Andrew & Jihi Bustamante: How CIA spies run a mole hunt

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

August 28, 2025

Duration

2h 32m

Channel

The Diary of a CEO

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Ex-CIA spies Andrew and Jihi Bustamante expose the TOP SECRET mission the CIA don’t want you to hear on uncovering a traitor, and the spy hacks that could change your life. Andrew Bustamante is a former CIA officer who spent 7 years in covert operations. He co-founded 'EverydaySpy', an online platform where he teaches practical spy skills for everyday life, with his wife Jihi: a former CIA targeting officer. Together, they co-authored the upcoming memoir, ‘Shadow Cell: An Insider Account of America’s New Spy War’. They explain: ⬛How the CIA tried to bury this story for 3 years ⬛Why Andrew and Jihi are leaving the US by 2030 ⬛How the CIA creates fake businesses to spy on you ⬛The secret CIA hack for fear and anxiety ⬛Why the Epstein case was the perfect cover up 00:00 Intro 01:48 A Challenge for DOAC Followers 03:19 The CIA Has Declassified My Undercover Story 05:24 Why Didn't the CIA Want Your Story Public? 06:42 What the Book Reveals About the CIA 07:01 How I Became a CIA Spy 08:03 Does the CIA Allow Relationships Between Spies? 10:33 Your Job Was to Identify People to Capture or Kill 12:10 How Did They Work as a Tandem Couple? 13:52 Where Does the Story Begin? 15:57 The Mission to Find the Mole Who Infiltrated the CIA 24:20 We Were Risking Our Lives Taking This Job 32:05 Did You Have to Change Your Identity? 32:58 What Was Your Undercover Job? 36:23 CIA Involvement in Illegal Activities 37:31 Using Terrorist Tactics 41:48 What Was Your First Mission? 44:30 When Did You Feel Most at Risk? 46:07 How Did They Find Out You Were a CIA Spy? 1:00:36 Planning My Escape 1:10:34 The CIA and Military Black Budget 1:12:08 Was TikTok Started as a Spy Platform? 1:16:33 Privacy Is Not Real 1:20:27 The Jeffrey Epstein Case 1:28:26 Ads 1:31:54 CIA Techniques for Anxiety and Self-Doubt 1:37:55 CIA Training During Interrogations 1:45:12 Why Did You Leave the CIA? 1:50:10 How the Mole Got Caught 1:58:05 How My Worldview Changed After Joining the CIA 2:00:22 Why We Want to Leave the U.S. by 2026 2:02:28 Ads 2:04:37 How CIA Tactics Changed After 9/11 2:13:51 America Is Changing 2:18:13 Should We Be Scared of Where We’re Headed? 2:23:24 Are We Heading Toward an Economic Collapse? Follow Andrew and Jihi: Find your Spy Superpower: https://yt.everydayspy.com/44p4fvq Follow Andy on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@Andrew-Bustamante Explore Spy School: https://everydayspy.com/ Support Andy's sponsor Axolt Brain: https://axoltbrain.com/andy Listen to the podcast: https://youtube.com/@EverydaySpyPodcast You can read Andrew and Jihi’s CIA book ‘Shadow Cell’, here: https://geni.us/ShadowCellBook The Diary Of A CEO: ⬛Join DOAC circle here - https://doaccircle.com/ ⬛Buy The Diary Of A CEO book here - https://smarturl.it/DOACbook ⬛The 1% Diary is back - limited time only: https://bit.ly/3YFbJbt ⬛The Diary Of A CEO Conversation Cards (Second Edition): https://g2ul0.app.link/f31dsUttKKb ⬛Get email updates - https://bit.ly/diary-of-a-ceo-yt ⬛Follow Steven - https://g2ul0.app.link/gnGqL4IsKKb Sponsors: Stan Store - https://stevenbartlett.stan.store/ for your 30-day free trial Netflix - http://netflix.com/title/81725526 KetoneIQ - Visit https://ketone.com/STEVEN for 30% off your subscription order

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Andrew Bustamante

  guest

• Steven Bartlett

  host

• Narrator

  other

• Jihi (Jihee) Bustamante

  guest

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Diary of a CEO, featuring Andrew Bustamante and Steven Bartlett, Andrew & Jihi Bustamante: How CIA spies run a mole hunt explores married CIA spies expose mole hunt, spy tradecraft, and America’s future Former CIA officers Andrew and Jihee Bustamante reveal, for the first time, how they were used as a married ‘tandem couple’ in a high‑stakes operation to rebuild US espionage inside a hostile country and flush out a mole within the CIA. Code‑named operations in a friendly state (“WOLF”) and an adversary (“FALCON”) leveraged terrorist‑style cell structures and advanced tradecraft like cleansing routes, dry cleaning, surveillance detection, and commercial cover companies.

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