Jonna Mendez: Inside The CIA and The Moscow Rules

[@conchhead1]

I can’t get enough of Jonna. I’m watching and listening to all of her talks. Thank you so much.

[@krissy7342]

Omg me too

[@RikodiusRex]

Did you buy the book?

[@krissy7342]

Lauren Padgett “Moscow Rules”, yes. I really wanna read “Spy Dust”. How about yourself?

[@RikodiusRex]

@@krissy7342 yep! I have it! Haven't checked out Spy Dust, yet. I have "the guy who's scared of wolves or something" that comes out on Monday. I will put it in the next up list! Tldr? I wanted to hear more about Jonna and Tony and their relationship and how different it was from normal stuff. That would be a good read. "How to have friends and relationships when it's classified"

[@rickevans3959]

@@krissy7342The U.S. Spys on their own even when they don't need to. Pathological liars are the same

[@jeremiah1059]

What an amazing, articulate and intelligent woman and a great Patriot! We sure are fortunate to have people like her working so hard and dedicating their lives to ensuring the safety of this awesome country of ours. Thank you for your service Mrs. Mendez.

[@Feeluck]

her language is always very collected, selected and prudent, its mysterious in some way. its interessting and at the same time you know she's not giving away alot of what she knows. not even about the very old cold war stuff

[@janezjonsa3165]

I wasnt aware, this was CIA's promotion clip. Thx.

[@beverleytatham6709]

@@janezjonsa3165 aa1aàaàaaaàààaaà

[@sokrusound]

She is so good. I love listening to her stories. Also, she can answer a question without answering the question, but talking around it and you don't even realize it... Clever!

[@pearlmurdoch1709]

Ok

[@tatianalyulkin410]

Oh, she's absolutely brilliant.

[@mxochimera]

39:00 "But I was trained... in all of them." What a great, understated moment. So classy.

[@Nobody-yb5je]

Yes, that is true

[@therealdeal3672]

Classy Badass!

[@OfficialBigDaddyBC]

I absolutely love the way Jonna chats about the CIA and her time serving. Such a wonderful role model for women.

[@princequestly2218]

I could listen to Jonna tell stories all day, im gonna have to read her three books now. She’s a great story teller and has such amazing stories to tell.

[@susanadiasjohnson457]

Thank you for your service. What a unique and utterly fascinating interview. This interview should be listened to by all USA citizens so we learn how valient, noble people are giving their lives daily to keep us safe.

[@blairmarshall544]

I have to say the moderator did a great job here. Questions were brilliant. And he also gave her all the attention (which a lot of moderators forget and make it about themselves) very enjoyable watch/listen

[@RikodiusRex]

I am so sorry for your loss, Jonna. Use "no sweat" underneath the latex masks. It's a topical antipersperant and prevents sweating underneath makeup. It's called "Skin Prep Pro", now...by Mehron. We use it in dance to keep our makeup on stage sweatproof. This should make the latex more comfortable. I can attest this stuff really works well but it dries your skin out, it's best to use it with pancake makeup or underneath a mask. I appreciate you.

[@jakeparker4918]

Thank you for serving our country ma’am

[@xxxsaiyan8267]

What about eye scanners? Even with a mask the eyes can’t be covered, u les contact lenses would work.

[@larilaa]

@@xxxsaiyan8267 Don't think too deeply on it.

[@timfredrickson3889]

@@xxxsaiyan8267 retina scanners or Iris scanners? You can just use a picture for Iris scanners if you know how they work, but retina scanners are too good.

[@timfredrickson3889]

@@xxxsaiyan8267 also, anyond giving you a retina scan would know whether or not you had contacts on. They would be right next to you.

[@scottiedog4236]

What a wonderful lady ! Very charming

[@elwyncoates810]

Jonna Mendez makes me proud to live in America to enjoy all the blessings and priveleges we some times take for granted! Just knowing you were out there protecting this country was comforting and enough for me.

[@tatianalyulkin410]

The Russians have a proverb- " If you don't have anything to say about the diseased, don't say anything at all. " So " nothing ". But Aunt Jonna and Uncle Tony are my heroes.

[@rubyruby6358]

This woman is fascinating and brave I'd love to meet her and will def buy her book. So sad her husband is not here to see her book published.

[@mbrammy7]

their* I’m pretty sure they wrote it together? Or at least they wrote their first two together

[@thedollbabys1073]

I love Jonna Mendez! Her books and talks are so easy to understand and she was such a great service to the US during the Cold War! God Bless you Jonna and your Husband who passed away is proud of you!

[@krmccarrell]

Fascinating, I will surely read Jonna's book "Moscow Rules". As a Paralegal, I learned the importance of using just the right word, as well as speaking covertly. So I immediately recognized when Jonna did the same thing. Thank you Jonna for your selfless service, and thank you to the Commonwealth Club for sharing this interview.

[@phincampbell1886]

I've also been made aware of the value of the careful deployment of language, and like you notice the skillful use of words by others, and she's simply brilliant in my opinion, she's a rockstar, and I love her!

