Grey Dynamics

Former Senior CIA Officer Raymond White Returns to Discuss the Human Intelligence Fundamentals Course

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Show Notes

Welcome back to the Grey Dynamics Podcast. This week, we welcome back Raymond White, a former CIA senior case officer with over 25 years of experience in the field. Raymond spent his entire career as a case officer focusing on counter-proliferation and counter-terrorism, earning the nickname “The Snow Leopard” within the agency. He also served as head of the CIA’s enterprise training program for aspiring case officers. Raymond has now created what he describes as the most comprehensive Human Intelligence (HUMINT) course available anywhere. We spoke about the course structure, the psychology and ethics of espionage, historical case studies like Oleg Gordievsky, for whom the course is designed for, and the potential for in-person training

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Grey Dynamics Human Intelligence Fundamentals Course (coming soon)

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Former Senior CIA Officer Raymond White on HUMINT and Training the Next Generation - Episode 56 Former CIA Collection Management Officer with Esther Atwell on Life Senior CIA Ops Officer John Atwell on Culture Change, Working with Five Eyes and Career Advice From the Defence Human Intelligence Unit to Recruitment with Mack Australian Intelligence, Demystifying HUMINT and Mental Health with D. - Episode 35 Former German Military HUMINT Operator Christoph Stegemann - Episode 58 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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