The Langley Files is a CIA podcast.[1]It is a new info-social media contact experiment produced by the United States Central Intelligence Community (CIA). It is a cutesy presentation featuring and young lady named Dee and a young man named Walter who preform a question and answer session with various high level CIA officials. Their last names are super secret. In the First episode they do a short interview with CIA director Bill Burns and discuss the bible quote (John 8:32) printed on some wall at the CIA. Although, they do not mention the quote is from the bible they just say it is a quote. Maybe, that is your first test as an agent. Director Burns tells us a little bit about himself to include informing the listener his father was an Army officer. In a quick internet search the reader will find out his father was Major General Burns[2] That is right Major ... Burns... I'm not making this up. The directors father worked for President Reagan on Nuclear disarmament. Next, Director Burns tells us the podcast is to help build trust in the CIA do to the current lack of trust in government institutions. Well, it doesn't help the trust factor, when a former CIA director ( CIA Director John Brennen) goes on national TV and speaks harshly about a standing elected president after saying on national tv he himself is a communist. During the entire interview, which goes well, the young host voice crack, so the listener can tell they are obviously a little nervous. The interview is interesting with some cheer leading about the CIA's 75th anniversary.

In episode 2 the the two aspiring spies interview a couple of career bureaucrats, whose names are Kathleen and Bonnie. They ramble on like old-timers about CIA public affairs and throw in the "Diversity and inclusivity" mantra. It is obvious they have been employed at the agency for a good while. Bonnie, tries to push the point CIA agents don't talk to the press. That's correct she actually said "CIA agents don't talk to the press" 😀. In the last element of the pod cast they articulate regarding the CIA museum as if it is an free ride on the space shuttle.[3] They inform the listener the museum has been remodeled and is the cats meow. However, don't get to excited, because it is located inside the CIA building at Langley, VA, and only accessible to CIA agents. "NO COMMONERS ALLOWED". For those who struggle from pay check to pay check, they will wonder why the government confiscates their hard earned money to build museums, and museums they cannot attend. Are you starting to trust the CIA a little more at this point?

In episode 3 the podcast starts to do some heavy lifting by interviewing a CIA recruiting officer. A super secret agent named Mike, who comes out of the cold to interview new recruits. He says they push for diversity to avoid the "group think". Evidently, the homogeneous people of North America who fought for our US Constitution since 1776 and won WWII and put a man on the moon were suffering from a psychological phenomena called "group think", which according to the CIA is to be avoided. Mike sends a good 10 minutes on a word salad that turns out to be a globalist mantra of "diversity, inclusive, and change". Then, He talks a good while about the 5 CIA major departments and there internal breakdown into a military command structure. Finally, he closes out by asking for the business. He says they are looking for all kinds of skills for the 140 occupations they offer, so give him a call [4], but remember the CIA is an overseas operation, so no remote work from home on the desktop. Lastly, he doesn't mention any conditions of employment, but just to let the reader know one must surrender their rights under the US Constitutional in order to join the CIA and pass a polygraph test which are no longer used in US courts do to there inaccuracy, among other things.

In episode 4 the heavy lifting continues with an interview with David. David is the Chief historian at the CIA. However, David's last name is not so obscure. The Chief historian is David Robarge (Ph.D) professor from Georgetown University. David gave a good dissertation about his function and the history function at the CIA. Although it was never mentioned, it is assumed the historical command falls under the Analysis Department, do to the fact, David mentions Sherman Kent as a pioneer in intelligence analysis. Sherman Kent is an interesting person and a clue to the composition of the agency. Sherman Kent traces his lineage to the founding father Roger Sherman [5] who represented the State of Connecticut at the signing of the US Constitution. Sherman Kent also has ties to the secret society at Yale University known as the Skull and Bones society [6] which is probably why his name is mentioned. Next, David spent some time on his impressive background. After a brief autobiography, David jumps into some declassified case work his command help develop. David talks about the Cuban missile crises but leaves out the Bay of Pig invasion. In addition, He goes into the SR-72 project in which he wrote a book about for the CIA titled Archangel: CIA's Supersonic A-12 Reconnaissance Aircraft. However, the CIA's handling of the hostage situation during the Carter administration, which resulted in the movie ARGO, would have been a good file to discuss, since it had notoriety. In closing, David tries to write some wrongs by telling the listener they may have gotten bad intelligence about the CIA do to the Church and Pike committee hearings in the 1970's, but he leaves out the Kerry committee hearings in the 1980's which lead to allegations of CIA drug trafficking. Allegations of CIA drug trafficking were also made during the Vietnam war, that may have resulted in the introduction of Marijuana into our society, which he doesn't touch upon. Finally, the hook in the podcast is the mysterious box. Evidently, the CIA encapsulate historical files in a box container. David and the hosts, Walter and Dee, speak of the box in a whisper like voice. David expounds on a special box he had the privileged to dust off and open. The objective is to capture the listeners interest in antiquity so that they apply for a position with the CIA, and then can become a secret bearer. oooooo! spooky.

Overall, the podcast are interesting to listen to and the first four have been informative. The cheer leading about the CIA's 75 year history is apparent, but not over powering so as to be misconceived as a commercial. However, they failed to denote the expected publishing rate. The first two podcast were 8 days apart but the last two have been one every month. The listener has not been given a good expectation as to the frequency of publication and is left to guess when the next podcast will be?