Former MI6 chief predicts how the war in Ukraine will end

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  • Опубліковано 29 жов 2022
  • "Western policy is for this to end in a way that it actually has finished rather than just provided Putin with some kind of frozen conflict."
    Putin will not stop until "he is fought to a standstill", former MI6 chief Alex Younger tells #TimesRadio.
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  • @Nick-from-norfolk
    @Nick-from-norfolk Рік тому +556

    I didn’t know there was a war in Yugoslavia. I thought the country no longer existed

    • @willg3717
      @willg3717 Рік тому +146

      He probably just slipped up, but the fact nobody corrected him was a little strange.

    • @3storiesUp
      @3storiesUp Рік тому +35

      I'm pretty shocked and horrified to hear that myself .. the poor people of Yugoslavia eh ..

    • @bigsuey
      @bigsuey Рік тому +42

      Well spotted. He is showing his age.

    • @opeth84
      @opeth84 Рік тому +26

      Might be the sounds in English. All of Europe, Ukraine and Yugoslavia starts with the same sound in English..

    • @johnc2438
      @johnc2438 Рік тому +55

      5:14: The old interviewer (don't know who the Times Radio male interviewer's name) did, indeed, say Yugoslavia, which is a mistake. That's a bit odd, but it's a mistake we've all made when having conversations (no matter our age). A correction (small type at the bottom, for example) would have been nice.

  • @Robertz1986
    @Robertz1986 Рік тому +70

    5:10 "Now that we do have a terrible war going on in Yugoslavia" I must be out of the loop.

    • @ariochiv
      @ariochiv Рік тому +10

      Ukraine, Yugoslavia... whatever, right? :D

    • @Wick9876
      @Wick9876 Рік тому +1

      Ukraine is primarily a Slavic nation and generally southwest of the largest Slavic population so calling them Yugoslavia... Yeah, nah.

    • @pedroprague
      @pedroprague Рік тому

      @@ariochiv Unfortunately this is how many see it ;( As someone who has born in Czechoslovakia, and live very near Ukrainian border I have meet many of such comments/mistakes in my life.

    • @liveandinstereo
      @liveandinstereo Рік тому +4

      At least he didn't say Czeckoslovakia 😄

    • @michelblanchet142
      @michelblanchet142 Рік тому +8

      No need for secure transmissions with such a journalist....he is already self encrypted

  • @markmongan
    @markmongan Рік тому +112

    As a locksmith I was taught that locks don't keep people out, they only slow them down. As security advances so does antisecurity.

    • @gabrielecarbone8235
      @gabrielecarbone8235 Рік тому +3

      so why are you still in business?

    • @lovelybitofbugle6762
      @lovelybitofbugle6762 Рік тому +15

      @@gabrielecarbone8235 I don't think you fully understand the analogy 😉

    • @TalkingToLeedskalnin
      @TalkingToLeedskalnin Рік тому +4

      @@gabrielecarbone8235 Because the odds still work, that's why.

    • @gabrielecarbone8235
      @gabrielecarbone8235 Рік тому +6

      @@TalkingToLeedskalnin that's why you don't get peace by disarming, but by defending yourself with better weapons. And in Ukraine situation doesn't seem to be working that bad against the supposed second best army in the world

    • @tad2ik
      @tad2ik Рік тому +4

      True. Every time I locked myself out at home I got there eventually

  • @karynkeenan7339
    @karynkeenan7339 Рік тому +68

    refreshing to hear intelligent, open ended questions, clearly articulated explanations, polite discourse.

    • @stallsonpurpose
      @stallsonpurpose Рік тому

      here here!

    • @rcpmac
      @rcpmac Рік тому

      I hear intelligent, open ended questions, clearly articulated explanations, and polite discourse all the time.

  • @michaelsaunders4660
    @michaelsaunders4660 Рік тому +84

    "Now that there is a terrible war going on in Yugoslavia:" (at 5:15). Gosh, here I thought it was in Ukraine!

    • @K1RTB
      @K1RTB Рік тому +12

      His brain briefly went back to 1991.

