# 1117. Putin is Becoming RECKLESS and DESPERATE - in a Way that Soviet Agents Were NOT!

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Podcast: [Silicon Curtain](https://stenobird.com/podcast/silicon-curtain-5936295)
Published: 2026-06-30T14:29:47+00:00
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Guest: SEAN M. WISWESSERCIA Senior Operations Officer (Ret.) / Consultant / Author and LecturerSean Wiswesser has thirty years of experience working as a national security professional with intelligence, foreign service, and defense organizations. He served on multiple overseas tours and many other deployments on temporary duty, including service in conflict zones and denied areas. He was a Chief of Station and had multiple joint-duty assignments with intelligence community partners. Sean currently consults for the Department of Defense for a number of companies, working on various programs, including weapons testing as well as intelligence support and training programs.Sean has been published with chapters in collaborative volumes with Army War College Press and Taylor and Francis (UK), as well as articles in the Journal of Small Wars and other publications. He has a column KREMLIN FILES with DC-based “The CIPHER Brief.” ----------BOOK:Tradecraft, Tactics, and Dirty Tricks: Russian intelligence and Putin’s Secret War (2026)Published by Naval Institute Press. Sean Wiswesserhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/1682476014----------LINKS:----------ARTICLES:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/06/27/russian-spies-so-reckless-says-former-cia-operative/----------ACTIVE CAMPAIGN:https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/summer-sunshine-trucks-2026-malcolm-nancehttps://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/summer-sunshine-trucks-2026-silicon-curtain----------We are raising funds for 5 of 15 Vampire DronesSilicon Curtain for Kupiansk Vampires. Dzyga’s Paw, together with Jonathan Fink, is joining forces to raise $40,000 to provide the Khartiia Brigade with Vampire Drones.https://dzygaspaw.com/silicon-curtain-for-kupiansk-vampiresThese heavy bombers are designed to destroy manpower and equipment, as wel…

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