[@mint83]

I am exactly halfway through this video and if the host doesn't pull a mask off his face at the very end I'm going to be very, very disappointed

[@rocketman48]

brilliant interview.Thank you Jonna and also your husband.Bill from Ireland

[@estherwiskel6550]

Had to watch it again! What a total human-being, BRAVO Madam🥰

[@Ru-gv2if]

God Bless those who keep our country safe, protected and strong. This interview is fascinating. The sacrifice given for our country by many from the beginning. 🇺🇸

[@edgelord7906]

Tell that to the mk ultra victims.

[@harpiessnow]

@@edgelord7906 Truth right there. The things we know were apparently the tamest parts of operation MKUltra. The shit that would have tainted the agency's name were destroyed as ordered by the director. He even is quoted as saying to destroy the evidence that would be detrimental to the agency. They likely killed innocent civilians in attempts to learn how to control the mind and make manchurian candidates.

[@skindianu]

@@harpiessnow check out the recent book by Tom O'Neill, "Chaos: The Sixties, Manson and the CIA". I may have the title wrong, but definitely written by Tom O'Neill. There are more than a few civilians gone missing or died mysteriously at the hands of Jolly West and other "patriots".

[@ecampbell5837]

Imagine having that career, being directly involved in situations where people have lost their lives, having that much loyalty to your country and to live and serve so selflessly, and to have the president discredit and discount you. No greater insult.

[@josuemc93]

Dark knights in a sensen

[@Celisar1]

having a fascinating and well paying job is not being selflessly.

[@mojomanmurph1925]

I have always been independent and not a fan of Trump, can't stand to hear him speak but after what I seen from 2016 till now. It exposed these swamp creatures in DC and especially the media. People like Comey, Clapper, McCade, Rice and especially the Clintons are corrupt as can be. They are the true threat to this country. The four wealthiest counties surround Washington DC. Why are government officials getting stupid rich from lobbyists? These people aren't working for us, they are working for themselves. She said she tries not to get political but slammed Trump and praised Obama. I voted for Clinton the first time and then realized what a piece of garbage he was and especially Hillary. I voted for Bush and realized what an idiot he was and Cheney ran the country from behind the scenes and got us into trillions in debt and lined his pockets from the war contracts. I didn't vote in 2004 because both Bush and Kerry were slime. I voted for Obama his first term then realized what a piece of garbage his truly was. I didn't vote in 2012 because both Obama and Romney were garbage. I don't like Trump but have to be honest in evaluating that he did more for America than any other president. He tried to make life better for the common men, women and especially the country. Looking back at it now if I was in his shoes, I would be cautious of everyone in DC as well. You can't believe everything you read or see these days so who really knows the truth. I am sure he read the briefs, if not the powers that be at the head of these institutions and military would have worked behind the scenes to get him out quickly. It was the head of the NSA who visited him in Trump tower right after the election and informed that the CIA, FBI and Obama administration was spying on him. They found the bugs. People who were involved testified it was true. That is scary that these people did it in the first place and got away with it. What I am seeing is this country is going downhill quickly because of people in power thinking and making stupid decisions only thinking of themselves. The future doesn't look bright from what I am seeing. It is just getting worse and worse and worse. Other folks my age and I discuss these things going on and never would have foreseen what is happening 20, 30 and especially 40 years ago. We all agree that we feel sorry for our kids and grandkids because they are in for a world of hurt. It is going to get bad, very bad. Maybe that's what we need so we can wake up and turn it around or parish because we lost our way. Either way of the outcome, we here in the US are in for a world of hurt. It's coming.

[@tbrew8222]

I too am non partisan. I found obamas speach on his presidential order about a "special transition team" to be alarming. People didnt believe me that something weird was about to happen. Then it did. The speech is hard to find now, but it was one of his last. To look for what he wrote, it turns out that presisential orders (not executive orders) are extremely classified and most do not even list the title, and many do not even list its number. However the same page (whitehouse dot gov) does admit they are sequencially ordered so when a number is listed, you know how many have been written since. I just did not expect 4 years of media attack. I eected something simply with the transition and beginning like an immediate attack and removal. I already had issues with changes in the news since bush, and this cemented it as it got 100 times worse overnight

[@desertfairychickres4021]

Imagine having the money to retire doing whatever you want. You have a loving family, your health and because of your success and love of country you decide to run for President in order to help/protect/give back to the forgotten families in our great Republic. The working folks. AKA the deplorables. Keep imagining what President Trump must have felt when the head of the NSA, Admiral Mike Rogers, met with him and told him he/his campaign had been spied on by the same folks that swore an oath to serve and protect this great nation from enemies foreign and DOMESTIC. The top dogs in our government agencies saw what one man could possibly pull off by getting elected and calling them out...Comey, Brennan, Rosenstein, and the Clinton machine to name a few. He could upset the apple cart like no other. No more lining each others pockets. It must have been terrifying for them. Democrats AND Republicans as they are all alike. Uniparty sound familiar? Imagine a man capable of ENDING and NOT starting new wars (first time in 40 years) and bringing home our soldiers. Our young men and women not being killed and maimed for change. Imagine how embarrassed ALL those diplomats must have been when President Trump went over their heads exposing their uselessness and made real the possibility of peace in the middle east. Many of the above successes surprised even those of us that voted for President Trump. Imagine, that for once in many, many years, you were told the truth repeatedly and chose to turn your back. May God bless and keep you and yours. God bless our wonderful country. Peace

[@cheesychi8317]

I've watched quite a few of Jonna's talks and I absolutely love how many times it comes up that the CIA literally got like 30% of its inspiration from James Bond movies. You'd think it be the other way around.

[@shaund4155]

Why when the author was British Naval Intelligence? He was most likely aquatinted with the OSS

[@SelectaMedia]

feedback loop

[@tatianalyulkin410]

I would dare to assume it's also true for the KGB/FSB officers. Remember the scene in RED DAWN when Jenny's character was almost raped by the Soviet soldiers, her PTSD is off the charts- yet Jed sends her to plant the bomb anyhow? There is no way in hell I would I allowed it. People like Jenny and myself who were scared for life by the Bolshevik bespredel have no business being in the field. When you watch Soviet war movies, you're like, " Those agents have the nerves of Vibranium " because when they interact with the German officers it's like they truly believe they've come to liberate " us " from the Bolsheviks. " Officer! Can you help me please? I do believe I'm hopelessly lost. "

[@carmelcorreale3211]

James Bond the man behind his stories was a cia secret agent

[@yvonneost12]

She is so cool imagine bumping into her in Walmart you would never guess what a life she's had , the interviewer looks like he's just popped in from the pub. LOL

[@wokejesus6501]

... But she's literally a Nazi? There's nothing to like about a spook, nothing to trust in a person who tries to apologize for atrocities like MKULTRA.

[@blzahz7633]

You probably have bumped into her in Walmart numerous times

[@given-namesurname5740]

@@wokejesus6501 "literally a Nazi" Make your trolling more subtle next time

[@manderson7341]

Thank you for your service.

[@wokejesus6501]

@@given-namesurname5740 I am a working class leftist and I am dead fucking serious. Scope my channel brah

[@jodyhuston1516]

Thank you always for your service to America, Tony and Jonna.

[@jdtv50]

(14:05) “it wouldn’t look like this” plot twist: SHE WAS IN DISGUISE DURING THE ENTIRE THING

[@rick4electric]

The danger of having the same organization gathering intelligence and then actively operating on that information CANNOT be overstated!

[@Brett_S_420]

The CIA is historically the most incompetent bunglers of evil meddling. Making America the bully of the world.

[@tatianalyulkin410]

You've lost me completely. How? As long as the CIA is a free agent and not a tool in Victoria Nudelman's moronic political games I see no problem. The problem starts when your agents are forced to embrace Bandera or Zelensky or learn the bloody personal pronouns. I would like to believe ( to naively hope ) that this is why Aunt Jonna retired instead of becoming the Head of the CIA.

[@doom9603]

​@@tatianalyulkin410 Nobody enforces beliefs on anyone. That's not how it works. Zelenskyy is a political figure, like him or not, nobody cares. Bandera is a rhetorical and historical figure, it has a different meaning for the Ukrainians, they fought against the Nazis and ultimately against the Soviets. Their ancestors had to switch sides, the only option to save the survival of their nation, almost like Norway's people did. This has nothing to do with the well-meaning and healthy people of today's Ukraine.

[@Don-Loves-Vladdy]

@@tatianalyulkin410pronouns are the problem? 😂😂😂 you’ve been using pronouns your whole life

[@PikkaBite]

Thinking that "Bill" Webster she refers at as the "Director of the CIA" at the time is really William Webster who was also the 3rd Director of FBI and he's still alive

[@janetlewis7381]

Janna, thank you. I've never watched this show before, and it pained me, after about a minute, to listen to him read from notes. It seemed like he'd never seen it before in his life. I'll try a little longer for you, Janna, but I don't know if I can do it.

[@janetlewis7381]

Geesh! The actual interview has started, and it's pretty good. I've read the Moscow Rules, and it's cool to recognize what Janna is taking about. He's asking good questions.

[@user-or7ji5hv8y]

The interviewer has a great sense of humor. Really made the event enjoyable and fascinating.

[@Laura-Lee]

I was totally believing her until she referred to the Canadian Ambassador becoming rich and famous over it. Which he did. However, it wasn't for getting the six hostages OUT that we Canadians accepted the main kudos but that the Canadian Ambassador hid them in his home in Tehran for MONTHS, putting his life, his family's life and all the Canadian Embassy staff on the line everyday, while the Whitehouse left the six "Houseguests" in our care and focused on the main hostages.What I find fascinating is that out of the six American Houseguests, five of them went public (writing books and giving interviews) after the movie Argo came out to set the record straight because they felt the Canadians didn't get ENOUGH credit. Plus, the entire Canadian Government (all THREE of our parties with very different ideologies) held an immediate session of Parliament behind closed doors (an illegal act in Canada) and UNANIMOUSLY agreed to keep our embassy in Tehran open for as long as it took, even though the American Embassy staff were all hostages too and the other embassies closed and bailed out for fear for their lives. The Kiwis (New Zealand) had a tiny, tiny embassy but stayed open too in order to help with the six Houseguests (surveillance and support) and Tony Mendez did his work prepping for the "exfil" cover story of the Canadian film crew mostly here in our Clandestined Operations unit of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Dept in Ottawa. What's my point? Think about it. This woman has spent her entire life working for the CIA and they told her, "Okay. Go ahead and tell the truth on the internet." Of course not. She's feeding us half truths and disinformation. And doing it very well. Like I said at the beginning, I was totally accepting her sincerity and words until they came up against the facts that I know as a Canadian. Now I know why she did her job so well. I am usually SO suspicious of everyone but I'm actually quite amazed that I didn't even question what she was saying until it came in direct conflict with the truth. She truly is a master. She would have to be to keep so many people alive. It's weird. I don't respect her LESS for lying so well but MORE. What a fearful world we live in that it is this way. Now it's not just the Communists that are a threat anymore but a terrorist on every street corner. I'm a Behaviorist. Trained to spot lying. All I can think now is that I'll be watching this video several times to learn more from her. LL 🇨🇦😬

