SPYCRAFT 101

183. My Life As a Canadian Spy with Andrew Kirsch


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Today Justin sits down with Andrew Kirsch. Andrew grew up in Toronto, Canada, and is a graduate of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. He worked as an investment advisor in London before applying for a position with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service or CCIS. He spent nearly 10 years as an intelligence officer working in several positions, including analyst, investigator, and as a special operations team leader. He now runs the Kirsch Consulting Group, a risk advisory firm based in Toronto. He's here to discuss his career, which he wrote about in his book,. Andrew's memoirs, which were published in 2022, and was the first autobiography ever written by a former CSIS employee.


Connect with Andrew:

kirschgroup.com

YouTube: youtube.com/@AS_Kirsch

Check out he book, I Was Never Here, here.

https://amzn.to/42Tcf8Q

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