Cleared Hot - Powered By BRCC Episode 227 - Matthew Cole
Apr 4, 2022
03:38:41
How 9/11 Shaped A Reporter’s Mission
- Matthew Cole chose national security reporting after 9/11 to understand unseen US policy and intelligence actions.
- He spent years getting to Afghanistan, embedding with units like 10th Mountain to bear witness and gather ground-level context.
Walking From Pakistan To See Afghanistan Up Close
- Cole walked six-to-eight hours from Pakistani villages to see the Afghan side and found locals unaware of nearby war activity.
- That contrast compelled him to embed with US units to see how different perspectives matched or diverged on the ground.
Go See It Yourself Before Reporting
- Journalists must bear witness by immersing themselves in conflicts to form honest opinions rather than rely on secondhand claims.
- Cole argues direct experience is the only way to responsibly report on overseas policy and war.
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Introduction
00:00 • 3min
Pradcasts
03:09 • 2min
I've Never Smelled a Place, You Know?
05:31 • 3min
I Love the Hindu Kush, but I Hate It
08:11 • 4min
Afghanistan, Nine 11
11:52 • 2min
Afghanistan - The First Amendment
13:42 • 5min
Um, Um, You're Better Off Biting Off More Than You Can Chew
18:30 • 2min
Do You Know How to Believe Witness?
20:20 • 2min
Are You Living Amongst the Elements?
22:04 • 4min
I Was a Sympathetic Ear and an Empathic Ear
25:54 • 5min
Bin Laden - The Wall Behind You, Mathew
30:47 • 2min
The Lutenant Curnal, and the Turps
32:24 • 4min
Is This Really a Good Idea?
36:22 • 2min
What Is the Lesson That Americans Should Learn About This Kid?
38:26 • 4min
Committing American Forces
42:08 • 4min
The War on Terrorism
46:11 • 3min
When There Is No, There Can Be No Victory
48:49 • 4min
What's the Long Term Effect of the Pentagon?
52:45 • 2min
Is the Military Able to Test for Trauma?
54:32 • 4min
Buds - Is There a Scandal?
58:19 • 5min
The Issue Is, Do You Hate Seals?
01:03:39 • 5min
You Never Know, It's Never Perfect
01:08:22 • 3min
The Navy and the Pentagon Are on Nsidered Shutting Down Seal Team Six
01:11:13 • 2min
The Pentagon Wanted to Replace Marines With Marines
01:13:13 • 3min
The War Has Not Ended.
01:16:08 • 3min
C I a Is a Scalpel That Helps Insulate the President From the Decisions That Go Badly.
01:19:01 • 2min
What Is the Seal Brand and Who Really Speaks for It?
01:21:03 • 2min
Do They Speak for the Seals or Seal Team Six?
01:22:45 • 4min
Let Sleeping Dogs Lies
01:26:55 • 3min
Do You Think That These Guys Speak for the Seal Community?
01:29:30 • 2min
What's the Relationship Between the Um and the Um?
01:31:32 • 5min
Is It, It's Creativity Is Rewarded as Well?
01:36:40 • 2min
Is There a Danger in It?
01:38:23 • 2min
Why Did You Include the Real Names in the Book?
01:40:52 • 2min
Seal Team Six, No Ship, Uh, Yes, I Have a Job Us. Government
01:42:34 • 3min
The Bed Rock Principle of Investigative Journalism
01:45:35 • 4min
Is Public Good Versus Public Good?
01:49:33 • 3min
What Did You Do This Weekend?
01:52:17 • 3min
The Most Popular War Movie in American Film History?
01:55:14 • 5min
What the Hell Is Going on With the Hatches?
02:00:34 • 2min
The Brand of the Seal
02:02:05 • 2min
Long Live the Brotherhood
02:04:10 • 4min
The Difference Between the Two Organizations
02:08:22 • 3min
The Difference Between Seals and Not Seals
02:10:53 • 5min
The Long Live the Brotherhood
02:16:03 • 2min
The Seal Community Is Kicking the Can Down the Road
02:17:50 • 2min
Do You Need to Write a Book About Delta?
02:19:47 • 2min
Do You Think That Everybody Should Go to Prison?
02:21:52 • 4min
The Sixes, You Know, Are Held Accountable?
02:26:09 • 5min
Are There Instances in Leadership That Fall Short?
02:31:32 • 2min
The Core of the Seal Community
02:33:29 • 2min
Seal Team Six
02:35:10 • 2min
Um, He's a Sociopath, but He Was Out of His Mind
02:37:21 • 2min
Are the Best Leaders the Ones Who Are to Ally Self Motivated?
02:39:44 • 2min
Seal Leadership - Is There Such a Thing?
02:41:41 • 4min
Being a Seal Is Who You Are, Not What You Did
02:45:26 • 2min
Leadership Is the Way Out of It
02:47:05 • 3min
I'm Not a Seal, I've Come Here for a Little Peace and Quiet, Right?
02:49:53 • 3min
What Happened With Eddy Gallagher?
02:52:37 • 5min
The Seal Community, Active Duty, Is So Small, Right?
02:57:39 • 3min
Is the Entire Steel Community Corrupt?
03:01:07 • 2min
I Think the Motivations Behind the Story Might Have Been a Little Bit Off, Right?
03:02:53 • 4min
The Secrets of Seal Team Six
03:07:18 • 4min
What's Happening on Target?
03:11:03 • 2min
The Navy, You're Not a Member of the Military, Right?
03:12:49 • 2min
What Do You Hope the Book Can Affect?
03:14:43 • 5min
Do You Have a Book About Special Operations Forces?
03:19:23 • 2min
The Seal Dog: A Book Review
03:21:03 • 6min
The Last Part of the Book Is the Sacrifice and It
03:26:54 • 3min
Is Silence a Betrayal of American Values?
03:29:58 • 2min
What You Tolerate in Your Presence Is Your Standard
03:32:00 • 2min
You're Not Going to Have a Podcast Again
03:34:17 • 2min
Barns and Nobles, You Know, a Sale That's Pre-Published
03:35:49 • 3min
Matthew Cole is the author of Code Over Country: The Tragedy and Corruption of SEAL Team 6.
Matthew has covered national security since 2005 for U.S. television networks and print outlets. He has reported extensively on the CIA's post-9/11 transformation, including identifying and locating a secret CIA prison in Lithuania used to interrogate Al Qaeda detainees. Since 2005, Cole has traveled extensively in Afghanistan and Pakistan to cover conflict and investigate U.S. intelligence operations.
For six years, Cole worked as an investigative producer for ABC and NBC News. At each network, Cole broke several stories of global significance. Among the subjects he has reported on are Blackwater's covert work with the CIA and the Joint Special Operations Command; the Raymond Davis affair in Pakistan; the death of Osama bin Laden; missing Libyan surface-to-air missiles after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi; classified CIA documents related to its drone program; and a SEAL Team 6 raid in Somalia.
For NBC News, Cole worked closely with Glenn Greenwald to report stories based on documents leaked by Edward Snowden and secured the only American television interview with Snowden.