Former CIA analyst and counterterrorism targeting officer Mike Croissant breaks down his 22-year intelligence career, from being inside Langley on 9/11 to hunting extremists overseas. He walks through disrupted homeland plots, warzone targeting work, and efforts to shut down Taliban financing networks. Mike also shares the powerful story behind his book Bombing Hitler’s Hometown, honoring the WWII airmen who shaped his family’s history.
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00:00– start
1:03 – Small-Town Illinois Kid to CIA Recruit
8:53 – Life as the Uzbekistan Political Analyst
16:04 – Inside CIA Headquarters on 9/11
22:50 – Post-9/11 WMD Scares & Homeland Threat Streams
29:04 – From Desk to Field: Analyst in a Former Soviet Republic
30:26 – Easter Manhunt: Hunting a Taliban-Linked Extremist
40:01 – Warzone Tour in South Asia & Becoming a Targeting Officer
44:28 – Disrupting a New York City Subway Terror Plot
50:01 – Dismantling Taliban Financing & The Afghanistan Withdrawal
1:03:14 – “Bombing Hitler’s Hometown” and Honoring WWII Airmen
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