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Episode 35. Brittany Butler - CIA targeting Officer

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Brittany spent her time in the CIA as a targeting Officer from 2005-2014. she goes over how she got into the agency and what a Targeting Officer does. She explains how working alongside the military works and other facets of the job as well. 
I wanted to reach out and have her on, because of the scale of the wars, and the reach it had amongst govt entities, to see what a different perspective was and how we all worked together to achieve the mission goal.
We get into the role and importance of women in the agency, and what that was like when overseas and talking to sources of another culture. Which leads to her talking about how important it is to be prepared and how that set her up for success.  We also talk a bit about the fall of Afghanistan and what that means as a whole for young girls and women who are still there, as well as the Zawahiri strike and what that means.
Shes written a book, The Syndicate Spy, so check that out as it releases soon