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JSOC Data Hacker Exposes Delta Covert Op & Investigates 2017 Vegas Shooting | Mike Yeagley • 343

2025-10-07 Entertainment
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Julian Dorey
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The Data Cartel: Weaponizing Consumer Ad-Tech for National Security

Uncover how everyday mobile data, once used for marketing, has fundamentally reshaped national security, intelligence gathering, and global conflict.

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  • Government agencies exploit massive commercial data streams—location, habits, and connectivity—as a primary intelligence collection method.
  • Operational security (OPSEC) is critically compromised because military and intelligence personnel cannot hide their patterns of life using normal consumer tech.
  • China represents the preeminent global data threat because its legal framework mandates citizens assist intelligence activities upon request.

Data strategist Mike Yeagley details his transition from analyzing marketing data efficiency to revealing critical intelligence gaps by tracking specialized military operators using only mobile phone metadata. This conversation illustrates the thin line between consumer convenience and national security vulnerability, showing how the apparatus built for advertising can be inverted for state advantage.

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SPONSORS: 1) MOOD: Discover your perfect mood and get 20% off your first order at http://mood.com and use code JULAN at check out! 2) RIDGE: Upgrade your wallet today! Get 10% Off @Ridge with code JULIAN at https://www.Ridge.com/julian #ridgepod PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/JulianDorey (***TIMESTAMPS in description below) ~ Mike Yeagley is a data strategist, defense contractor, and one of the early architects of ADINT — Advertising Intelligence. He’s known for showing U.S. intelligence how ad-tech location data, the same data used for marketing and mobile tracking, could expose troop movements, covert facilities, and even Vladimir Putin’s entourage. Yeagley’s work bridges big data, national security, and digital surveillance, redefining how modern governments harvest information in the name of protection — and control. FOLLOW JULIAN DOREY INSTAGRAM (Podcast): https://www.instagram.com/juliandoreypodcast/ INSTAGRAM (Personal): https://www.instagram.com/julianddorey/ X: https://twitter.com/julianddorey LISTEN to Julian Dorey Podcast Spotify ▶ https://open.spotify.com/show/5skaSpDzq94Kh16so3c0uz Apple ▶ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trendifier-with-julian-dorey/id1531416289 JULIAN YT CHANNELS - SUBSCRIBE to Julian Dorey Clips YT: https://www.youtube.com/@juliandoreyclips - SUBSCRIBE to Julian Dorey Daily YT: https://www.youtube.com/@JulianDoreyDaily - SUBSCRIBE to Best of JDP: https://www.youtube.com/@bestofJDP ****TIMESTAMPS**** 00:00 – Intro 00:55 – Phone Data, Cookies, Ad ID, Tim Cook, Tommy G, Julian 10:58 – Public Info, Gov Use, Who is Mike?, Data Analysis, Yemen, Syria 21:41 – Delta Force Covert Op Exposed 30:35 – $600K Data, Privacy, Gov Defense, Beijing App 40:49 – Tactical Data, OpSec, Privacy Norm, Switzerland 50:45 – UnPlugged, Industry Shift, UTS 59:59 – Putin Bodyguards, Alexa, Amazon Ads, Data = Oil 01:07:42 – Human Behavior, Balance, Compliance 01:19:04 – Data for Good, Digital vs Physical, Prove It 01:25:29 – Roenick, Airports, Passports, Khashoggi, Israelis Arabs 01:33:37 – Israeli Intel, Pegasus, China Data Power 01:51:43 – China Apps, Social Media, Isolation, Chaos 01:59:03 – Tariffs, Fentanyl, Bureaucrats, Evil Path 02:08:01 – TikTok, Morality, COVID, Humanity 02:18:09 – Whistleblower, Gov Contract, 2017 Vegas Shooter 02:26:56 – Vegas Shooter Paddock, HVTs, Buried Story 02:39:26 – Gov Shift, Putin, Metadata, Identity 02:52:46 – China, UFWD, Article 7, Balance 03:10:49 – Poindexter, DARPA, Family 03:17:03 – Mike's Work OTHER JDP EPISODES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: - Episode 148 - Shawn Ryan: https://youtu.be/ib4atmvMqlk?si=iw3Rc5MUkBhiUpoe - Episode 238 - Taylor Cavanaugh: https://youtu.be/6zsj2CHonQk - Episode 305 - Erik Prince: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o5tlrYEmpQ - Episode 339 - Joe Weil: https://youtu.be/PYcy5ZkLvaw CREDITS: - Host, Editor & Producer: Julian Dorey - COO, Producer & Editor: Alessi Allaman - https://www.youtube.com/@UCyLKzv5fKxGmVQg3cMJJzyQ - In-Studio Producer: Joey Deef - https://www.instagram.com/joeydeef/ Julian Dorey Podcast Episode 343 - Mike Yeagley Music by Artlist.io

Top Comments (10)

@JulianDorey 2025-10-07

subscribe so i can buy mike a chinese data center

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@bretandrew7500 2025-10-07

The Vegas Massacre narrative is completely SUS

88 6 replies
@robert48044 2025-10-07

10 years ago people mentioned this but were told they were crazy

46 3 replies
@cher128bx 2025-10-08

The best three hours and eighteen minutes I've ever spent. Please Julian, don't let too much time pass before you have Mike back on your show.,

39 1 replies
@thetelemarkdaydream8896 2025-10-07

Well, let me test the waters. I have acute ninja fatigue 9000. Come get me.

32 1 replies
@GbawlZ 2025-10-08

Great guest, you can always tell who has enough lived experiences to fill up a podcast episode and he surely does.

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@iptruckee 2025-10-08

3:12 I guess who ever has software marketing for my algorithm is broken because if they saw my bank account they would be sending me donations😂

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@almightymelanin3650 2025-10-09

When Julian of all people says " I've never talked to a guy like this before" I'm automatically locked in

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@_nick_d 2025-10-21

This guy was absolutely fascinating, weirdly I don’t sense any bs from him. Guy was so smooth calm & collected, even when you tried to knock him off balance, he didn’t move 😂

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@eddiebrown8549 2025-10-07

All the little upset cookies on here need a glass of warm milk to calm them down…🍪🥛

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