    • @geoffreycodnett6570
      @geoffreycodnett6570 Рік тому +6

      I thought I misheard because no one commented! Proves I can hear thankfully.

    • @juanmontoya6622
      @juanmontoya6622 Рік тому +12

      He has been hanging out with Biden and Fetterman.😂🤣

    • @NickvonZ
      @NickvonZ Рік тому +5

      Thank you! I caught that as well and thought I must've missed some BIG news.

    • @glenchapman3899
      @glenchapman3899 Рік тому +3

      @@geoffreycodnett6570 My exact reaction as well lol

  • @mkdy218
    @mkdy218 Рік тому +327

    We need more interviews like this, from people that are measured, articulate and knowledgeable. Thanks TR and Mr Younger

    • @stoicsceptic8420
      @stoicsceptic8420 Рік тому +4

      Measured . 😂

    • @xvsupremacy7190
      @xvsupremacy7190 Рік тому

      Too right, John Sawyer and Alex Younger were ignored in favour of daft Fiona Hill. Who was so arrogant she said as a Russian expert she knew how Putin would think and cat totally 💯. If the BBC had asked these intelligent people prior and Professor John Mearschiemer, it wouldn’t have degenerated to this level.

    • @algomaone121
      @algomaone121 Рік тому +9

      This man is a master of extending sentences into a fine word salad. He could have reduced everything unique he said into two minutes.

    • @stephennewton2777
      @stephennewton2777 Рік тому +8

      @@algomaone121 Clearly he was unable to dumb it down to the point where you could understand both the underlying and nuanced content of his replies.
      The rest of us were fine.

    • @MySelf-mg5oq
      @MySelf-mg5oq Рік тому

      I LOVE YOU. It must be wonderful being you. Mwah!

  • @thestraightroad305
    @thestraightroad305 Рік тому +57

    “This is an opportunity for the West to remember what it’s for…” words to remember. Again, thank you Sir Alex Younger and Times Radio.

    • @billy6pack887
      @billy6pack887 Рік тому

      Putin will never lose the land he took. Mark these words.

    • @ennediend2865
      @ennediend2865 Рік тому +2

      FULLY AGREED 👍 👍 👍

    • @valuggel8972
      @valuggel8972 Рік тому +2

      Like colonization and genocides🥳

    • @thescholiast5118
      @thescholiast5118 Рік тому

      The sooner you realise that the West has been and still continues to be a greater plague on the rest of the world than Russia or China has EVER been, the sooner you can reinvent yourself.
      The geopolitics are shifting and the West is losing EVERYWHERE.
      Asia, Africa and Latin America.
      Soon the penguins and polar bears will begin throwing you guys out.

    • @ennediend2865
      @ennediend2865 9 місяців тому

      ​​​@@valuggel8972
      Thanks for reminding us what Pootin is doing in Ukraine👍
      Playing Little Stalin in 2023💀

  • @SylvainDuford
    @SylvainDuford Рік тому +69

    "We don't do propaganda." That's the funniest thing I've heard in a while.

    • @normanboyes4983
      @normanboyes4983 Рік тому +7

      He was talking about UK Gov not silver foil pointy hat wearing Americans.

    • @lunachu8691
      @lunachu8691 Рік тому +13

      He said they don’t do ‘misinformation’. Propaganda doesn’t have to be a lie.

    • @kevanbodsworth9868
      @kevanbodsworth9868 Рік тому

      @@lunachu8691 In strict sense of a lie being misleading it is a lie, If you tell only one side which is itself true ,but it then becomes nuanced with the whole truth it is deception and that is a lie, Deliberate incomplete truth is a a lie,..

    • @no-xr8wv
      @no-xr8wv Рік тому

      @@normanboyes4983 And he's full of BS. If you buy it, your skull is probably full of the same lol

    • @normanboyes4983
      @normanboyes4983 Рік тому

      @@no-xr8wv Thank you for your well considered and erudite opinion.

  • @thegsdthatisdax1462
    @thegsdthatisdax1462 Рік тому +700

    As a cyber security engineer it’s refreshing to hear actual cyber security terminology used in the right context as well!!

    • @normarojo5834
      @normarojo5834 Рік тому

      Everyone is being spy by Israel.

    • @davidhaney1394
      @davidhaney1394 Рік тому +7

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @kipsalviv5742
      @kipsalviv5742 Рік тому

      Cyber security is fine untill it's turned off💥at the rate we are going George Bush,s statement in the Iraq war ( illegal invasion) was along the lines of " play ball or we will bomb you back to the stone age. Putin was provoked by the west slinging stones at him and I think if we don't compromise we will all be living in the stone age .

    • @cathalmccionnaith8268
      @cathalmccionnaith8268 Рік тому

      What.... Like when a former head of MI6 states they don't undertake misinformation as tool for themselves.... Now that's excellent comedy and total misinformation in itself....more MSM nonsense, facilitated by those complicit in perpetual war and conflict.... Pathetic analysis yet again...

    • @michaeldebellis4202
      @michaeldebellis4202 Рік тому +43

      I’m a computer scientist but not a security expert, but I completely agree. This was so much better than most discussions on the topic. Also, just in general this reminds me of the times I had long term work assignments in the UK (I’m from the US) and what a pleasure it was to watch the political discourse there, where people talked intelligently and journalists actually asked good follow up questions that were challenging yet respectful.

  • @ToxicGopher
    @ToxicGopher Рік тому +78

    Man, I wish all interviews could be of this quality.

    • @rogerburn5132
      @rogerburn5132 Рік тому +3

      You mean this BS propaganda. 😀😀

    • @vinniebarbarino-1
      @vinniebarbarino-1 Рік тому +4

      the guys is clearly lying through his teeth.

    • @rogerburn5132
      @rogerburn5132 Рік тому +1

      @@vinniebarbarino-1 This is The purpose of MI6 Lying about everything. Remember the "" SADAM Weapons of Mass Destruction "" that SADAM actually Never had. So the US and Britain could start the War in Iraq and take Iraqi oil.

    • @camillep9346
      @camillep9346 Рік тому

      And don’t we wish all Senior level negotiations were of this calibre….

  • @cheesepuff455
    @cheesepuff455 Рік тому +5

    Of course we don't do mis-information🤣🤣🤣

    • @cheesepuff455
      @cheesepuff455 Рік тому +3

      He's litetally laughing whilst pouring it on🤣

  • @darrenclarke3677
    @darrenclarke3677 Рік тому +9

    We need more people like this in positions of high importance.....people on merit nothing less

  • @gnolan4281
    @gnolan4281 Рік тому +428

    Wow, Sir Alex Younger what a brain. He answers questions not by evading, deflecting and pivoting but by providing a broader perspective and context from which to contemplate the issues involved such as cellular and internet connectivity. I'm impressed with his economy of speech which retains that element of humanity we regard as the essence of our nature. No wonder he was the head of MI6.

    • @johnwright9372
      @johnwright9372 Рік тому +19

      He didn't become head of MI6 without knowing his business.

    • @gdwnet
      @gdwnet Рік тому +21

      He is also spot on with is comments on IT security. Impressive guy.

    • @gnolan4281
      @gnolan4281 Рік тому +8

      @@johnwright9372 I'm not even British and had never heard of him.

    • @JohnSmith-mk4nf
      @JohnSmith-mk4nf Рік тому +8

      Reminds me of what we used to say to email users for 20 years. If you don't know who an unsolicited email is from, just delete it.

    • @debbiegamon1232
      @debbiegamon1232 Рік тому +9

      I think he is exceedingly focused, articulate and spot on rather than or not only as a result of giving some broad context. A man whose analysis has been part of an operation based, not only on speed and accuracy, but honesty. I hope. Very good to listen to this man.

  • @lexas1
    @lexas1 Рік тому +524

    This guy gives me hope that there are people in positions of influence who are not idiots.

    • @xelamas1able
      @xelamas1able Рік тому

      Hahaa! This guy basically stated that MI6 Good and doesn't Lie and Russia bad and it does Lie!
      The guy is a political stooge!

    • @goodwork887
      @goodwork887 Рік тому +10

      He's retired

    • @gen21617
      @gen21617 Рік тому +20

      Yes, it's his job to be convincing, retired or not. He would have been part of the organisation that authored the dodgy dossier 🤥. That should hold some weight in your mind as to the veracity of any statement he might make. 😉👍

    • @williamjackson5942
      @williamjackson5942 Рік тому +12

      @@gen21617 What are you on about?

    • @smr4712
      @smr4712 Рік тому

      they are super idiots and cowards the mi6

  • @KogetoMusic
    @KogetoMusic Рік тому +29

    I love how civilized the English are. When the interviewer made the Yugoslavia mistake, chief knew what he actually meant, didn't fret about it, kept a straight face and explains along like nothing happened @5:10

    • @stevenamato6289
      @stevenamato6289 Рік тому

      SO SO TRUE. Like I said the 2 most corrupt governments. Day after day yby we are around the world starting our proxy wars putting the people that we want in office in other countries. We deserve all that comes our way.

    • @whiteonggoy7009
      @whiteonggoy7009 Рік тому +3

      Keep calm carry on

    • @ennediend2865
      @ennediend2865 9 місяців тому

      No mistake : Ethnic cleansing by Serbia , alias "Little Russia" !! ☠

  • @jeebusk
    @jeebusk Рік тому +3

    They're literally staring down at a script

  • @randhirbains9428
    @randhirbains9428 Рік тому +34

    He said we operationalize the truth. Now that’s a whopper if I ever heard one!

    • @stephennewton2777
      @stephennewton2777 Рік тому +7

      You’ve clearly been wearing a bucket for the last 8 months if you’ve not seen that happening. It is clearly a contributing factor in Russia’s humiliation in Ukraine.

    • @NoNameToYou
      @NoNameToYou Рік тому

      @@stephennewton2777 how does that boot taste?

  • @COM70
    @COM70 Рік тому +337

    The UK is lucky to have people of this man’s caliber.

    • @classifiedtopsecret4664
      @classifiedtopsecret4664 Рік тому +42

      @@mariogmajner6549 possibly because they didn't blow up the pipeline.

    • @stevenmartin8828
      @stevenmartin8828 Рік тому +1

      @@mariogmajner6549 👈🤡 Because Russia did it you 🤡

    • @psy-op
      @psy-op Рік тому +3

      Fool

    • @COM70
      @COM70 Рік тому +2

      @@classifiedtopsecret4664 most likely.

    • @COM70
      @COM70 Рік тому +26

      @@mariogmajner6549 the more interesting question is why is Putins Regime unequivocally accusing the Uk of all countries ? And without presenting any credible evidence to back it up ? The second question is easier.

  • @beamer.electronics
    @beamer.electronics Рік тому +47

    Blimey, this was one of the most intelligent interviews I've ever heard - well done to all three of you and your support. The world has got to be a better place with people of this calibre.

    • @Eventual-Visitor
      @Eventual-Visitor Рік тому

      I see you loved the way he lied and propagandized. Must be that affected posh US lackey accent.

    • @dennishassler605
      @dennishassler605 Рік тому

      It appears America is dumbing down its agencies - our quality need to be uncompromising at the top and the principles need to be focused on the "win"; not on politics. America isn't achieving anymore - time to return to excellence!

    • @dessmith7658
      @dessmith7658 8 місяців тому

      er okay

  • @nterry894100
    @nterry894100 Рік тому +2

    What a sharp and clear mind.

  • @richie7425
    @richie7425 Рік тому +230

    This guy makes me more confident about top level attitudes to device security. Nothing is secure!

    • @Wirmish
      @Wirmish Рік тому

      If he speak freely.. then it's propaganda.

    • @stinkymccheese8010
      @stinkymccheese8010 Рік тому +4

      Don’t get ahead of yourself, it only counts if people listen and follow through with his advice.

