GRP 153-In The Dark of War: A CIA Officers time in Libya

Episode Summary

Joining me for this week's podcast is an author and former CIA Targeting Analyst, Sarah Carlson. Sarah's book "In The Dark of War" is her account of the U.S. mission's evacuation in Tripoli, Libya, in 2014, where she served as a CIA officer. The evacuation took 26 hours, with 150 Americans driving out of Libya during a civil war. Accompanied by U.S Marines, they successfully made it into Tunisia with American F-16 fighter jets shadowing them in the skies.

Main Episode Takeaways

Counter-Terrorism at the Defense Intelligence Agency.

Targeting Terrorist at the CIA

Evacuating the American Mission in Tripoli, Libya

Russian Mercenaries in Africa

Civil War in Libya

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