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Andrew Bustamante - CIA Spy: Donald Trump Had No Choice But To Strike Iran
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Former CIA officer Andrew Bustamante tells Brian Rose how messaging and narrative shape the Israel-Iran conflict and why he calls the US strike the right thing at the wrong time.
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Chapters
3:45 Brian Rose introduces Andrew Bustamante
4:46 What is really happening versus the headlines
6:45 Messaging and narrative the CIA way
9:59 Journalism, new media and the need for a story
13:56 Netanyahu, October 7 and Iran as an existential threat
16:16 Was October 7 an intelligence failure?
19:08 Breathing room for Israel and the nuclear question
21:49 The right thing at the wrong time
25:16 Sleeper cells in America
26:36 Trump's strongman move
28:12 Iran in five years and the Abraham Accords
31:28 Is democracy failing? Strongmen and Dubai
34:34 AI and polarisation
35:17 Mossad tradecraft and the pager operation
40:36 The speeding tempo of war
43:14 Turkey's return in Syria
44:19 Why Europe matters
48:59 Dubai versus London energy
52:12 Leaving the US to raise global citizens
55:03 What is next for Andrew Bustamante
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