Douglas London: Spying and the Lost Art of American Intelligence - Danger Close with Jack Carr

Douglas London is a retired senior CIA operations officer and the author of the new book The Recruiter: Spying and the Lost Art of American Intelligence.
Doug served as a U.S. Marine before joining the Central Intelligence Agency in 1984 where he worked for 34 years - 17 years on either side of 9/11. His job was the clandestine collection of HUMINT - intelligence that comes from people who provide secrets valuable to the United States. By virtue of recruiting spies for an equal number of years on either side of 11 September 2001, Doug offers a unique perspective on the Agency pre and post that seminal date in history.
He served in the Middle East, South and Central Asia, and Africa including three assignments as a chief of station, the president’s senior advisor at post, and chief of base in a conflict zone. Assignments at CIA Headquarters included executive positions at the Agency’s Counterterrorism Center, Information Operations Center, and Near East and South Asia Division. He is the recipient of the CIA’s Career Intelligence Medal.
Today, Doug is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Georgetown University’s Center for Security Studies, and is a non-resident fellow at the Middle East Institute.
On this episode of Danger Close, Doug discusses the state of modern intelligence, failures of the intelligence community, a lack of accountability prevalent in the post-9/11 CIA, and a lot more.
You can follow him on Twitter @douglaslondon5 and you can follow Jack on social platforms @jackcarrusa.
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[@alecmayfield4761]

Fantastic podcast. Danger Close is quickly becoming my absolute favorite to listen too. Thanks Jack!

[@Hashi88.]

that book inspire me, The officer has did great work all overseas, fascinating story with tough intelligent.

[@erikandersomething8022]

You’ve had some really great guests, but this was the most fascinating and intriguing podcast yet. Damn, I thought the Steven Pressfield/Clint Smith episode was amazing, but this one raised the bar to a new level.

[@grantstevens8099]

What a fascinating interview. Thank you, both, for your service.

[@BillDay]

Fascinating, absolutely fantastic and insightful conversation. Thank you for sharing this.

[@mrdavidbeard8380]

Have just come across your KZbin videos . As a Brit I loved the Chris Ryan and Andy Mcnab stories. Takes me back to being a Teenager when the first Gulf War started. I'm going through all your videos. And just started this one. Great job I'm loving them. Oh I will look up your books aswell . Thank you

[@internet_internet]

I appreciate you, Jack. Thanks for giving us these videos.

[@buzsalmon]

Extremely interesting guest and interview Jack. Thank you!

[@ElderGuy729]

Fascinating. Thanks for posting this.

[@thebairdhaslanded]

Big fan of all of your work. I just caught the audio replay and I just ordered my copy of the Book. Thanks

[@zibabird]

Thank you gentlemen, shared!

[@roaddawgrobbaker6644]

Im hooked on jack carr...your so awesome as a author an podcast amazing...Goodluck an keep em coming

[@ianshearer6813]

Fascinating interview, thanks.

[@Zosima45]

super informative. Another great one

[@wbball15]

Another great one, Jack.

[@James-sj5gw]

Really interesting. I look forward to reading his book.

[@stevemassie2395]

outstanding interview and content!

[@larryapl]

Excellent!

[@zalalapant]

Awesome interview.

[@7curiogeo]

Mr. London was a pro officer. Always a man of sense, plain spoken and always true to America.

[@ray3johnson]

Check out Mike Ritland's Mike Drop podcast number 017 with Dr. James Mitchell to get another view of the "enhanced interagation". Mitchell is the "Air Force guy" that Douglas refered to.

[@corpsman1980]

I feel like a superstar because I guessed that they were talking about Camp Chapman before they said so. The whole debacle was portrayed in the movie Zero Dark 30

[@pistolgrips]

Incredible. An eye opener for the normies that listen, absorb and consider. “Just a spy.” ‘Just’. Just. What’s the complete opposite of ‘just’? I’m not sure there is a definitive word in this case. Imagine what details we did not learn from this interview. In his own words, never trust. Do we trust “looking into the soul’? I really think so for the most part. Then again- he’s just a spy. Thank you, Sir. Thank you, Jack Carr.

[@7curiogeo]

The accountability issue runs rampant through out the entire US federal government. At every level, in every agency/ department. Burocracy has one key element of universality, "cover your ass" to keep your job, Your funding, your agency/department in operation. Failed or not. Lessons learned, mistakes made, own them, fix them.

[@kevinramsey3490]

Awesome! I have some books I’d like to send you. Do you have a post office box? I don’t want your address. I have no reason to know where you live. I just want to send you some books Sir. Thanks, Kevin Ramsey

[@lashachakhunashvili1399]

36:54 Soleimani was killed in Iraq (Baghdad), not Iran.

[@ingemar_von_zweigbergk]

you keep your moral high ground to yourself

[@danpearce4547]

Could be the American George Smiley.

[@user-vw6tp5dy1x]

Hi 🇦🇫

[@porkyl0095]

C'est un fou, celui-là

[@stephenwright8257]

I call it …the Clone Wars

[@saard3454]

The DIE religion in the CIA is not about having ethic diverse operatives. The people they are hiring would make horrible operatives. Alphabet mafia candidates are dangerous to the agency. Hiring people who look the act but are basically American in every aspect would easily be detected by native people in other countries. Also, his Democrat talking point about 100 service people were treated for brain “injuries” after the retaliation of Kassam Soleimani’s assassination, is ridiculous. I guess he would have rather seen those same service people dead instead, which is what the assassination prevented!

[@alexmagana8984]

Is jack a democrat

[@PapaMoose23]

Why does this matter?

[@saard3454]

Jack is not a Democrat, but his CIA guest spouted a few Democrat talking points like about the 100 service people who were treated for brain “injuries” after the retaliation of Kassam Soleimani’s assassination. I guess he would have rather seen those same service people dead instead, which is what the assassination prevented!

[@SpaceJelly45]

He is patriot, so no definitely not a Democrat.

[@Gadsden-rn2wl]

@@PapaMoose23 it matters cause he wants to know.

[@corpsman1980]

Jack is a Constitutionalist and in no way a leftist.

[@ianshearer6813]

Fascinating interview, thanks.