After 7 years of flying as an Apache Helicopter Pilot for the Army, Ryan Fugit knew it was time to settle down. So naturally, he moved back to the States, settled in with his family, and immediately joined the CIA as a Collection Management Officer. But working at The Agency isn't all office work - Ryan spent time in Europe and North Africa, rubbing elbows with some of the most unique individuals in spy craft. He even took his kids on a couple of operations, though they'd never know it at the time. And after all that, he took up securities work at huge Fortune 500 companies, tracking down some of the most illicit material on the internet and serving justice to the most offending trolls on the internet.

Now, he hosts Combat Story, a podcast dedicated to sharing stories from veterans just like our very own Mike Ritland, but that's far from the only detail worth sharing. How did Ryan's time at the CIA change with the constant influx of new tech, like facial recognition? Why are the world's most popular search engines seemingly so biased, and is there anything we can do about it? And when it really comes down to it, just how awful can people be to each other from behind the illusory safety of a keyboard?

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Chapters:

00:00 - Intro
01:55 - Flying the Ground-Convoy Ambush
17:12 - Naked Eye Impact
22:28 - An Apache Pilot's EDC Dump
28:02 - Sir, I Think You Fired a Missile Into India
36:00 - Out of the Army, Into the CIA
39:42 - Welcome to The Farm
44:04 - Family Matters
49:11 - It's OpSec on Another Level
55:49 - Rubbing Elbows with the Enemy
01:01:10 - Close Calls in North Africa
01:08:14- Catching Criminals at Google
01:13:23 - A.I., Disinformation, and Biased Search Results
01:24:50 - Online Security & Personal Practice
01:35:25 - Bad Stuff We've Seen on the Internet
01:42:52 - The Never-Ending Arms Race
01:49:25 - The Combat Story Podcast

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