Editor's Note 01: Intelligence School News, Next Guests and Reading List
03/08/24 • 20 min
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Welcome back to the Grey Dynamics podcast. Today, we are trying something new! This is the first episode of Editor's Notes, where we keep you updated on what we're up to. We'll be discussing the Grey Dynamics Intelligence School, future podcast guests, our new website and what I'm reading. Enjoy!
Related Links:
- Grey Dynamics Intelligence School
- University of Salford QUALITY CPD (QCPD) Accreditation
- Kevin Riehle - The Russian FSB
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Welcome back to the Grey Dynamics podcast. Today, we are trying something new! This is the first episode of Editor's Notes, where we keep you updated on what we're up to. We'll be discussing the Grey Dynamics Intelligence School, future podcast guests, our new website and what I'm reading. Enjoy!
Related Links:
- Grey Dynamics Intelligence School
- University of Salford QUALITY CPD (QCPD) Accreditation
- Kevin Riehle - The Russian FSB
Advance Your Intelligence Career Today!
We are the first fully online intelligence school helping professionals to achieve their long term goals. Our school with tons of new material is currently under construction and will be out there very soon. Meanwhile, you can sign up and be the first to know when we launch, plus get exclusive tips and offers.
Get access to exclusive Grey Dynamics Reports
With security clearance, you can take a crucial role in our intelligence community. As a cleared member, you get access to secret & top secret grade publications. If you are a Top Secret holder, you also get access to our community area, where you can interact with other members and with our analysts! Subscribe today!
The Grey Dynamics Podcast is available on all major platforms!
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Previous Episode
Influence and Interference: Decoding Politics and Power with Drew Biemer - Episode 46
Welcome back to the Grey Dynamics podcast! Today we have Drew Biemer back with us again. Drew is a strategic management and communications professional with 2 decades of experience in governmental, public and civil affairs. His prior experience includes congressional and gubernatorial campaign management, legislative staffing, executive protection, geopolitical risk management, investigations, intelligence, and public information. We spoke about how dark money gets into the political process, how nation-states interfere in third-world countries' elections, targeting using social media and much more.
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We spoke about:
- 1:06 - The presidential nomination process
- 8:14 - How dark money gets into the US electoral process
- 18:22 - How corporations interfere in the US political process
- 24:43 - Interference in other countries elections
- 28:40 - Psychological micro-targeting using social media
- 36:42 - The effect TikTok could have on US and other elections
- 48:28 - Ahmed and Drew’s experience concerning elections abroad
- 53:40 - Cultural recommendations
- 59:14 - Cultural observations
Advance Your Intelligence Career Today!
We are the first fully online intelligence school helping professionals to achieve their long term goals. Our school with tons of new material is currently under construction and will be out there very soon. Meanwhile, you can sign up and be the first to know when we launch, plus get exclusive tips and offers.
Get access to exclusive Grey Dynamics Reports
With security clearance, you can take a crucial role in our intelligence community. As a cleared member, you get access to secret & top secret grade publications. If you are a Top Secret holder, you also get access to our community area, where you can interact with other members and with our analysts! Subscribe today!
The Grey Dynamics Podcast is available on all major platforms!
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DIA Counterintelligence Officer and Scholar on the FSB with Kevin P. Riehle - Episode 47
Welcome back to the Grey Dynamics Podcast! Today, we are talking to Kevin Riehle. Kevin has thirty years of experience in the US intelligence community and specialises in Russia and Counter Intelligence. Retiring in 2021, Kevin now works as an academic and author. He is currently a lecturer at the Brunel Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies (BCISS). Kevin's latest book, "The Russian FSB: A Concise History of the Federal Security Service", takes a detailed look at the service and its activities.
Enter to the giveaway to win a signed copy of Kevin Riehle's "The Russian FSB"
In celebration of Kevin's new book on the Russian FSB we have teamed up with him to give away two (2) copies of the book to members of our Community!
Follow the instructions and enter our competition for the chance to win a copy of The Russian Fsb: A Concise History of the Federal Security Service!
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Find Kevin Riehle:
We spoke about:
- 0:36 - Kevin’s background
- 5:09 - Who is the FSB?
- 7:32 - What is the FSB’s jurisdiction
- 10:33 - How comparable is the FSB to intelligence organisations in the US and UK?
- 12:22 - Could an organisation similar to the FSB exist in a democracy?
- 13:52 - What are the functions of the FSB’s special operations units, Alpha and Vympel?
- 19:30 - What is SMERSH, and why is it being revived?
- 23:26 - Where does the FSB fit into Russia’s hybrid warfare strategy?
- 26:31 - How has the FSB’s ideology evolved?
- 31:22 - The FSB’s relationship with PMCs, far-right groups and hackers
- 34:44 - FSB corruption and criminal activity
- 41:50 - Kevin on counter intelligence
- 44:34 - How did Ahmed’s time at Brunel University, studying the Intelligence & Security Studies MA, impact his career?
- 47:19 - The importance of effective dissemination of intelligence
- 49:43 - Cultural recommendations
- 52:59 - Advice to those seeking a career in intelligence
Advance Your Intelligence Career Today!
We are the first fully online intelligence school helping professionals to achieve their long term goals. Our school with tons of new material is currently under construction and will be out there very soon. Meanwhile, you can sign up and be the first to know when we launch, plus get exclusive tips and offers.
https://school.greydynamics.com/
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