So true when he said, paraphrasing here"we have the right to be happy, but not at the expense of our neighbors, we have to co-exist". And "the primary job of Congress is protecting American national security interests and making sure our society gets stronger, NOT undermine the purpose and intent of your office". Some in Congress are intent on taking away individual citizens right and also fundamentally changing government to a more authoritarian regime

I was a Peace Corps Volunteer Bolivia 2000-2003 but stayed 5 years...I love this guy's stories

Mr. Bustamonte. is probably the most fascinating I have seen on your program. He held my attention deeply. I originally began to watch simply because it was the next video in line and your videos are part of my routine. I have learned several bullet points from these few minutes of his discussion, the importance of questions being able to redirect energies and engaging within individuals. Absolutely fascinating. If this young man has a book, I am most certainly going to read it. Thank you for introducing me to AndrewBustamonte.

I love listening to that guy. He is so clear with his communication.

One of the best interviews yet. Good job David and look forward to your next video.

Finally. Bustamante is interviewed by someone with more than two brain cells😂. Finally a good line of questioning for this dude..

As a person who works in federal government consulting industry across agencies for 16 years - Bustamante is 100% correct that the majority of people who go into the national security arena are more progressive and liberal overall. And it’s also entirely correct to say each agency has its own culture. Even in DHS - there are a lot of more liberal people there. Be glad there are both “sides” because Bustamante is also correct that the world is not as ideal right now as one would hope. For example- I’m left of center, but I don’t care about the “feelings” or childhood trauma of sex traffickers, drug lords and I’m no longer naive enough to think they can be “rehabilitated”. Or, in DOD, you had better be pretty cognizant that Putin, Xi Jinping, and many of their followers, are psychopaths and “negotiating” with them not to release some bio agent somewhere in the US water supply. Negotiating with them would be like negotiating a car ride with Ted Bundy or a dinner date with Jeffrey Dahmer - sure, you can try - but you’re stupid if you think negotiating with them in normal terms will never matter to them, and you better be on your toes, and have your gun ready.

Anybody could make a personal CIA story up, there is no way to verify it.

David, Thank you. This was a very interesting conversation. Mr. Bustamante was articulate and clear, your questions were thoughtful and encouraging for him to answer. Great content.

I'm amazed that he doesn't ring an alarm for how Trump would make America one of the chaos countries he describes

Congratulations David - great interview. This is by far the most fascinating conversation I have heard in a long time. Your questions were excellent and Mr. Bustamante's answers were extremely clear and to the point.

Interesting convo

Great interview, David. I got a lot out of it. Love to buy Andrew a beer sometime

The artistry on both ends of this conversation, Is absolutely beautiful.

People need to be sceptical and careful of Bustamonte because even though he seems smart and well-spoken, he is quick to talk about his subjective opinions as if they are objective reality.

Absolutely FABULOUS conversation!!! Thank you Mr. Bustamante for your service to our country!! 🇺🇸🗽

I could listen to this guy all day. Andrew is such an interesting person with engaging opinions and stories.

Thank you for the questions you asked. I found this very interesting and informative.

It's Hollywood Bustamonti!

David Packman is a very good interviewer.

This was an absolutely fascinating interview. I could watch many more episodes of it!

I've only watched about 7 mins of this, but I can tell you that the interviews with older former officers are much more interesting because they can actually go into quite a few details about the actual operations they were involved with...a really good one i watched recently is The Team House - The first female spy in Moscow.

This was an excellent interview. Thank you!

Would be helpful to know Andrew’s take on MAL Documents Theft/Obstruction case, whether a detailed “Damage Assessment Report” covering potential security threats has likely been issued by ODNI, if such conclusions have been shared with foreign allies as they may also be impacted by those mishandled docs, and if a security threat still exists the longer the case is delayed (thank you, Judge Cannon) and the suspect is neither detained or given a verdict.

Great questions David! Really enjoyed this exchange.

Very informative. Hope this helps many understand how important government is! Thank you

I was reading some book written by an ex CIA guy, the mental makeup required to be one is extraordinary. I wonder if he wrote the book I read

This was a wonderful conversation. Ty

Great interview!!

Phenomenal interview! Great questions, David!

What an incredible interview!! Thank you David and Andrew

Loved this one. Excellent interview! This gentleman's experience is super fascinating.

Thank you Andrew! I love learning from you!

Epic episode. More like this. Very insightful. ty

Fascinating interview!

David, I greatly appreciated this interview, not just for the substance it conveyed, but by the method which it was conducted. You asked articulate and insightful questions without attempting to suggest that you were the expert, not the interviewee, And you did not try to guide his answers in a particular direction. A good lawyer tries to guide a deposition to get information helpful to his client. But a good journalist doesn’t try to guide the interview in this way, and you didn’t. Kudos.

