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Class 6. What We Are Up Against

Former CIA officer John Sipher explains the "Chekist mindset" that shaped the KGB and infuses Vladimir Putin's approach to the West today.
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Despite my Zoom link snafus and some initial minor technical difficulties, we had a great discussion with Russian intelligence expert John Sipher yesterday. John expanded on the active measures playbook we explored in Class 5 and how they have been adapted into the present day.

I had hoped that we would have time for some of John’s CIA war stories from h…

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