Cults, Culture & Coercion with Dr. Steve Hassan Gaining Further Election Insight on Spycraft Interference: Den of Spies from Past to Present Day with Author Craig Unger
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Nov 18, 2024 
Craig Unger, investigative journalist and bestselling author of Den of Spies, explores historical and modern election interference. He recounts covert spycraft around the 1980 election, Israel and Iran’s roles in arms transfers, patterns of sabotage across decades, KGB recruitment tactics including ties to Donald Trump, and contemporary parallels with social media and powerful actors.
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Covert Network Shaped 1980 Election
- Craig Unger shows William Casey secretly built a covert intelligence network that influenced the 1980 election.
- That network orchestrated actions that likely sabotaged Jimmy Carter and aided Reagan's victory.
Arms Shipments Linked To Hostage Timing
- Unger documents Casey violated an arms embargo by shipping weapons to Iran as part of a covert deal.
- The apparent quid pro quo was delaying hostage release until after the 1980 election to hurt Carter.
Israeli Intelligence Met Casey
- Craig Unger recounts interviewing Yehoshua Sagi, Israel's military intelligence chief, who met with Casey in 1979–80.
- That meeting revealed Israeli involvement in covert contacts around the hostage crisis.