[@kittyandthekatz8046]

Thank you for this interesting comment.

[@elinicoritale6384]

👏🇨🇦

[@littlemouse7066]

I like that she recognized the value of British intelligence. the British were the model for so many things the Americans did like intelligence and special forces. And it's true the worst comes from betrayal.

[@mightyea]

So, where we ever free…?!

[@OGColorado]

I read "Master of Disguise" and "Spy Dust". Both are fascinating and revealing. At a meeting with the late Ambassador Eugene Douglas who was in Moscow in his former capacity as an intelligence officer around the time of the episode where a swimmer with rebreathing gear exfiltrated the foreign agents via the Kremlin storm drains - I asked the late ambassador if that operation actually happened. His reply was nonverbal - a very sincere and yet slight nod to the affirmative. I didn't ask any more operational questions. Intelligence officers have written memoirs that are a peek inside their unique world. My reading list is long. Kudos for your service!

[@sbaanda]

Every agent died of broken heart within 18 months after they retired, oh the passion! Yeah, right...

[@meancomments8099]

heart attack gun

[@DanJanTube]

Thank you for your service, Mrs. Mendez.

[@kjmmcn7002]

Thank you for your service

[@rocketman48]

I flew from Ireland to visit the Spy Museum in Washington,Id love to see the new building.I went to Smitsonian air and Space Museum.Great visit.

[@terencewinters2154]

Getting rid of angleton was as important as recruiting new defectors and being able to realistically filter dangles.

[@weddie24]

Angleton had been totally taken in by Philby. He should have been replaced.

[@annachristie377]

I knew a double agent that was on our side. Amazing the work they do.

[@SabinaPoppea]

Thank you for your service!

[@dasan9178]

Regarding face recognition, I was smiling when I programmed face recognition into my new iPad. If I don’t do the same smile when I turn it on, it doesn’t know me. I also quickly found out I needed to record myself with/without glasses for it to know me both ways...though the appearance of my hair seems to not matter. Still, because it only lets me record myself twice, its face recognition capabilities seem very limited. This has proved true for all our new Mac and android devices. How does face recognition in cities compare? How much does networking devices with each other and connecting them to online resources improve recognition? Why does my expensive tech suck at it so badly? Also, could someone fool my device with a truly good mask while mimicking my smile? I’d think that facial recognition would work best on the 95+% of people who don’t normally think about surveillance or have any immediate or compelling reason to disguise themselves. I bet that adding a human watching a video still greatly improves its usefulness even if it’s not practical. Clark Kent/Superman could easily fool my new iPad, but could he really trick a human? As a quick change master, he’d fool the casual observer, but what about long-time friends? I think it would be a fun experiment. Love this video! One of the most interesting I’ve seen in a long time.

[@patrickvitori3467]

Thank you for sharing this with us

[@Imola701]

Thank you for your service ma’am.

[@daveunknown3799]

outstanding show.

[@ruthdavila9031]

Love listening to this Honorable Lady , a good conversationalist and Writer .

[@EmilyKnight413]

So articulate, so composed. LOVE HER.

[@esk8er900]

Based on video thumbnails of her interviews wearing the same outfit I can see she had a big day promoting her book, which I’m incredibly interested to read. We need more ppl not just writing about the lesser known parts of recent history who played such an integral role in it, but also cut from the same cloth in her level of integrity.

[@veronica_._._._]

Unless she's wearing a full mask and fat suit, and then it would be the only clothes she has in that size? She denied it too fast - hmm she would have covered up the distinctive veins on her feet tho, so maybe not haha

[@phincampbell1886]

Was the tidy wrap-up of starting with reference to he garb, and ending with a recall implied by cut from same cloth, was that deliberately planned, unrealised, or a happy serendipity that you noticed once you'd written it?!

[@jamieonh]

Awesome. Love and light to her works. Stay strong for the home team please.

[@LoraHari81]

She is amazing ❤️🕵🏻

[@fuckfannyfiddlefart]

She's part of an imperialist capitalist cabal of killers, what's not to like?!

