In early 2002 Sam Faddis was named to head a CIA team that would enter Iraq, prepare the battlefield and facilitate the entry of follow-on conventional military forces numbering in excess of 40,000 American soldiers. This force, built around the 4th Infantry Division would, in partnership with Kurdish forces and with the assistance of Turkey, engage Saddam's army in the north as part of a coming invasion. Faddis expected to be on the ground inside Iraq within weeks and that the entire campaign w...
Mar 28, 2020•1 hr 52 min
Tracy Walder went from sorority girl to a CIA Staff Operations Officer putting a stop to biological terror plots worldwide. Her book, the Unexpected Spy tells that story but she joins The Team House to discuss her career at the CIA, becoming a FBI Special Agent, and the bio-weapon terror threat. We will also discuss the coronavirus and get her thoughts as a professional that worked to counter biological terrorism. Her book is The Unexpected Spy found here: https://www.amazon.com/Unexpected-Spy-S...
Mar 21, 2020•1 hr 54 min
Private First Class Bowe Bergdahl left his platoon's base in eastern Afghanistan in the early hours of June 30, 2009. Since that day, easy answers to the many questions surrounding his case--why did he leave his post? What kinds of efforts were made to recover him from the Taliban? And why, facing a court martial, did he plead guilty to the serious charges against him?--have proved elusive. Taut in its pacing but sweeping in its scope, American Cipher is the riveting and deeply sourced account o...
Mar 14, 2020•1 hr 44 min
Former CIA Para-Military Operations Officer Ron Moeller returns to discuss deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. This is our second interview with Ron, the first can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2RYJ... Support the stream on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/m/TheTeamHouse SubReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheTeamHouse/ The Team Room Reading Room (Amazon Affiliate links): https://jackmurphywrites.com/the-team.. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podca...
Mar 07, 2020•2 hr 40 min
Kent served as a staff CIA case officer in the 1990s, and as a contractor after 9/11. He has worked in various capacities in intelligence positions in Southeast Asia, Africa, Europe and the Middle East. His specialty is Counter-terrorism and Islamic Extremism. Kent has also worked Counter-intelligence, Counter-proliferation, Counter-narcotics, and other targets. In addition to extensive liaison work with foreign intel services, he has worked in the US Intel Community in inter-agency, inter-gover...
Feb 29, 2020•2 hr 53 min
ANDREW MILBURN was born in Hong Kong and grew up in the United Kingdom. After graduating from law school in London, he enlisted in the US Marine Corps as a private. He was commissioned from the ranks, and as a Marine infantry and special operations officer, has commanded in combat at every grade. As the commanding officer of the Marine Corps’ special operations regiment, he was selected to lead a multi-national task force given the mission of defeating ISIS in Iraq. He retired in 2019 as the Chi...
Feb 22, 2020•3 hr 8 min
Probably the most insane episode we've recorded thus far involving CIA double crosses, false pretenses for war in Iraq, ISA and Delta Force operations, black ops nestled within black ops. Strap in for this one. Scott Ritter was a leader in the United Nations weapons inspections teams to Iraq, which involved an incredibly dangerous game of cat and mouse as he found himself trapped between the governments of the United States and Iraq. UNSCOM ended up involving everyone from the CIA to JSOC to Isr...
Feb 14, 2020•3 hr 10 min
H.K. Roy served in the CIA for 13 years, running human intelligence networks from Latin America to the Balkans. Later, he established a private intelligence group in Iraq. Highlights include surviving an Iranian assassination attempt in Bosnia, developing a Soviet officer as a potential source, running a strategic asset in Sarajevo, and reporting on Serbian war crimes. His book is called American Spy and can be purchased here: https://www.amazon.com/American-Spy-Wry-Reflections-Life/dp/163388588...
Feb 07, 2020•2 hr 6 min
The Team House, Episode 27 with Special Forces veteran Greg Walker. Greg Walker was born in Fairbanks, Alaska, and is a graduate of the University of Alaska. He enlisted in the United States Army in October 1975. His career includes assignments with the 2/75th Ranger Battalion, 9th Division, 2/1st Infantry (Recon), 1/29th Infantry, B Company (Ranger) at Camp Rudder, Florida, the 10th, 7th, 3rd, 12th, and 19th Special Forces Groups, and USASFC as a a special projects officer for MG (ret) Kenneth ...
Jan 31, 2020•2 hr 40 min
From front companies to cover legends. The behind the scenes specialist who gets operators and agents in and out of countries. Today's guest is intelligence advisor and author JT Patten. His new novel, titled Presidential Retreat, can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/PRESIDENTIAL-RETREAT-Havens-Black-HAVENS-ebook/dp/B083N4VVSR Support the stream on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MurphysLawstream SubReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheTeamHouse/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://...
