my childhood overseas instilled in me a deep love for foreign languages and cultures, but also a deep understanding of the vital role of american leadership in combatting aggression abroad. i joined cia in 1985 as a case officer in the clandestine service. from my first days in training i had a knack for the nuts and bolts of my profession. i excelled in finding and acquiring secret information that i obtained in brush passes, dead drops or in meetings in dusty alleys of third world capitals. i recall my first meeting with a foreign agent, it was on a dark, moonle moonless night with an agent i d never met before. when i picked him up, he passed me intelligence and i passed him
languages and cultures, but also a deep understanding of the vital role of american leadership in combating aggression abroad. i joined c.i.a. in 1985 as a case officer in the clandestine service. from my first days in training, i had a knack for the nuts and bolts of my profession. i excelled in finding and acquiring secret information that i obtained in brush passes, dead drops, or in meetings in dusty alleys of third world capitals. i recall very well my first meeting with a foreign agent. it was on a dark moonless night with an agent i had never met before. when i picked him up, he passed me the intelligence and i passed him an extra $500 for the men he led. it was the beginning of an adventure i had only dreamed of. the men who ran c.i.a. in those
the democrats, members of the liberal mainstream media, they don t care about any of that. why? because their goal is to destroy and discredit president trump now by any means necessary. in this case, it means embarrassing themselves by pushing debunked conspiracy theories. the left in this country has become so unhinged about the trump russia collusion conspiracy that doesn t exist that in today s hearing, senator tom cotton decided to call it up for what it really is. a fantasy, and something you would only read about and a tom clancy spy novel. take a look at this. mr. sessions, are you familiar with what spies call tradecraft? a little bit. things like dead drops, and brush passes, right? that is part of it. do you like spy fiction? daniel silva, jason matthews? yeah, david ignatius.
the democrats, members of the liberal mainstream media, they don t care about any of that. why? because their goal is to destroy and discredit president trump now by any means necessary. in this case, it means embarrassing themselves by pushing debunked conspiracy theories. the left in this country has become so unhinged about the trump russia collusion conspiracy that doesn t exist that in today s hearing, senator tom cotton decided to call it up for what it really is. a fantasy, and something you would only read about and a tom clancy spy novel. take a look at this. mr. sessions, are you familiar with what spies call tradecraft? a little bit. things like dead drops, and brush passes, right? that is part of it. do you like spy fiction? daniel silva, jason matthews? yeah, david ignatius.
all that stuff. a lot of people say those old techniques are the best way to do it dead drops, brush passes. a dred drop is where you put something like on the ground what lan son did, you bury something, they get it and put money someplace else for you. that s a dead drop. if you re disciplined and follow your trade craft like hansen did for years and years, it s almost impossible to catch them without a source of information from somewhere else. what happens is after they ve been here for a long type, they have kids and they get tired, and all that wears away at the discipline. you know, i was finding out the other day, my father s in intelligence in philly and i didn t think he had a very exciting job but somebody dug this up, he was sitting there with a newspaper spying on somebody in intelligence. like looking through the hole in the newspaper. this stuff. your thoughts, jack? did you discover anything that was new here in the trade craft of spies besides having a beautifu