Retired CIA Operative Instructor Jason Hanson | Mike Ritland Podcast Episode 158

Jason Hanson knows how to keep a secret. It's part of his job, actually - he's a former officer of the CIA, or 'The Agency' as insiders call it - along with an instructor in escape and evasion via his his tactical spy school, a frequent media guest on television programs around the world, and even a New York Times bestselling author with his book 'Spy Secrets That Can Save Your Life.' And with a resumé ranging from surveillance to Shark Tank, safe to say Jason's got more than a few good stories worth sharing from the world of intelligence espionage.
So how does somebody become a CIA Operative? What kind of work was Jason doing when he worked at the Agency? And just what exactly is the CIA up to nowadays, in a digital world that's constantly connected? Let's meet Jason.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
06:25 - What I'd Call a 'Normal Childhood'
12:57 - Then I Get a Letter from the CIA
15:42 - Everyone's an 'Agency Officer'
19:36 - Welcome to The Farm
31:26 - Compartmentalized Structural Integrity
37:29 - Close Calls in Spy Work
50:24 - Anything Can Be a Safehouse
01:01:18 - Covert Rules of Engagement
01:07:09 - Tips for Traveling Out of Country
01:14:33 - Perks of the Job
01:21:49 - Then I Sold Daymond John on Shark Tank
01:35:12 - Self-Defense Training with Spy Dangerous
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[@edmeds1336]

Brian callen was in the cia???? Kidding... mike drop is in my top 5 best podcasts on the planet!

[@GruntHumor]

All jokes aside I think Brian callens dad was in the CIA lol

[@alantinoalantonio]

His dad definitely was!

[@Bartgoeschurch]

🤯

[@Bartgoeschurch]

😂🤔

[@msanders777]

Legit thought it was Callen playing a character

[@willie1034]

I'm a big fan of your show Mike! I urge you to have Massad Ayoob as a guest. His resume is about as long as a thesis. Almost everything I know about firearms is credited to him. I took his LFI-1 (now called MAG-40) course years ago to learn the legalities of self-defense shooting for which he's most known for. Please take inviting Massad Ayoob into consideration.

[@FreshMoozadell]

Big fan of Mr Ayoob…so I’ll echo how exciting it would be to see him on an ep.

[@alantinoalantonio]

God Bless you Mike. Thank you for all of your interviews!

[@tdunn2]

Jesus Christ….it’s JASON HANSON. 😂 Great episode, gentlemen. 💪

[@mikemanley876]

Kick ass episode like always……

[@FarmerFpv]

Joly moly, It's the real life Jason Bourne on a podcast. Hanson is everywhere. lol

[@JasonHansonSpyBriefing]

Thanks for having me Mike. Great convo ✅

[@MikeRitland]

Agreed! Thank you for coming on, Jason

[@wwickeddogg]

What is up with HR 3980 establishing "government scorecards"?

[@pedrogunner9750]

When Mikes going with his “that’s what she said” and the Mormon is uncomfortable. Bahaha

[@joeylyons4549]

Lol. I noticed that. Awkward

[@scottwright7116]

FINALLY MIKE GAWT’DAMN MAN!! Sheesh with Shawn only dropping on YT once a week and KZbin algorithm making it hard to find episodes from you guys I’m jonseing out here 😂 LETS GOOOO!

[@wp-nv3il]

You've led a fascinating life Jason. I never heard of you until last month when I stumbled onto your KZbin channel and subbed. Thanks for what you do.

[@christianfreeman7236]

Looking forward to hearing this one! I've been wanting to hear Jason's story.

[@StuPierce77]

Mike, I love you man! Great interview, once again. I love the intro questions almost more than the core interview!

[@ANGELSVEN]

Mike, your questions are excellent. Great interview!

[@Garry_Bass]

Excellent show, thank you both.

[@Chrisblau]

Great episode as always 👊🏼

[@dustyrhodes1655]

Excellent interview Mike!

[@kilonovx-ray9382]

another BADASS episode fellas Thanks Mike

[@tommyterantino1957]

ANOTHER GREAT SHOW WARRIOR THANK YOU SIR

[@Ranman1]

I really enjoyed this guys story, love this content!

[@austinbratton9973]

Hell ya man I already watch his videos, great podcast!!!

[@brianvechnak7396]

Another great podcast. Don't throw the buckle away! Send it to me. I'm from Wyoming, let them listen in on free America.

[@antoniogravina723]

Great interview, thank you

[@pistolgrips]

This was excellent. A good change from special operations guys ( although this is about as ‘special ops’ as you can get. ) yes, He had all the answers whether they were truthful or not!

[@tressietes04]

Guys, please don’t attempt to bribe a cop in Western Europe. I assume he’s talking about Eastern Europe because that stuff won’t fly in the vast majority of Europe. His advice will work 9 out of 10 times in Latin America though.

[@ruthjocaccivajjio274]

Excellent and informative.

[@tammycaplan7212]

Thank you Mike.

[@zibabird]

Thank you Sirs! Shared.

[@convictednotconvinced]

Excellent interview, as always, and thank you for bringing us such great content.

[@Forged407]

Thanks Mike

[@fortune.]

Thank you.

[@GruntProof]

Very enlightening

[@hiramhaji7813]

Great podcast

[@Bwh-rm3py]

Cool show. I grew up near Radford so that was cool to hear.

[@jamesgunnyreed3792]

Should have asked him about Charlie Wilsons War as it pertains to movies and realism.

[@jasonhansen782]

Damnit you blew our cover. Dang it Jason

[@HeathMoore430]

Massive fan my friend!

[@jasonhansen782]

​@@HeathMoore430 fan of what ?

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​@@jasonhansen782your mother primarily.

