#186 - CIA's Deadliest Black-Ops Commando Breaks Down America's Shadow Wars | Ric Prado

Ric Prado is a Cuban born clandestine CIA paramilitary operations specialist who worked in the Central Intelligence Agency for nearly 3 decades. His service included 36 months in Central American jungles of Honduras as the first CIA officer living in the anti-Sandinista "Contra" camps. EPISODE LINKS https://amzn.to/3MO17Sd https://ricprado.com FOLLOW DANNY JONES https://www.instagram.com/jonesdanny https://twitter.com/jonesdanny JOIN OUR KULT: https://bit.ly/koncretepatreon OUTLINE 0:00 - Introduction 2:36 - Ric’s view of CIA 5:40 - Growing up inside the Cuban Revolution 13:54 - Miami 17:56 - Being “proud” to commit violence / Joining Pararescue 30:12 - Cuba’s relationship with the United States 33:46 - Che Guevara 37:12 - Felix Rodriguez, Kiki Camarena, & Mexican Cartels 47:55 - First job at CIA: Training Contras in Nicaragua 59:49 - The Sandinistas 1:05:40 - Underwater bomb operation 1:12:45 - Kidnapping & rendering 2 rogue commandos 1:21:17 - Argentina's corruption 1:26:21 - Failed bombing mission 1:37:29 - Spy school 1:46:17 - Espionage in Costa Rica 1:51:43 - How Iran-Contra was exposed 1:58:54 - Hunting a Maoist dictator in South America 2:12:58 - South & North Korea 2:22:50 - Working on the Bin Laden task force (Alec Station) 2:26:56 - #1 most legendary CIA Black Ops soldier: Billy Waugh 2:28:49 - CIA vs FBI leading up to 9 1 1 2:35:00 - How Billy Waugh spied on Bin Laden 2:43:18 - Reliving 9 1 1 2:58:34 - Ric’s worldview today 3:03:07 - Russia & China & Nuclear weapons Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices