CIA Legendary Case Officer | Black Ops | Author | Enrique 'Ric' Prado | Combat Story (Ep 84)
About This Episode
Today we have a phenomenal Combat Story with our first dedicated insight from a legendary CIA Case Officer, Paramilitary Operations Officer, and Senior Leader Enrique ‘Ric’ Prado, who fought terrorists from the jungles of Central America with the storied Special Activities Division to eventally overseeing all Agency operations at the helm of the Counterterrorism Center (or CTC).
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This is one of my favorite interviews to date and I hope you enjoy this peek behind the curtain of the premier covert intelligence organization from one of its legends as much as I did.
Show Notes:
The video is all about CIA Legendary Case Officer, Ric Prado. If you want to learn more about Ric Prado, you can click: https://www.combatstory.com/
This video covers the following subjects:
- CIA Legendary Case Officer - Enrique 'Ric' Prado - Black Ops - Asset recruitment - Recruiting for Strengths vs Weaknesses - Life in the CIA - Combat Story
Enrique "Ric" Prado is a paramilitary, counter-terrorism, and special/clandestine operations specialist, with a focus on international training operations and programs. Mr. Prado is a twenty-four-year veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency where he served as an Operations Officer in six overseas posts.
Mr. Prado spent his first ten years at the CIA as a paramilitary officer in Special Operations Group/Special Activities Division (SOG/SAD, Ground Branch) which is the CIA's "special operations force." His service included 36 months in Central American jungles as the first CIA officer living in the anti-Sandinista "Contra" camps. Subsequently running counter-terrorism/insurgency operations in Peru and in the Philippines. Other key positions included head of the CIA's Korean Operations and Chief of CIA Liaison in Seoul, ROK. He is fluent in his native Spanish and once held a 2+ level in Japanese.
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Combat Story (Ep 84)
Chapters
- 0:00Intro
- 0:47Guest Introduction (Ric Prado)
- 2:41Interview begins
- 3:42Growing up in Cuba during the revolution in the 1950s and coming to America without his parents
- 11:46Gratitude as an American and choosing life of service
- 14:54The Pararescue Pipeline and becoming a PJ
- 20:49Joining Ground Branch/Special Activities Division in the CIA and role as a Paramilitary Officer
- 25:11The type of work he was doing with the Agency early on and the rewarding feeling of being able to do something about injustice
- 29:10Story of first contact fighting on the front lines during the 1980s Cold War
- 34:32Feelings of being down range after not getting the chance in Vietnam
- 37:05How early experiences informed his role later as Chief of Operations Counterterrorism Center and a story of how street savvy saved him
- 46:46Being a solo operator
- 47:40Working with CIA legends Dewey Clarridge and Bill Casey
- 51:02About the LA (Latin American) Division
- 54:22Legend Joe Fernandez requesting him by name and working more traditional undercover ops
- 57:17Making his first recruitments in Costa Rica
- 1:02:47Role in Alec Station tracking Osama bin Laden
- 1:10:219/11 and being Chief of Operations at the Counterterrorism Center
- 1:16:23Story of a particularly dangerous mission
- 1:25:10Story of learning he was under surveillance
- 1:30:46What did you carry with you on missions?
- 1:32:29Would you do it again?
- 1:34:55Hear more on Patreon
- 1:35:35Listener comments and shout outs
