{"id":1745,"date":"2013-08-01T22:06:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-01T22:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjagradio.com\/theideamagazine\/?p=1745"},"modified":"2014-02-07T23:48:31","modified_gmt":"2014-02-07T23:48:31","slug":"guest-michael-r-davidson-former-field-operative-and-author-of-harrys-rules-a-cia-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/guest-michael-r-davidson-former-field-operative-and-author-of-harrys-rules-a-cia-thriller\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest: Michael R. Davidson, Former Field Operative and Author of \u2018Harry\u2019s Rules\u2019 (A CIA thriller)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\nGuest:  Michael R. Davidson, Former Field Operative and Author of \u2018Harry\u2019s Rules\u2019 (A CIA thriller)<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8460\/7996899427_d7e61acca4_o.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"270\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8460\/7996899427_d7e61acca4_o.jpg\" width=\"180\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>TOPIC-KGB Enters the Social Network<\/p>\n<p>Guest Opportunity:  Michael R. Davidson, Former Field Operative and Author of \u2018Harry\u2019s Rules\u2019 (A CIA thriller)<\/p>\n<p>Did the Cold War end or did the KGB find a way to retain its power and dominate the new Russian Federation? <\/p>\n<p>Reportedly, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (formerly part of the KGB) has purchased blogging and social networking programs.  The investment will include software for surveillance and analytics but a large portion is to be used for \u2018mass distribution of messages in social networks with a view to the formation of public opinion\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Meet Michael R. Davidson:<br \/>Specialist on the persistent threat to US interests of Putin\u2019s Russia<br \/>Seasoned veteran of the CIA\u2019s legendary Clandestine Services with nearly 30 years of experience as a case officer and senior intelligence official at home and abroad<br \/>Over 17 years abroad in a variety of sensitive posts handling the most sensitive operations against the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact<br \/>Former Chief of Internal Operations, in charge of CIA Operations in the USSR and Eastern Europe<br \/>Speaks Russian, Polish, French, Spanish and German<br \/>Founded two private sector international consulting companies and one industrial manufacturing company.  Currently provides consulting and analyses related to economic development, as well as occasional work in the security field.<\/p>\n<p>Date Recorded: 9\/15\/2012<\/p>\n<div><span>SITE: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelrdavidson.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Site<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span>Podcast of the interview <a href=\"http:\/\/recordings.talkshoe.com\/TC-81009\/TS-668438.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Download:<\/a><\/span><br \/><span>\u00a0<\/span><u> <\/u><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest: Michael R. Davidson, Former Field Operative and Author of \u2018Harry\u2019s Rules\u2019 (A CIA thriller) TOPIC-KGB Enters the Social Network Guest Opportunity: Michael R. Davidson, Former Field Operative and Author of \u2018Harry\u2019s Rules\u2019 (A CIA thriller) Did the Cold War end or did the KGB find a way to retain its power and dominate the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1745","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-jiggy-jaguar-experiance-guests"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1745"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3495,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1745\/revisions\/3495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}