Jan 25, 2020•2 hr 31 min
Huge episode tonight with Ron Moeller who was a CIA Paramilitary Operations Officer serving in Air Branch and Maritime Branch. Afghanistan, Iraq, Cuban spy, Bergdahl, and more. 3hrs, +30min exclusive for our supporters about CT ops in the Philippines. Support the stream on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MurphysLawstream Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-team-house--5960890/support ....
Jan 18, 2020•2 hr 50 min
Maria started with Reuters four years ago as a digital editor handling news curation on Reuters consumer platforms. Since then, Maria has tackled live coverage of major events such as the 2016 U.S. presidential election and the terror attacks in Paris and London. In 2018 Maria covered the U.S. midterm elections from Atlanta, Georgia. Prior to joining Reuters in New York, Maria was a reporter for the Thomson Reuters Foundation in London where she covered social justice and minority rights. Maria ...
Jan 11, 2020•2 hr 21 min
Talking about the assassination of Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad this week with Jeff Kirkham. Jeff served in U.S. Special Forces and then became a DEA agent. After 9/11 the U.S. government was very interested in recruiting people with a very specific background in Special Operations and human intelligence collection for a counter-terrorism program. With his background as a Green Beret and a DEA agent, Jeff was exactly the type of guy they were looking for. Become a supporter of this podcast: https...
Jan 04, 2020•2 hr 31 min
Emil Praslick is a old friend and is *the* source for everything long range marksmanship related. We're going to discuss Emil's career in Ranger Battalion and the Army Marksmanship Unit, the current state of SOCOM sniping, the ASR (advanced sniper rifle) program, extreme long range (1500 meter plus) shooting, modern ballistic solvers-how they work, wind reading for dummies, and we'll take viewer questions as well. We will also had an additional 35 minutes or so with Emil for our Patreon supporte...
Dec 31, 2019•3 hr 5 min
This one is going to rustle jimmies, blow out some o-rings, and generally boggle your mind. In brief, Paul discusses what the real deal is with the Amanda Knox case based on his investigation in Italy, His thoughts of Jeffrey Epstein's death, his work exonerating death row inmates who had been falsely accused, his thoughts on criminal interrogation and the polygraph, his work on sex crimes and how many turn out to be BS, his Army days, and other very high profile murder and sexual assault cases ...
Dec 29, 2019•2 hr 32 min
James Powell served in the Marine Corps, the nuclear security industry, and then as a CIA Operations Officer. In this episode we have a wide ranging conversation with him that dispels a lot of myths surrounding what the CIA does and does not do. James walks us through his recruitment into the agency, training, and then going out into the field in Afghanistan and with the agency's little talked about National Resources division within the United States. We also discuss the so-called "black mafia"...
Dec 20, 2019•2 hr 33 min
In this episode we interview Brian Andrews and Jeffrey Wilson, the authors of the Tier One series of novels. Loads of interesting information in this interview as Jeff was a trauma surgeon deployed with JSOC and Brian was a Naval officer on submarines. These guys both bring a wealth of experience to the table and it shows in their military thriller series. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-team-house--5960890/support ....
Dec 11, 2019•1 hr 54 min
On this week's episode Dave and Jack interview two special in-studio guests. Josh is a veteran of Civil Affairs and Zack served in PSYOP. These two units are a part of Special Operations Forces, but are unfortunately regarded as our red headed step children. But on this episode Josh and Zack explain what their jobs entailed from Iraq to Afghanistan to Syria to the Congo. Support the stream on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MurphysLawstream The Team Room Reading Room (Amazon Affiliate links): h...
Dec 06, 2019•2 hr 51 min
Clint Sporman in our in-studio guest discussing old school fighting techniques from WW2 and beyond, answers questions, demonstrates some OSS and Defendu fighting styles, and we get to play with blackjacks, sap gloves, and also get deep into the history of Fairbairn and Applegate. Check out Clint here: http://www.gutterfighting.org/ Please consider supporting our stream on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MurphysLawstream Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-te...
Sep 27, 2019•1 hr 42 min
Jack and Dave interview special guest Jim "Smokey" West on his extensive martial arts background, get him to tell some stories about bar brawls, and answer lots of viewer questions as we go. Street fights, near death experiences, and much more on this episode going nearly two and a half hours long. Check out Jim's latest book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Messages-Beyon... Please consider supporting our stream on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MurphysLawstream Become a supporter of this po...
Sep 20, 2019•2 hr 26 min