    • @mariogmajner6549
      @mariogmajner6549 Рік тому +2

      @@stinkymccheese8010 He denied Britain blew up the pipeline lol

    • @xinniethep00h
      @xinniethep00h Рік тому +13

      @@mariogmajner6549 where’s the proof they had anything to do with it

    • @richie7425
      @richie7425 Рік тому

      @@mariogmajner6549 Ok Russian bot go spread your bs elsewhere.

  • @Michaelw777.52
    @Michaelw777.52 Рік тому +267

    This was a superior educative moment by someone who actually knows what he's talking about. I really like how he cogently corrected false assumptions. Very well done.

    • @SeekTruthinLight
      @SeekTruthinLight Рік тому +4

      Lol

    • @eltiburonson
      @eltiburonson Рік тому +5

      Propaganda but in the opposite way

    • @livmurray1958
      @livmurray1958 Рік тому +4

      Well we are listening to our Special Intelligence of the MI-6 nothing more to add, end ov.

    • @jordane5150
      @jordane5150 Рік тому +8

      I concur, as a fellow erudite individual, I simultaneously reveled in the elevated pedagogical nature of this discursive vocalisation, and admired how he coherently amended erroneous preconceptions in a manner most elucidating. Tremendously aptly performed.
      T. society of very clever people

    • @sheerluckholmes7720
      @sheerluckholmes7720 Рік тому +3

      @@jordane5150 🤣...👍 thank you for OPERATIONALIZING the TRUTH 🙃 When ideas fail and words flail, MI6 can fix.

  • @xtcalexxtc
    @xtcalexxtc Рік тому +28

    I have met Alex Younger, really nice and highly intelligent guy.
    It’s very reassuring when you meet/listen to these people who have such a huge amount of responsibility attached to their roles. Few know what they do, but it has a massive impact on ensuring the security of our nation.

    • @PathosConsultingGroup
      @PathosConsultingGroup Рік тому

      he’s wrong about secure phones though.

    • @xtcalexxtc
      @xtcalexxtc Рік тому

      @@PathosConsultingGroup What part?

    • @PathosConsultingGroup
      @PathosConsultingGroup Рік тому

      @@xtcalexxtc The idea that there’s no such thing as a secure cell phone. US govt has them, they run on private networks

    • @xtcalexxtc
      @xtcalexxtc Рік тому +1

      @@PathosConsultingGroup Yep, as do British Gov. Those pieces of kit are very specialised and not officially available to the general public though. Also, if the technology was to fall into the wrong hands, then the whole system could be compromised pretty easily

    • @piruz3243
      @piruz3243 Рік тому

      @@PathosConsultingGroup
      He is correct in principle though. Any network, even a non-computerized network, is only as secure as its weakest link. It'd be foolhardy to think that any network is 100% secure. Once a hacker gets his/her hand on one of those phones, it can be used as a node from which to attack the whole system as @DervelCadarn 1 pointed out.

  • @bigmaryhelen
    @bigmaryhelen Рік тому +42

    Did Adam Boulton just say "the war in Yugoslavia"? Not only the wrong war, in the wrong decade, but a country that no longer exists. Nice to see he's on top of his game and really knows what's going on in the world.

    • @DalsPhotography
      @DalsPhotography Рік тому +3

      Thank you for this comment ! Upon listening I was thinking , what??? War where??? Geezz how did the journalist made this mistake! Thank you again!!!

    • @Grace.allovertheplace
      @Grace.allovertheplace Рік тому +2

      I just wrote this:
      “*5:13* I hope this was mistake by the host: *Now when there’s a terrible war going on in Yugoslavia…* It have to have been. Because Yugoslavia is not in existence today. History in school, and in books are the few contexts I can come up with who’d partially use it, I write partially, because they’d write *former Yugoslavia* as far as I’m concerned, but I can b wrong.
      With kindness and respect, Grace “

  • @jameshegel1324
    @jameshegel1324 Рік тому +81

    “We don’t do disinformation, we operationalize the truth.”
    Priceless.
    Iraq War WMD, eh?

    • @RazorMouth
      @RazorMouth Рік тому

      That was the US and CIA to be fair.
      The UK was fooled into that war.

