Andrew Bustamante: CIA Spy | Lex Fridman Podcast #310

I’m a retired FBI Special Agent, and I can say that Andrew’s thoughts on our government not using surveillance against us, but only for terrorism is incredibly naive.

"When exposing a crime is treated as committing a crime, you are being ruled by criminals" - Edward Snowden.

I like that Lex always has prepared questions but also goes off script when he's interested. He's the perfect AI.

He finally found his dream job. Working for CIA as an ex-CIA.

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Don’t trust a guy that defends national surveillance. Especially when he says those that care about privacy are a threat & shouldn’t have a say in the topic. “Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety”~ Ben Franklin

He has an amazing ability to sound so certain and so knowledgeable about things he was entirely (and predictably) wrong about.

One thing I heard a CIA operative say is, there is "No such thing as former CIA."

This episode of the Lex Friedman podcast brought to you by the CIA.

I’m confused, I just watched this guy say Rogan blacklisted him because of how many times people commented on this video about how Andrew made Lex look bad on his own podcast.