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Episode 48: Ric Prado on Intelligence Operations and a Legendary Career in the CIA

Date:

Jan 5, 2021

Ric Prado has been described by CIA leadership as the closest
thing to 007 that the United States has ever had. Ric’s life is
packed with more adventure and operations than your favorite spy
novel series. Coming out of the shadows, this is Ric’s first video
interview and covers his career, operational decision-making
lessons learned, why we need a next generation of CIA agents, and
we even dive into some more obscure topics like CIA knife fighting
and how he came to train the King of Jordan.

Arriving in the United States as a Peter Pan refugee from Cuba,
Prado dedicated himself in service to his county in many capacities
that culminated professionally with a 24 year career in the Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA). During his tenure at the CIA, Ric was
involved with dozens of operations including spearheading the CIA’s
operational response to 9/11 as the Director of Operations within
the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center. For this response he worked with
the National Security Council and FBI, as well as with elite U.S.
military representatives from Delta Force and SEAL Team Six.

Earlier in his Agency career his service included 36 months in
Central America jungles as the first CIA officer living in the
anti-Sandinista “Contra” camps and Subsequently running
counter-terrorism/insurgency operations in Peru and in the
Philippines. He has also held operations officer posts in six
countries and was a plank-owner of the CIA’s original bin Laden
desk in 1996.

Upon leaving public service, Ric worked at as an executive at a
Private Military Contractor where he built a specialized operations
team for a U.S. government customer and is currently the co-owner
of Camp-X Training and continues his service training and
supporting the “SPECOPS” Community as Subject Matter Expert (SME)
at the SWCS’ ASOT (Advanced Special Operations and Techniques) and
ASOT Managers Course, Dragon Warrior, Emerald Warrior, among
others.

Additional Links:

Ric’s Bio

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