Billy Waugh
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Oct 8, 2026
Chris WilliamsonHOST
Mm.
John KiriakouGUEST
There was a legendary CIA contractor named Billy Waugh.
John KiriakouGUEST
Billy was a, one of the most highly decorated war heroes in American history.
John KiriakouGUEST
Fought in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, doing the things that years later people don't talk about.
John KiriakouGUEST
And then, uh, he became a CIA contractor.
John KiriakouGUEST
I was, I was blessed to work with Billy Waugh in the Middle East before 9/11.
John KiriakouGUEST
We did some really fun stuff together, but the guy's legendary.
John KiriakouGUEST
Seven Purple Hearts.
speaker_7HOST
And the source material highlights one legendary operator to define this human element.
speaker_7HOST
Billy Waugh.
speaker_6HOST
Billy Waugh, the legend.
speaker_7HOST
Billy Wah is a ghost who lived in the light.
speaker_7HOST
He is the quintessential singleton.
John KiriakouGUEST
It's, it's actually quite exciting.
Julian DoreyHOST
That was Billy Waugh.
John KiriakouGUEST
Billy Waugh.
Julian DoreyHOST
Yeah.
John KiriakouGUEST
In Khartoum.
Annie JacobsenGUEST
Without having, I couldn't have written it so intensely.
Annie JacobsenGUEST
Without having, you know, spent days and weeks and weeks and weeks and weeks and months with Billy Waugh over the course of many years.
Annie JacobsenGUEST
Because I learned so much about nuclear weapons.
Annie JacobsenGUEST
Because Billy Waugh, yes, he was a singleton for the president and he did missions like conduct ISR against Osama bin Laden in Sudan nine years before anyone really even had eyes on him but the CIA because he took down terrorists like Imad Mugna, Hezbollah's master chief, because he was so involved in these singleton missions for the presidents because Billy was literally willing to do anything.
Annie JacobsenGUEST
But he also had a very secret component in his very secret life that involved nuclear weapons.
Annie JacobsenGUEST
And I'm always really curious about what it is I'm not supposed to know.
31 MINS LATER
Annie JacobsenGUEST
I mean, look, I agree with you.
Annie JacobsenGUEST
This is where it's about like personality.
Joby WarrickGUEST
And they're in these countries doing groundwork and surveillance for them.
Joby WarrickGUEST
And the most colorful of the group is a guy named Billy Waugh, who's at the time 64 years old.
Joby WarrickGUEST
Not a young guy, but he's a volunteer for this assignment working for the CIA in Africa.
Joby WarrickGUEST
and he's all full of shrapnel and lead from his multiple wounds in Vietnam, but he's raring to go to try to track down bad guys in Khartoum.