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Kevin Shipp on Candace Owens Podcast (Transcript)

Read the full transcript of former CIA officer Kevin Shipp’s interview on Candace Owens Podcast titled “Former CIA Officer Exposes The Shadow Government”. (Nov 9, 2024)

Listen to the audio version here:

TRANSCRIPT:

CANDACE OWENS: Alright, guys. You are in for a treat today. Really, actually, I’m in for a treat because you know my obsession with declassified CIA documents. Obviously, this year, I have made that book “Chaos” required reading for any person that is watching this podcast. I mean, learning the truth about the CIA, it is just it will rip you into a new reality about our government.

What is real? Operation Mockingbird, MK Ultra. Well, today, I have a guest who was in the CIA, became a whistleblower. I’m not sure how he’s alive. I’m going to ask him, but it is our great and distinct honor to welcome Kevin Shipp to the Candace Show.

KEVIN SHIPP: Thank you. Yeah. Thanks for having me.

CANDACE OWENS: I feel bad for you because this is like I’m just going to lock you in here and ask you so many questions right off the bat.

KEVIN SHIPP: That’s fine.

Becoming a CIA Analyst

CANDACE OWENS: First, let’s ask a question I think that a lot of people probably want to know, very softball question. How does one become a CIA analyst? Do they call you after you place high on your SATs?

KEVIN SHIPP: In some cases, they do. And they recruit out of some of the Ivy League colleges. In my case, I had a friend who was in there. I didn’t know it because he was undercover. He was encouraging me to put in an application and, his name is Dana. And I said, “Dana, that’s not going to happen, not with my checkered and shaded college past, but, you know, drugs and alcohol and all.” And he said, “Well, just try it anyway.”

I said, “Okay.” So I filled it out, 171, gave it to him, and just blew it off. That’s the end of that. Now I get a call. “This is Kevin Shipp.” “Yes.” “This is Mr. X at the CIA. You’ve applied for employment here.” I said, “Yeah.” He goes, “Would you like to continue with your application process?” And I said, “Sure.”

CANDACE OWENS: How old were you at the time?

KEVIN SHIPP: I was, let’s see. At that time, I was 27.

CANDACE OWENS: 27 years old.

KEVIN SHIPP: And they said, “Okay. Then we’ll continue. Thank you.” I said, “Okay. Wait till they do my background investigation, talk to my college friends.” You know? Then I get phone calls from my buddies. “Two guys in a suit knocked at our door. They’re FBI, and they’re asking questions about you.” And I’m like, “Well, surprised that didn’t happen in college,” but anyway, they weren’t FBI. They were somebody else. So I knew that they were out there checking on me, and I was still convinced, “Nah, I’ll never make it.”

And then I got another call, “Kevin Shipp. We are still interested in your application. Would you like to come into CIA headquarters for an interview?”

I was like, “Okay.” So I go to CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, walk in there into the main building. They badge me with the visitor badge. I sit there. Lady in the business suit comes out. She goes, “You come in, Shipp?” I said, “Yeah.” She goes, “Follow me.” So I go down this long corridor with combination locks and all the doors. And at the end is this one door where it’s open.

And sitting behind the desk is this silver-haired guy up in this big desk, and he’s – there’s a back where you could smoke in CIA office buildings. And he’s just chain-smoking away. And he goes, “Kevin, have a seat.” So I sit in the chair and, of course, I sunk down, you know, and so his desk is away. I’m like, “Okay. I know what’s going on here.”

He goes, “Kevin, I got one question for you.” I said, “Yes, sir.” He goes, “You ever broken the law?” Well, I’m like, “Okay. That’s the end of this.” I said, I’d become a Christian at that point, so I was, you know, I tried to tell the truth the best I could. I said, “Yes, sir. I have.” He goes, “Why don’t you tell me about it?”

So I went through this long litany of drug use and climbing to the top of radio towers and all this crazy stuff we did in college. And when I was done, I was like, “Oh, well, I told the truth.” He takes a drag off his cigarette, blows out his nose, and he goes, “I got no problem with that. You want to continue?” I’m like, “Yeah.”

So anyway, I went to the polygraph and I did the same thing in the polygraph and told them all my… Oh, wow.

CANDACE OWENS: So they immediately then take you into a polygraph?

KEVIN SHIPP: Well, it was about a month after that. They like to – they like you to stew.

CANDACE OWENS: And they’re watching you?

KEVIN SHIPP: As they’re watching you. So each interview was about almost 3 months apart for a total of 6 months.

CANDACE OWENS: Okay. And then one more question. What were you actually doing as your career at that time?

KEVIN SHIPP: I was a starving biologist. Okay. Yeah. I was a biologist. My final was in microbiology. And I decided I want to find a new career that, you know, I’m not made to be in a laboratory. So that’s why Dana had me turn in the application.

The Hiring Process

KEVIN SHIPP: And so they would call you and they’d wait 3 months to kind of let you stew, you know. And next call I get, “Kevin Shipp?” “Yeah.” “This is Mrs. X. You have made it this far in your process. Would you like to come in for a polygraph test?” I said, “Okay.” They said, “Come into headquarters such and such a time and date,” and they’ll send me to an outer building.