Amazing interview, David.

I'm incredibly skeptical of this guy; especially given some of his ridiculous 'self-help' products.

Lets have a guy on the show who is maybe the most skilled liar and deciever you could ever imagine. Then believe anything he says..........hmmmmmm.

David, that was a fascinating interview, more like that please..

Great questions David and a fascinating guest

Damn didn’t know Russ was in the cia 😆

To me, this was the most fascinating interview that you have ever done.

Really appreciate the conversation , interesting and informative.

It's been great to watch the Bustamante's and their progress over the years, love it!

Fascinating interview!!! Don’t know how I missed it… thank you, David!

I have only replied to 1 or 2 KZfaq post over the last 20 years. I don't remember what was the topic. This was 2 very smart people that captured my mind. Andew open my thinking about intel as a retired law enforcement Deputy. Great interview!

What an incredible man! Thank you for your service to our country.

Great interview

Really interesting. Great interview; wish it had been longer.

Very interesting interview 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

You can take the part around the twenty one minute mark and make a KZfaq short titled, "the difference between democrats and republicans is looking forward versus backward thinking" It really does summarize the main disparity. Democrats look forward and think about the future, republicans look backwards and think about the past.

Excellent and informative! Thank you!!

This man is a PR wizard. He sure put a friendly spin on unelected government.

What a fascinating and delightful guest !!! The longer the interview lasted the more I liked this guy. THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU. (When I was in the army in the 1960s, my work was ultimately for the NSA. I was amazed at how much the army lied to us about true nature of our work was. Computer chis from about 59 years ago made my "human" work obsokute.)

Excellent interview and info. A+

Absulutely fascinating!!! Thanks!!!

We appreciate your efforts in bringing us great content.

Wow, this was great! I learned so much!

Hi David, this was a remarkable insight into how govenment works. I think Andrew Bustamante was beyond amazoning; was very credible and forthcoming into his experiences in his prior line of work. I absolutely resonated with the art of questions and perseption vs perspective. WOW. Kudos for such a fabulous and inteligent reporting/interview! Outstanding!

Excellent interview!

Love the interview, very interesting

I think this is one of the best interviews you have ever done. Very interesting.

That’s the dude from the Lex Freedman podcast over a year ago who used his extensive experience in “intelligence” to tell us Russia would roll Ukraine in a couple of weeks.

This is a very positive conversation, David, picking on Andrew’s switched on brain. Andrew, you should do more like this. You have a great perspective.

Fascinating conversation

Thus one of the most INTERESTING pieces I have ever seen on on KZfaq. Thanks.

Awesome interview.

....thank u both

This was interesting. One of the best shows I have seen from you. Asking in a way about the job as not to get too specific to touch on things that cannot be disclosed but getting fascinating insight into what skills and techniques are necessary to do the job. Also the political bias where both of you weighed in.

That was really interesting. 👏🙂

Wow. Interesting interview David. It sounded like a movie but real life. 😮

Excellent interview!.

I have seen this guy in other podcasts. He seems to say a lot of nothing and isn't exactly dropping truth bombs for someone who was a secret spy.

I loved the difference between perception and perspective.

He in on Discovery Channel on the series "Beyond Skinwalker Ranch'! Great show!

He left the tooth with the cianide capsule in it at home for this interview.

you can find awesome conversations with Andrew on Julian Dorey podcast, Danny Jones podcast, not just rogans. great guest David.

This was fascinating! Thanks

Very, very interesting ❤❤ Thank you, David and Andrew

I've had family in the CIA, take what this guy says with a grain of salt.

Interesting interview. Thank you.

Super insightful

State and local law enforcement, unfortunately, often start out middle to far-right. This is especially true in rural America. It is not good for America’s future. Fox News and Hannity plays on a lot of patrol room TVs-sadly.

David this is one of the best interviews you’ve done. Andrew is truly smart and very rational. Many of his comments open our eyes pertaining to how our govt agencies work. Listening to people like him can make you smarter. Great job 👍

Loved this video!

I’ve listened to some other interviews with him and get the gut feeling I wouldn’t trust him to be the most informative source of info. Idk that’s just the vibe I got.

8:24 That wink is priceless 😂

Great job 👏 great interview

Great program!😊

Great interview! What an interesting guy.

Thank you for your service. It's very valuable to us

Thank you Great content!

One of the better interviews

This is the best of all your videos, David. 👍🍻

That was fascinating ❤

Thank you gentlemen this was both interesting and enlightening.

Interesting conversation.

Love this guy, his Lex Fridman interview is great too!

Operation paperclip never stopped obviously.