Declassified: A Former Station Chief on the Real CIA | Ralph Goff

Hold These Truths with Dan Crenshaw

Dan Crenshaw

Politics, Energy, Healthcare, News, World, Society & Culture, Regulations, Finance, America, Freedom

4.6 • 16K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2025

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Ralph Goff is a 35-year veteran of the CIA and a 6-time station chief who served in Europe, the Middle East, and Central and South Asia. He gives an inside look into how the CIA manages their agents and assets in some of the most dangerous regions on earth. We discuss the state of play with Russia, the Middle East, and Mexico. We cover fact vs fiction in Hollywood and the real skillsets that make for a good spy. And we look at how the Trump Administration will restore public trust in the intelligence community and strengthen our capabilities to counter adversaries like Russia and Iran.

Ralph Goff also served as Chief of CIA’s National Resources Division, working extensively with “C Suite” level US private sector executives in the financial, banking, and security sectors. Today he is a risk management consultant and contributor for The Cipher Brief.

Transcript

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0:00.0	We hold these truths to be self-evident.
0:02.1	That all men are created.
0:03.4	As a member of Congress, I get to have a lot of really interesting people in the office.
0:07.3	Experts on what they're talking about.
0:08.9	This is the podcast for insights into the issues.
0:11.6	China, bioterrorism, Medicare for all, in-depth discussions.
0:16.0	Breaking it down into simple terms.
0:17.9	We hold.
0:18.7	We hold these truths.
0:20.1	We hold these truths. We hold these truths.
0:21.2	With Dan Crenshaw.
0:24.0	Welcome back.
0:25.1	Listeners.
0:25.7	Have you ever wondered what it's like to be in the CIA?
0:28.6	You've seen Jason Bourne movies, maybe watched every episode of Homeland.
0:33.8	There's even other really good shows that I don't have mentioned here, here like the recruit, the comedy, the kind of a dark comedy or the Patriot, the best dark comedy on the CIA.
0:45.5	That's on TV where today we have a guest who spent 35 years in the CIA with us, Ralph Goff.
0:53.2	Wait, got I get your name right?
0:54.2	Yeah, that's fine.
0:54.9	Is it golf?
0:56.7	I don't know this, it's driving off.
0:58.9	I've known you for a while, but I like, I should have gotten, I should have known that.
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