[@therealdeal3672]

Had to pause and get a Kindle copy of "Moscow Rules." Jonna is amazing!! 👏😍

[@krissy7342]

I love this woman! R.I.P. to her husband, Tony Mendez. 🙏🏼💞 Edit: am curious, she wears a green jacket and black shirt w/ the same necklace on each interview. *Yes, I’m kinda stalking her*. Did she do all this press in 1 day? Or are these her “sweet little old lady” 👵🏻 & the “I’m not a threat” clothes? If you see this, Jonna, I want to meet you someday. 👌🏼

[@orangemolak6732]

Same

[@rameyzamora1018]

From what I can tell, she was on tour with her book during this period and simply packed (and wore) the easiest, simplest, most effective looking outfits. Just makes sense. If you need something more, you buy it locally.

[@arteblack13]

She dealt with the KGB in Moscow during the cold war. She's a national treasure. Good luck meeting her.

[@ecampbell5837]

Ive seen her in a cream coloured jacket and and all brown/ bronze ensemble. Her outfits for speaking events and what not seem tailored and high quality so I imagine she wears them more than once. And to add to that i doubt flashy and materialistic are typical character traits for a cia agent. She is all class this lady. Much respect!

[@marciasloan534]

Love the green!

[@robertfeinberg748]

I saw a shirt in a store on Connecticut in DC that read, CIA-KGB Together Again!

[@dr.barrycohn5461]

Good presentation. Loved the anecdotes.

[@commonwealthclubworldaffairs]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@dr.barrycohn5461]

@@commonwealthclubworldaffairs Thanks.

[@Ab-qv8zc]

Sad that people don't understand the value of the CIA, and the great things that will never be known. I say we start a holiday to show appreciation for these secret heroes. Thank you to all that served this great nation.

[@adriancline-bailey3301]

Brilliant!!

[@megzhang3949]

When she talks about the briefing that’s made from people risking their lives and just get dumped by tR........p

[@liambrunner3026]

I wonder what her job was before she was chief of disguise. I'm currently aiming for paramilitary operations officer but if I can find out what her job was I'll definitely switch my dreams to that one.

[@linusp9316]

Might want to keep that info to yourself, if you're aiming to be a CIA paramilitary. Heh

[@bangkithutajulu8851]

once a cia, always a cia

[@skindianu]

You might be one of the few rational people in this commentary section

[@rosariolongoria7604]

Thanks be to God for us having ppl like her!

[@estebancigarroa4418]

Thank you Jonna

[@aleciagreen5939]

Gotta say blessings to this woman, her husband, and all those like them who do what they do for good causes.

[@LilliR4116]

Good causes?? Name one? This is all about power and politics, dont don't give me this BS.

[@user89076]

Bold of you to assume they only do good. Especially with how covert they are.

[@rosesprog1722]

And in the end, the mole Angleton had obsessively pursued for most of his career was most likely Angleton himself, after all he is the only American to have two memorials dedicated to him in the state of Israel. When it was discovered that the Israelis had most likely "diverted" a good quantity of bomb grade plutonium the CIA refused to help the FBI in their inquiry, Mr. Angleton had effectively prevented any possible collaboration between the two organisations on that matter. Of course this would not be tolerated today but back then, the internal affairs at the agency were pretty much out of control. Yitzhak Rabin said of Angleton that:"Israeli officials felt great gratitude to Angleton for his actions, he was a friend you could trust on a personal basis,” . "He was the biggest Zionist of the lot,” also said Meir Amit, the late Mossad director.

[@jgm33884]

I was hanging on every word. Fantastic!

[@siboneypeltier2307]

Never trust a person that lies, especially for a living...

[@linusp9316]

Most of it is declassified info. She's repeating stuff you can look up, but she does a much better job of it than most of us can just by reading and looking at FOIA stuff. She's great.

[@rosesprog1722]

Anyone from the agency who writes a book will have it authorized first, everything she says was approved. She lied for the agency, would she lie about it? Maybe not.

[@jasonreed1352]

