Ex-KGB Agent: Brainwashing Tactics, Russian Special Forces, Putin | Jack Barsky

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Jack Barsky is a former KGB Sleeper Agent who spied on the United States from 1978 to 1988. Exposed after the Cold War, he became a resource for U.S. Counterintelligence Agencies and was allowed to remain in the United States.

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Jack's Links:
https://www.skool.com/spychology/
https://jackbarsky.com

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00:00 | Intro
02:34 | Childhood 
10:30 | Tough Love and Suppressing Emotions
13:01 | Concentration Camp
22:28 | Contacted by KGB
38:25 | Tasks During Interview Process
48:13 | Tradecraft- Surveillance Detection
59:36 | Dead Drops
1:06:36 | In Person Meeting Tactics
1:18:29 | Lona and Morris Cohen
1:27:46 | Lying
1:52:30 | Sneaking into the US
2:36:14 | Communication with KGB
2:40:59 | Secret Writing
3:01:53 | IDing a Dead Drop Site for Aldrich Ames (Most Damaging Spy in American History)
3:10:41 | Having 2 Families
3:31:32| Threatened by KGB
3:39:47 | How to See if Your Mail is Being Opened
3:47:52 | How to Tell if Someone has Been in Your Home
3:51:20 | Order of the Red Banner
3:54:06 | Caught by FBI
3:59:47 | Russian Disinformation & Yuriy Bezmenov
04:25:55 | Russian Special Forces
04:27:56 | Putin
04:32:49 | The Most Capable Intelligence Agency
04:37:13 | Red Sparrow
04:59:15 | How to Handle Loneliness
05:04:57 | Meaning of Life