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🏆🤗🙏🇺🇲🎖️ Thank you for sharing

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Excellent brothers 🇱🇷💪

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Mike would you go more in depth into SOCOMB- JSOC you mentioned at 34:00 ?

[@USMC72]

Mike, please show us the K-9 you are working with currently.

[@jackglockstar]

Everything makes sense when he explains hes into that kookie LDS cult.😂

[@dcat663]

“If you didn’t enjoy it feel free to choke yourself“😂😂😂 Awesome content all around, thank you!!

[@renegadearms]

He looked like he didn’t even train boxing before the match, but hey he’s going to be a UFC champ so I’m sure Dana was impressed 😂.

[@jopattix]

Interesting guest who sounds quite a bit like the late Jimmy Stewart.

[@gunnerwright7793]

7 years that’s short and strange

[@Seth0135]

This is the type of guy that's only going to Disney world if he gets to bring his sweet ass custom 1911. 6 round mag, still worth it.

[@coryclark9259]

Listening to this I've come to realize that some of the customers I had years ago as a bartender that I thought were a little to friendly were probably spooks, or spooks in training.

[@Hardball1Alpha]

I just thought about this, not one episode of "SEAL Team" did I see a POW/MIA Flag, sticker or patch... is that on purpose, or did I miss a few episodes?

[@matthewbrandon931]

" You don't know 90 percent of what they do". What we do know is unacceptable and illegal.

[@manhalen7046]

But im sure you were ok with it when it yielded actionable intelligence against Al Qaida, right?

[@yo_its_javi9808]

Shark tank reunion at Applebee's 😂

[@thomasandersen5349]

I was a watcher, surveillance and counter-surveillance that is my 2nd favorite thing next to women

[@JohnDoe-yu2xw]

So this guy has been pretending to be a seal team six member for years and he even started a podcast called "cleared hot" based on this persona.. Impressive undercover work.

[@stellarmella9557]

😂😂 the fuck

[@dangoodwin5954]

Did mike check his garbage can for the coin or buckle after jason left ? 😂

[@marknales9716]

Atta boy.

[@D2C3R5]

wonder how many CIA trainees are former military. also, do they send any trainees to language training.

[@dlvox5222]

Looks like an elliptical guy at the gym.

[@LEUROPECESTLAGUERRE]

He looks natural

[@Itsreallymarcus]

Jason said “type of stuff” and “kind of thing” way too much lol

[@Slide4Diddy]

At least he’s not dressed like Richard Simmons

[@justinhorn2864]

CIA license to be a criminal

[@liamlynch2115]

Other countries can get a lot of information from the Ex CIA guys putting on these trainings, no?

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[@aron7439]

✊🏻🍸

[@mr.tall-man1573]

Mike, how long did Jason go after the show before he threw your gifts in the trash? 😆

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Mr Rodgers 2.0 🇺🇲

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You’re not fooling us brian callen

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Little known MikeDrop toilet sponsor 'El Chocolate n' Grande Numero Dos Banos'..had the host sally forth with this query to his honored guest (name redacted due to ya' kno' gubmint nefarious crap n' sh*t).. 'Larry, so ya' dropped tha' ol dueceroo in her ladyship's (cough)..commode'?..'how'd tha' work'ou?'..uh, Larry?'

[@madride858585]

How is he a Mormon??

[@kollegewhite8669]

Bryan Callen if he became a CIA guy

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Lol me n my friends used to go into the woods n shoot each other as well

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I’m going to Cuba and pretend I’m cia

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This guy looks like a slightly older Andrew Tate lol

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Lose the gold ads. Buying gold now is like buying GME or any stock after it runs.

[@williamdunn1422]

Sorry, Mike, first minutes is uptight snooty type

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@because he doesn’t like Disney and Boy Scouts and is a Mormon 🤔

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couldnt keep the likes at 777…

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algorithm

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Put that tobaccy in between your toes

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BS!!

[@wootdoo]

This podcast autoplays after almost every gun video I watch. I do not like this KZbin channel at all I find it pretty annoying in general because it's boring. The intro is super cringe and honestly I think the intro is just so cringy it makes it where I can't take anything else that's mentioned in the entire podcast seriously and I desperately wish for it to stop playing by itself. If the owner of this channel sees this message please block me

[@32Thomasthetrain]

I absolutely agree. Literally every podcast is just shilling for money and cross promoting products and services. I’d recommend clicking “don’t recommend this video” or “don’t recommend this channel” when you can see thumbnails of it in your feed or related videos

[@jamesjdm]

Wait Cia OPERATIVE? NO. IF HE WORKED FOR THE CIA DIRECTLY HE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN OFFICER OR AN ANALYST. IN HIS DESCRIPTION HE WOULD HAVE BEEN A FIELD OFFICER WHICH IS WHAT YOU THINK OF AS A SPY CAN NEVER KEEP HIS STORY STRAIGHT I'VE HEARD JASON REFERRED TO HIMSELF AS AN OFFICER I'VE HEARD HIM REFERRED TO HIMSELF AS AN AGENT AND I'VE HEARD HIM REFERRED TO HIMSELF AS AN OPERATIVE A REAL CIA FILLED OFFICER WOULD NEVER ANNOUNCE IT TO ANYBODY MUCH LESS CALL THEMSELVES AN OPERATIVE AN OPERATIVE OR WHAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE TURNED AN ASSET IS SOMEONE THAT YOU RECRUIT TO WORK FOR YOU BUT THEY DON'T ACTUALLY WORK FOR THE CIA AND THE CIA KEEPS NO RECORD OF THEM BASICALLY THEY'RE A NARC IF YOU WANT TO THINK OF IT THAT WAY THIS GUY' ISN'T LEGITIMATE AT ALL

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🇺🇸🤙🏾❤