@Linus Pauling I would think that practically every effort is taken to ensure that every bit of info that is expressed is that which can become expressed in ways that intend to conceal what could possibly be perceived to be classified. Instead of assessing observations such that an individual becomes only perceivable as a caricature capable of some sorcery over our sense of reality and self (as though they perhaps might project their own paranoias onto the predicted behaviors of perceived enemies in ways that are metaperceivable in ways that seem to form convenient loopholes that end up continuing the eternal multidimensional weaving of the infinite variety of The Emperors New Clothes in order to allow for our interestingly-perceived interesting dilemmas to have only paradoxical-seeming solutions, leading to seemingly extraordinary possibilities for a practically infinite possible number of solutions (cue the dopamine). The true nature of "the" solutions, however, generally ubiquitously involve radically shifting reality paradigms on levels that tend to make the "all-knowing" wise rulers understandably nervous. Understanding full well, on a practical level, the natures of the functions of genuine proverbial Emperor's New Clothes, "disguise", as discussed in declassified reality paradigm arenas by persons who have experienced reality from within [various levels of] classified reality paradigms, can involve flippantly mentioning current patterns in their methodologies as though those same patterns haven't been reworked in order to forever be the current state-of-the-art that becomes ironically mentioned in any presently-occurring "declassified" public discussion of "old" tricks that become humorous sidenote-seeming comments that become the unwitting transparencies in the authentic Emperor's New Clothes, that are always firstly observable by the groups of individuals and peoples who have become misperceived and oppressed by Emperors. The oppressed begin to recognize patterns in that word-salad-weave that remind them of patterns in the weaves that have been directly defined to have been equivalent Emperor's New Clothes patterns in the past, now believed to be able to be jocularly bantered about in "declassified" settings (as though the different levels of classification literally create securely- bounded levels of esotericism, allowing one to become careless in their wannabe self-superiority. It is when the oppressed have become accurately enough consciously aware of their own roles in their own oppression that they, the oppressed, will be less likely to fall for the ol' Emperor's New Clothes schtick that never is not in total effect at all times. (Brought to our inevitable-seeming perceptual awareness by Karma. Serving authentic Truth for as long as deception has been "repurposed" to represent the justly-applicable virtuous power to define Truth and know how to serve "justice" such that Authentic Truth is redefined such that it can be deceptively served and protected. Uh.... I am pretty sure literally EVERY religous scripture is a unique perspective's attempted expression of their particular collective's metaphoric symbolization of their unique misperceptions that had only seemed to become more accurately perceived as a result of catastrophe (sometimes as severe as literal civilization collapse, although we historically suffer collective-consciousness depression resulting in what is perceived to be the tragic death of a culture that also doesn't actually die just because it suddenly isn't able to be suffocated to malevolence through our anxious subconscious attachment to what we believe we perceive it accurately to be... because we are usually dreadfully slow learners whenever the lesson is actually difficult because actual truth is not determinable by who is left standing after being "number one" at "belonging to" collectives who will insist that narcissistically raging against others who demonstrate existentially threatening disloyalty as defined by the cohort's cult rulers, is the only way to save the cohort from annihilation! And just LOOK at all the "freedom" our cohort is acclimated to. Fuckin dreeeeeeeeamy. Do we really want their hate for our freedom to keep us from being able to buy all the freedom-loving toilet paper we could possibly want? Or, we could just learn to observe, finally. Which is needed if you'd like to be capable of perceiving things such as the extreme likelihood that we don't actually fundamentally disagree at all about what we were taught we were "supposed to feel" that we disagree about. If we are actually intelligent enough to actually not need to be told what we should feel and what we should see until we are so god damned unable to squeak out an accurately consciously perceived critical thought that it's just swell that our security is achieved and maintained by ruling cohorts who we believe possess legitimately magical abilities allowing the gloriousness that we, at least in the USA, call "living the fuckin' dream". Where we are inundated by "winner" "successful" types who seek to advance and "make a difference" in what really only "needs" changed due to the continued patterns of ignorances of all previous "rulers" who "oopsied" and gave us the de-fucking-lightful Karmic reality paradigm of today. Yes, all 2 and a half cars with precisely one gallon of gasoline that cost a realistic $3.459 is just... right here awaiting our worthiness to be able to wallow in it. Oh, and it's totally groovy that our current rulers literally cannot be truthful with us without the rulers requiring that we commit suicide. (It's the latest fad! C'mon, be cool! Every collective is doing it. Do you want the [insert appropriate scapegoat as perceived by those who are full-of-shit] to do it first and use it on us? Oh, wait... Shit. We DO THAT shit to ourselves, now. That's right. In the name of "homeland security".... fire up the shower-room ovens, Karen. We're having traitor for supper tonight. Dreeeeamy. (to be continued)

[@jasonreed1352]

Due to the idealization of the authentic belief that one is to strive to be superior, and that self-superiority is genuinely achievable, and that even the genuinely attempted contemplation of the mere possibility that one could possibly not actually BE wholly superior, due to the installation of HIGHLY dysfunctional bipolar thinking using tortures that allow waterboarding and forced public masturbation to correctly be perceived to exist on the "torture light" end of the spectrum of disgustingness with regard to how cruel we "should feel" a form of torture is. Authentic observation and accurate perception are still the same eternally present goal that can never actually become achieved. Something to remain mindful of, because the attempted justification for the utilization of torture on the "torture light" end of the spectrum will still require remediation, per natural law. And the remediation will need to be accurate, so let's stop pretending words don't have definitions that can be clearly clarified through communication. (complicated when we are to "trust" rulers who we believe must deceive us for our own good). Shall we not use bipolar thinking to simulate "brainstorming" possible remediations and possible implementation methodologies? Pitchforks and torches, tar and feathers... fuckin storming the Capitol building and hanging nooses / erecting guillotines? Ease it up with all the believing that historic Emperor's New Clothes haven't been THOROUGHLY narcissistically prepared for by our snowflake, emotionally insecure, and infantile rulers. Without the virtue signaling of hyper-catastrophization that leads to misperceived existential crises that require expressions of narcissistic rage in order to regain a tolerable sense of balance that can be maintained as long as we can accept that benevolence is able to be expressed against us. In fact, can be and will be expressed in the form of deceit, exploitation, and annihilation against us in a court of law, whether we clicked "I agree" or not. This is actually the best that any individual or any collective with a conscious self-identity that "believes in" one's own fundamental superiority or inferiority can really muster, given the fundamental inability to know that one does not know that one cannot know when one believes that one must know or it causes the perception of existential crises. Not realizing that one has never been able to directly self-observe the self may come as what is perceived to be a shock, and this is a conditioned indoctrinated response. So don't forget to actually think through what is so scary about calling out bullshit and allowing for the calling out of one's OWN bullshit. While we wisely pause to become capable of actually observing to maybe at least try and accurately perceive what's happening precisely right now.... ever, we may discover that our catastrophization contingency plan that would have been launched in ignorance into allegedly necessary defensive action is precisely that which is THE repeated error of history that keeps the errors of history repeating. Meta-errors... used by the bigly winning since they learned that stupid that kills can stay stupid (frankly and with all due respect.). What may appear to be fools in the external not enjoying the same-enough battle-entrenched and battle-ready, perfectly dreamy reality paradigm in ways that do not trigger the infantile emotions of insecurely self-aware individuals who just can't fathom existing without abusive controls keeping them from acting out what they believe they would without the threat of abuse that is perceived to be justice (that no one seems eager to voluntarily expose themselves to because it is so obviously psychotic and dysfunctionally maladaptive.) The same tragic civilization-collapsing attempt to use deceit and abuse to "rehabilitate" others into believing they embody superior without realizing that this indicates the crowning of an Emperor (The "New" Clothes have been put on simultaneously with the intent to crown the self superior, so don't worry... they're never anything other than the most perfect fit for anyone. However, the real set (that every single creature wears as their birthday suit), is not the kind that can have become woven by even the cunningest of disguise designers, although they can functionally emulate some of their functions accidentally, sometimes surprisingly blatantly, and obviously. Especially when one is dismissing others as inferior in order to be able to perceive the self as superior. Viva la Evolution

