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1064: Andrew Bustamante | The Psychology of Espionage Part One

1064: Andrew Bustamante | The Psychology of Espionage Part One

Update: 2024-10-153
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Spycraft utilizes psychology more than gadgets. Ex-CIA officer Andrew Bustamante reveals the human side of intelligence gathering and deception. [Pt. 1/2]


What We Discuss with Andrew Bustamante:



  • After becoming the youngest US Air Force Officer in history to command 200 nuclear ICBMs from an underground bunker and spending seven years in the CIA, Everyday Spy founder Andrew Bustamante gives us an inside look into the recruitment and training process for CIA officers.

  • The CIA uses personality assessments and carefully constructed team dynamics to build high-performance teams, often pairing people who may not naturally get along to create productive conflict.

  • Lie detection through visual cues like micro-expressions is largely ineffective outside of controlled interrogation settings. More reliable methods involve establishing baselines and asking specific types of questions.

  • Effective lying requires preplanning and rehearsal to align the rational and emotional parts of the brain. Spontaneous lying is much riskier and easier to detect.

  • Understanding the RICE framework (Reward, Ideology, Coercion, Ego) can help you better motivate yourself and others in positive ways. This powerful tool for influencing behavior ethically will be explored further in part two later this week.

  • And much more — be sure to check out part two of this conversation later this week!


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Comments (1)

Jan Davies

Excellent episode! Takeaways: the nuclear missile defense systems manned by 2-man teams; "the keys to the kingdom" - ultra secret knowledge about the President and our nuclear defense systems; the complacency in the CIA impacting the 9-11 failures; the five I's ??? did I miss the explanation, not sure I understand that term; and of course a deep dive into lies and lying. Looking forward to Part 2.

Oct 18th
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1064: Andrew Bustamante | The Psychology of Espionage Part One

1064: Andrew Bustamante | The Psychology of Espionage Part One

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