 years old totally alone, and making it to the top of the greatest intelligence agency in the world. Think about that? Going from the slums of Cuba, to briefing the President in the Oval. Only in America 🇺🇸

[@HKim0072]

Slums of Cuba? His family was upper middle class minimally. They owned a coffee roasting business.

[@sanjayvaidya4925]

Now amerika is a slum. What a waste.

[@invader7191]

10 not 12

[@victoriousone1]

I heard similar before. This is crazy! Who is allowing terrorists to continue whilst good citizens are tracked and tortured mercilessly?

[@Riskmangler]

I"m just glad Dan Rather was shamed out of his position. That's a win.

[@alexkulka8578]

6:52mins. Cool Spartan figure!

[@andrehorton2361]

I might try that out but, it might need to be introduced to me slowly. It's looks really cool. 🤠🙈🙉👀🤷‍♂️

[@mikerobinson9627]

No matter how old you get we love playing army 😁

[@DianaKazimiera-]

4:22 fantastic and very wise words,Mr... Great respect for Mr mission,service and passion BOWS for Elite ⭐ I wish all the best from 🇵🇱🕊️🤝 #International protect for education, culture, tradition, history #International protect for #Veterans Leaders #Veterans training and education #Young Soldiers

[@uriamudeltoro5075]

No one truly retires....

[@gggghhgggghbb]

The man, is a patriot. 👍🇺🇲

[@anubis1949]

This is the old CIA.