Claims
Qualified triples from the transcripts. Origin, speaker, and evidence stay attached.
These are not independently verified facts.
Eugene Harton
USES
bug bounty program
Eugene says his team implemented a bug bounty program as part of its effort to acquire cheats.
Explicit
Confidence 91%
· Eugene Harton
EP 115
Details
“the first thing that we need to kinda implement is kind of a bug bounty program and the ability to buy cheats”
cheat loader
USES
machine binding
The cheat loader's license becomes tied to the machine ID on which it is installed, preventing sharing with other machines.
Explicit
Confidence 98%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 115
Details
“the key becomes tied to that machine ID”
Central Intelligence Agency
ASSOCIATED_WITH
National Security Agency
Jack says the CIA often works closely with the NSA on missions combining human and signals intelligence.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 116
Details
“the CIA often works closely with the NSA to conduct certain missions”
Jim Lawler
AUTHORED
In the Twinkling of an Eye
Jim is identified as the author of the second book in the series, In the Twinkling of an Eye.
Explicit
Confidence 97%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 116
Details
“The second book in the series is titled In the Twinkling of an Eye”
Douglas Frantz
AUTHORED
Fallout
Douglas Frantz is identified as a co-author of Fallout.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 116
Details
“there is a book by Catherine Collins and Douglas Frantz titled Fallout”
Jim Lawler
AUTHORED
Living Lies: A Novel of the Iranian Nuclear Weapons Program
Jim says he published Living Lies, a fictional novel about disrupting Iran’s nuclear weapons program.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 116
Details
“he did recently publish a book himself called Living Lies: A Novel of the Iranian Nuclear Weapons Program”
Catherine Collins
AUTHORED
Fallout
Catherine Collins is identified as a co-author of Fallout.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 116
Details
“there is a book by Catherine Collins and Douglas Frantz titled Fallout”
Barbara Kingsolver
AUTHORED
The Lacuna
Barbara Kingsolver is identified as the author of The Lacuna.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 116
Details
“Barbara Kingsolver’s final novel, The Lacuna”
A.Q. Khan proliferation network
INVOLVES
A.Q. Khan
A.Q. Khan is described as a central participant in the underground nuclear proliferation network.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 116
Details
“There was a player in the underground nuclear arms scene called Dr. A.Q. Khan”
Cambridge Five
INVOLVES
Kim Philby
Kim Philby is identified as the first of the Cambridge Five recruited by a Soviet spy professor.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 116
Details
“This is how the first of the Cambridge Five was recruited, Kim Philby”
Cambridge Five
INVOLVES
seeding operation
The Cambridge Five is described as the most famous historical example of a seeding operation.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Jim Lawler
EP 116
Details
“The most famous seeding operation in history was run by the Russians. It was called the Cambridge Five”
Operation Lying Doggo
INVOLVES
Central Intelligence Agency
Operation Lying Doggo is described as a CIA operation to infiltrate a high-security area using a disguised dog.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 116
Details
“there was a CIA operation which required the Special Agents to buy one of these big dogs”
A.Q. Khan proliferation network
INVOLVES
centrifuge designs
The network involved centrifuge designs that Khan had stolen, sold, or transferred to other countries.
Attributed
Confidence 94%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 116
Details
“they found designs for two centrifuges that Khan had stolen and sold to Iran and Libya”
Jim Lawler
MEMBER_OF
Central Intelligence Agency
Jim Lawler was officially hired by the CIA as a case officer.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 116
Details
“He was officially hired by the Central Intelligence Agency as a case officer”
Jim Lawler
SAME_AS
Mad Dog
The episode identifies Jim Lawler as Mad Dog, the nickname he earned after being bitten by a dog.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Jim Lawler
EP 116
Details
“So, that’s how I earned my nickname Mad Dog”
Jim Lawler
USES
dropping cover
Jim used dropping or breaking cover when revealing that he was a CIA officer to a recruit.
Explicit
Confidence 98%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 116
Details
“They call this dropping cover”
Central Intelligence Agency
USES
human intelligence
The CIA is described as collecting human intelligence through recruited insiders and sources.
Explicit
Confidence 98%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 116
Details
“this is called collecting HUMINT, human intelligence”
Jim Lawler
USES
official cover
Jim operated under official State Department cover while conducting clandestine CIA work.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Jim Lawler
EP 116
Details
“I was operating under official cover. I was under State Department cover”
Jim Lawler
USES
one-time pad
Jim says that he and the Russians used one-time pads to encrypt messages.
Explicit
Confidence 98%
· Jim Lawler
EP 116
Details
“we and the Russians would use one-time pads”
Jim Lawler
USES
encrypted system
Jim describes using encrypted systems for covert electronic communication with sources.
Explicit
Confidence 97%
· Jim Lawler
EP 116
Details
“using some type of – nowadays, some type of encrypted system”
Jim Lawler
USES
targeting package
Jim uses targeting packages to identify desired information and develop relationships with prospective sources.
Explicit
Confidence 97%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 116
Details
“they make something called a targeting package”
Jim Lawler
USES
dead drop
Jim describes recovering concealed information, including thumb drives, through dead drops.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Jim Lawler
EP 116
Details
“do a dead drop where they hide the thumb drive”
Jim Lawler
USES
commercial cover
Jim recruited people while posing as a businessman or consultant under commercial cover.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Jim Lawler
EP 116
Details
“I’ve recruited people under commercial cover where I pretended to be a businessman”
Jim Lawler
USES
NOC
Jim says he posed as a NOC while using a businessperson pretext to recruit sources.
Explicit
Confidence 98%
· Jim Lawler
EP 116
Details
“I pretended to be a – what we call a NOC”
Central Intelligence Agency
USES
MICE
MICE is described as an acronym used by the CIA to outline ways of persuading or recruiting a source.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 116
Details
“There’s an acronym the CIA uses called MICE”