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𝐂𝐈𝐀 𝐒𝐩𝐲 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 | 𝐄𝐩. 𝟐𝟗𝟗 Former U.S. Air Force Pararescueman and CIA officer Nic McKinley — a Harvard grad dubbed "the real Jack Ryan" for his operational background across spec ops and intelligence work — breaks down how his 11 years as a... PJ and later role as country chief of a special CIA unit exposed him to the realities of child trafficking and illicit markets, work that eventually became the foundation for DeliverFund, the nonprofit he now runs that arms law enforcement with technology, actionable intelligence, training, and data-driven tools to fight human trafficking. We dig into how smartphones and gaming platforms turned into a direct pipeline connecting predators to kids, why the policy fixes are obvious but the people with the power to enact them won't touch it, and what it actually takes to hunt a human trafficker for a living. 𝐍𝐢𝐜 𝐌𝐜𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐞𝐲 | 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝟐𝟗𝟗 𝐡𝐭𝐭𝐩𝐬://𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐮.𝐛𝐞/𝐙𝐄𝐨𝐃𝐓𝟒𝐑𝟖𝟕𝐘𝐔show more

Mike Ritland

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@thenicmckinley This is the reality too many people still do not understand. Predators are adapting fast. Law enforcement needs the data, technology, and intelligence to move faster. Thank you, @MRitland, for having @thenicmckinley on.

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@thenicmckinley CSIS Sub Contractor exposes ALL North American banks deal in Fentanyl money. Source: DGSE.

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@thenicmckinley Fantastic episode. Just listened this morning.

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“They can see all of your messages” That’s not a conspiracy theory, It’s something today’s guest says from experience… John Kiriakou is a former CIA officer who spent 15 years inside the agency, including as Chief of Counter-Terrorism Operations in Pakistan after 9/11. He later became the first CIA officer to publicly confirm the existence of the CIA’s torture program - a decision that cost him his freedom. John didn’t hold back when he described a world he lived inside, how intelligence agencies recruit, surveil, manipulate, and protect power - and what really happens when someone breaks the rules to tell the truth! I wanted to understand what actually happens behind the scenes in systems we’re told that are there to protect us, and how different that reality can be from what most people assume. John explained to me why nothing you do on your phone is truly private and how metadata is bought and sold which had me mind-blown.

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