#759 - Mike Baker - The Hidden Secrets Threatening National Security

I just, uh, reread the, uh, at three book series, the last lion, which is a fantastic look at it's, it's a, a history of Churchill covers, you know,…

It was, it was fairly complimentary of, of Churchill throughout.

there was a good line in there about he, he took the English language and, and sent it to war, you know, during his, his uh, famous speech to parliam…

Guest: Mike Baker

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Mike Baker is a former CIA officer and security expert, Co-Founder of global investigation company Portman Square Group and a podcaster. We're told that the world is on the brink of a large scale war. That our domestic systems are fragile, and the people in charge are incompetent. After decades in the CIA, Mike should be able to tell us how much truth there is here. Expect to learn the truth behind the AT&T outage, the problems with Google’s newest AI system, what most people do not understand about the CIA, how history is being rewritten right in front of our eyes, what the future of warfare will look like, why the American border continues to be a huge problem, Mike’s prediction on what will happen in the 2024 election and much more...

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“The Last Lion is a three-book series that provides a detailed history of Churchill from birth to death, noted for being very readable despite its length.”

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Key quote: “I just, uh, reread the, uh, at three book series, the last lion, which is a fantastic look at it's, it's a, a history of Churchill covers, you know, uh, birth to death and it's a lot of detail, but it's very readable and it's just, it, but there's a lot of it, but it's.”

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“I did enjoy this Lord Moran small book on his experience as a physician for Churchill.”

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For: Readers interested in historical biographies and Churchill's life.

Key quote: “It was, it was fairly complimentary of, of Churchill throughout.”

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“The Darkest Hour is mentioned in relation to a line about Churchill's use of the English language during his famous speech to parliament.”

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Key quote: “there was a good line in there about he, he took the English language and, and sent it to war, you know, during his, his uh, famous speech to parliament, you know.”

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I just, uh, reread the, uh, at three book series, the last lion, which is a fantastic look at it's, it's a, a history of Churchill covers, you know,…

Lord Moran

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It was, it was fairly complimentary of, of Churchill throughout.

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