[@rosesprog1722]

@@jasonreed1352 Holy cow man, I don't really really understand what you're saying, sounds interesting though, If I had to say something I'd say read "The Prince" and be a good actor in anything you do, that should keep you afloat.

[@jaykay1053]

🇨🇦 🇺🇸 = Great Partners Watching Argo made me proud of all of the people involved.

[@bpark10001]

I read the book. Comment about The battery guy. You got 2 guys mixed up (combined into one). George was the one with long blonde hair, but he did not wear sandals & white socks. That was Tyler, the other battery guy. The other thing was about the Christmas party. It was an OTS tradition, a major production, way before the Price brothers came onto the scene. The Price brothers did push the tradition after it went out of vogue 30 years later. The other thing about that was it was not done to promote the "trademark"; it was done as an engineering exercise to further knowledge. All the other engineers waited until a requirement came in to "start designing" & working on "the problem". The Price brothers created problems to work on so when the real problems came in, they could hit the ground with feet running. Typically, a new engineering area explored either at the party or as hobby was in use officially within 6 months.

[@KORIBLADE100]

The story of the guy in his garage making a camera that was not reproducible by optical companies reminds me of Iron Man, "Tony Stark made this in a cave using nothing but scrap!"

[@estherwiskel6550]

Yea, a model woman and very impressive biograph 👍👍👍🥰🙏✝️

[@brady4673]

Hello Mr Value, Extremely interesting, great lady, she looks just like my late Aunt Lucy, my GOD mother. Same personality also! How awesome to be chatting with people and it gets to your turn (What do/did you do for a living?) I am a SPY!! No one can top that!! BRADY

[@phincampbell1886]

She doesn't say it when he says the best case scenario for a caught spy is the gulag, but she's very clear elsewhere, that never happened. The only outcome for a caught spy, after interrogation, was death. Execution. There were, if I understand her rightly, no prison sentences for traitors, spies, not with Russia. Never. A bullet in the back of the skull and an unmarked grave was the best they could expect. I guess the only difference between a best and worse case exposure and capture was in the degree and duration of torture one had to endure before being walked down to the cellar of the KGB prison.

[@multitieredinvestor183]

I spent 22 years in the Army. Never once did I do it for Veterans or Memorial Day celebrations.

[@martinwettmark1203]

Very interesting video!

[@patriciavrtis6367]

Fascinating !! Thank you, your husband and all agents working in the, CIA, too help keep America safe!!! God bless ya'll. Viewing from, Fort Smith, Arkansas

[@gilbertimanikuze583]

Ummmmmm ..I like they way you sound honest! my question is " did you figure out that the interviewer was wearing mask?? :-)

[@thebookkeeper8404]

Getting ready for holiday meals and reading the JUNGLE by Upton Sinclair Also reading absolutely awesome book The Reckoning:…….

[@jonjonsson6323]

The thing with feet first was actually withnessed by a former agent in another movie, it was done at least one time but i cannot find the clip

[@2ezee2011]

so good!

[@AFatalPapercut]

Clapper on (IIRC) MSNBC or CNN immediately after Trump won: "We should give Trump fake daily briefs."

[@drew7155]

Exactly. They celebrated that they lied about troops in Syria. taskandpurpose.com/news/us-troop-levels-syria-jeffrey-interview/

[@richardsawicki8521]

@@vandalayindustries3057 Every last one of the "russiagate" allegations has been debunked( for anyone still interested in objective fact checking see Aaron Matte's award winning work on the subject )

[@Ellecram]

Fascinating and intelligent woman. Would love to meet her. BTW, she looks a bit related to Martin Short.

