Former CIA Spies: "The CIA Tried To Ban This Story!" We're Leaving The US by 2030!

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

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🗓️ 28 August 2025

⏱️ 155 minutes

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Ex-CIA spies Andrew and Jihi Bustamante expose the TOP SECRET mission the CIA don’t want you to hear on uncovering a traitor, and the spy hacks that could change your life. Andrew Bustamante is a former CIA officer who spent 7 years in covert operations. He co-founded 'EverydaySpy', an online platform where he teaches practical spy skills for everyday life, with his wife Jihi: a former CIA targeting officer. Together, they co-authored the upcoming memoir, ‘Shadow Cell: An Insider Account of America’s New Spy War’. They explain: ⬛ How the CIA tried to bury this story for 3 years ⬛ Why Andrew and Jihi are leaving the US by 2030 ⬛ How the CIA creates fake businesses to spy on you ⬛ The secret CIA hack for fear and anxiety ⬛ Why the Epstein case was the perfect cover up 00:00 Intro 03:16 The CIA Has Declassified My Undercover Story 05:21 Why Didn't the CIA Want Your Story Public? 06:39 What the Book Reveals About the CIA 06:59 How I Became a CIA Spy 08:00 Does the CIA Allow Relationships Between Spies? 10:31 Your Job Was to Identify People to Capture or Kill 12:07 How Did They Work as a Tandem Couple? 13:49 Where Does the Story Begin? 15:54 The Mission to Find the Mole Who Infiltrated the CIA 24:17 We Were Risking Our Lives Taking This Job 32:02 Did You Have to Change Your Identity? 32:56 What Was Your Undercover Job? 36:21 CIA Involvement in Illegal Activities 37:28 Using Terrorist Tactics 41:45 What Was Your First Mission? 44:27 When Did You Feel Most at Risk? 46:04 How Did They Find Out You Were a CIA Spy? 1:00:33 Planning My Escape 1:10:31 The CIA and Military Black Budget 1:12:05 Was TikTok Started as a Spy Platform? 1:16:30 Privacy Is Not Real 1:20:24 The Jeffrey Epstein Case 1:31:51 CIA Techniques for Anxiety and Self-Doubt 1:37:51 CIA Training During Interrogations 1:45:09 Why Did You Leave the CIA? 1:50:06 How the Mole Got Caught 1:58:02 How My Worldview Changed After Joining the CIA 2:00:19 Why We Want to Leave the U.S. by 2026 2:04:36 How CIA Tactics Changed After 9/11 2:13:49 America Is Changing 2:18:11 Should We Be Scared of Where We’re Headed? 2:23:22 Are We Heading Toward an Economic Collapse? Follow Andrew and Jihi: Find your Spy Superpower: https://yt.everydayspy.com/44p4fvq Follow Andy on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@Andrew-Bustamante Explore Spy School: https://everydayspy.com/ Support Andy's sponsor Axolt Brain: https://axoltbrain.com/andy Listen to the podcast: https://youtube.com/@EverydaySpyPodcast You can read Andrew and Jihi’s CIA book ‘Shadow Cell’, here: https://geni.us/ShadowCellBook The Diary Of A CEO: ⬛ Join DOAC circle here - https://doaccircle.com/ ⬛ Buy The Diary Of A CEO book here - https://smarturl.it/DOACbook ⬛ The 1% Diary is back - limited time only: https://bit.ly/3YFbJbt ⬛ The Diary Of A CEO Conversation Cards (Second Edition): https://g2ul0.app.link/f31dsUttKKb ⬛ Get email updates - https://bit.ly/diary-of-a-ceo-yt ⬛ Follow Steven - https://g2ul0.app.link/gnGqL4IsKKb Sponsors: Stan Store - https://stevenbartlett.stan.store/ for your 30-day free trial Netflix - http://netflix.com/title/81725526 KetoneIQ - Visit https://ketone.com/STEVEN for 30% off your subscription order Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	When this story hits the airwaves, it's going to transform people's opinion about the CIA,
0:04.7	and the depths to which CIA will dive to collect intelligence that protects Americans.
0:08.9	So one of its own officers became a spy reporting our secrets to a foreign adversary.
0:14.1	My wife and I were included in an operation to bait the mole to make a mistake so that the mole could be found and disclosed.
0:20.7	Your wife is here today, and you've never told this story before, have you?
0:24.8	No. And your curiosity right now is a major issue with CIA, because they don't want the world
0:30.6	to know who those people are. It's a dangerous game.
0:33.5	Well, obviously, my research team tried to figure out who it was.
0:38.8	So was this the mall?
0:48.1	Married CIA spies, Andrew and Ghi Bustamante, were tasked with unraveling one of the greatest intelligence operations in modern history.
0:53.9	Their untold story shows you how to build trust, manipulate, and thrive under pressure. What actually happened?
0:56.0	A foreign ally contacted CIA and said you have somebody inside your organization
1:02.0	sharing information on operations, officers, assets to an enemy country.
1:07.0	They deployed us to the country and crafted new identities, new aliases,
1:10.0	so that we could build new sources of intelligence and try to find them all.
1:14.0	And we were really successful in doing that.
1:15.8	Nobody felt like they were in imminent danger, but then that changed.
1:19.5	My presence in the enemy country became known. I called G.
1:23.0	I'm coming home early.
1:24.6	And from that, I knew that something was wrong.
1:27.2	Because it is very real that you can be disappeared by a foreign adversary.
1:31.6	Or worse, being captured.
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