[@SYHEHE]

Thank you,for your services to our great Nation. It would have been better if we wouldn't have the traitors among us, I think it was the lack counter intelligence operations that let those who betrayed us to be so damaging, lethal to our services...

[@MitchellWiggs]

The gavel at the end was very odd lol

[@Phor0phor]

Keep up with the research

[@Tarotgal8205]

This is technically a Club meeting so there is a gavel at the beginning and at the end

[@jeremypierce9059]

The gavel striking three times is Masonic symbolism

[@JJuliaSmile]

47:07 I don't even have words...it's just so sad...

[@drew7155]

You do realize that the same people writing those briefs are the same deep state actors that were spying on his campaign and working against him? We have the email correspondence. We know the truth now. He knew he couldn't trust them. You may write all that off as "conspiracy theory," because you're an insider and know the real truth, but that's what he believes. I think we can both agree on that. So if you were president and believed the "deep state" (the people in positions of power in the CIA, NSA, FBI etc.) were against you, would you read the briefs?

[@desertfairychickres4021]

Drew Yazbeck Blessings sir. NCSWIC God bless America.

[@linusp9316]

@@drew7155 Oh boy, "Deep State". Let me put my tinfoil hat on. A president who refuses to read daily intelligence briefings is all part of the master plan, I'm sure! w1gga-waga, brother.

[@patrickroher4760]

Awsome lady.

[@James_Bowie]

29:18 ... "What took you so long?" Very good question. The dopey FBI should have detected Hanssen early in the piece. "In the investigation of the mole that turned out to be Hanssen, the FBI failed to seriously pursue the possibility that the mole was an FBI employee, despite significant leads suggesting just that."

[@ninavictoria4348]

fascinating!

[@deejaye2647]

What made anyone think that the former President did not read the daily briefing? Quite a ludicrous statement by the guest.

[@chatryna]

i thought he had others read it and breif him if there was something he should know. apparently it was designed at the time to waste the presidents time.

[@esk8er900]

Looks like we overcompensated by now surveilling everyone all the time... sadly as we’ve recently seen it’s not always deemed actionable or useful...

[@waltergeorge9617]

875 000 targeted individuals in the United States 🇺🇸... All decent people and Law Abiding, Many now are institutionalized and have NO IDEA they were set up !!!

[@chinabluekurvinus9047]

The best spy in the trade is the spy who doesn't smell his own fart , because it could be somebody else's doing the farthing ,haha 🤫🤫🤭😀🤭

[@jasonheath4266]

Maybe I’m wrong but I think women would make equal or better senior leadership.

[@JOECorsoNova]

What about eye scanners? Even with a mask the eyes can’t be covered, u les contact lenses would work.

[@Tom-pc7lb]

Her choice of color of jacket is important.

[@patrickvitori3467]

I’ve seen the photograph that Jonna Mendez showed to #41

[@DavidHuber63]

Do you think wallmart is linked with biometrics

[@henna696]

How sad that the FBI is no longer an honest operation. The rot is deep-seated and perhaps not removable.

[@janiss5634]

I always wondered how the cia deals with people retiring. According to 50 min marker they only last 18 months after they retire. I wonder why??

[@chatryna]

ouch. ever see that brittish show from 60s? the prisoner? had the big ball come out of the wtr....

[@Wiggles_vs._snuggles]

Their work was their passion. And that's why I love CIA

[@janezjonsa3165]

There is no name, for people like you. Not yet.

[@charlottehook7387]

Anyone know if Jonna Mendez does podcasts?

[@peredavi]

Jonna is remarkable! Great interview. I’m going to pickup Moscow Rules at the library today! Yes, Trumps public comments in Helsinki standing next to Putin and speaking negatively towards the CIA. An unbelievable moment. (I am not a D.)

[@michaelsteiger8509]

Understand but what happens behind the scene is what matters. The current biden administration has utterly destroyed America and abandoned countries by not listening to our agency’s . Very glad it was proven it was biden/Clinton who were responsible to all the made up trump issues. Vindication of Trump is awesome and biden hole is getting deeper with bidens money making with China. Glad the truth is coming out.

[@Saunders7]

What UFOs????

[@richardrittenhouse3899]

Snowden American hero for Americans

[@mifnp8887]

NO, no, no. You have no clue what you are talking about. Snowden is a TRAITOR. Once CIA always CIA.

[@montanamike7948]

No way bub. He gave away out secrets. Secrets that a select few need to know and that's it.

[@richardrittenhouse3899]

@@montanamike7948 only secret he gave away was are government lying to congress about spying on Americans

[@skindianu]

@@mifnp8887 maybe you should keep up with current news. United States Court ruled that NSA was on the wrong side of the law concerning spying on U.S. citizens. This means, Snowden did the right thing and is due a pardon, and in my opinion, an apology.

[@MarianneD1952]

Love this awesome lady!!! Curious about her necklace... Are the small black stones Onyx?? What are the large clear smooth roundish pieces?? Thanks, Marianne

[@roarkm.o.banjonjeffries3713]

It sounds like that mission would be impossible

[@roarkm.o.banjonjeffries3713]

If you can't break the internet you can't break nothing especially code