    • @iainhunneybell
      @iainhunneybell Рік тому +14

      Ah, so it was YOU that actually knew that Saddam’s misinformation was indeed misinformation. Clearly their error not to consult you and your superior knowledge

    • @gerhardbenade5869
      @gerhardbenade5869 Рік тому

      @@iainhunneybell And you just can't admit that MI6 and the CIA fabricated the evidence for WMD's in Iraq and lied sbout it causing a war resulting in a million deaths

    • @reyd1647
      @reyd1647 Рік тому +3

      Where/how did the UK gorvernment used propaganda during the war in Ukraine? Like actual propaganda?
      Genuinely curious :)

    • @bszlado3703
      @bszlado3703 Рік тому

      @@reyd1647 whenever they talk about it... :(

  • @viveviveka2651
    @viveviveka2651 Рік тому +7

    Good perspectives. Thanks for having him on.

  • @schoppepetzer9267
    @schoppepetzer9267 Рік тому +24

    "We're operationalizing the truth: We're not doing all the baddy things, we're honest men" 😂😂😂😂 Yeah....of course

    • @aliceinabsentia
      @aliceinabsentia Рік тому +2

      Operationalizing the truth ! Brilliant 🤣🤣🤣

  • @jeff6899
    @jeff6899 Рік тому +44

    Terrific, informative, high-caliber interview ! Loved the interviewee's measured, thoughtful, in depth responses !

    • @davidadamson9105
      @davidadamson9105 Рік тому

      He failed to explain each terrorist attack Anglish planed and executed against Russia, through vile UkroNazia.

    • @ruan13o
      @ruan13o Рік тому

      Can't say the same about the interviewer who can't distinguish between Ukraine where there is a war and Yugoslavia which doesn't even exist as a country anymore!

    • @michaelmappin1830
      @michaelmappin1830 Рік тому +1

      God, Supermarket tabloids are more believable and far more entertaining.

  • @antonytompkins5486
    @antonytompkins5486 Рік тому +81

    Isn’t it so good to hear intelligent people talk about such important issues it’s a shame our MP’s in office are not that knowledgable… thank you great interview

    • @hayleydryden8358
      @hayleydryden8358 Рік тому +2

      Because government work for W. E. F..

    • @chrisgreene2623
      @chrisgreene2623 Рік тому

      Unfortunately , I did not hear one. What I heard was a charlatan attempting to sound objective with analysis but in the end was propagating propaganda for the naive

    • @Falconer710
      @Falconer710 Рік тому

      Government works for the elite plain and simple us ants 🐜 are just porns I’m sick of it !

    • @GLYDR
      @GLYDR Рік тому

      @@hayleydryden8358 Citation needed

    • @diversivolent
      @diversivolent Рік тому

      ​@@hayleydryden8358 Get a brain please.

  • @Lost-In-Blank
    @Lost-In-Blank Рік тому +123

    Alex Younger, a really excellent guest with a lot of information that he presented concisely ! An excellent choice of guests.

    • @jetli740
      @jetli740 Рік тому

      listen carefully 7:00 he is ignorance to mention we uk dont do disinformation, we the UK are the pioneer in disinformation since ww2: srch OPERATION MINCEMEAT

    • @PeterbFree
      @PeterbFree Рік тому

      A lot of complexity false information. MWD’s in Iraq turned up yet, 1 million dead Iraqis later?

  • @BRMCaptChaos
    @BRMCaptChaos Рік тому +7

    Superb interview, this is both reassuring and interesting.

    • @PeterbFree
      @PeterbFree Рік тому

      And completely dishonest 👍

  • @coachafella
    @coachafella Рік тому +63

    Very solid, balanced perspective and insights from someone who knows what he's talking about. Thank you.

    • @8_x_9.
      @8_x_9. Рік тому +2

      Well yes. Mi6 guy is very intelligent & trained politically what to say or not.
      The truths are btw the lines? 😎🙃🙂😂🤔😏

    • @coachafella
      @coachafella Рік тому

      @@8_x_9. Agree. He was very good at walking the tightrope of what to say with confidence, emphasizing the key points of a reasoned perspective, and not speculating about what can't be known or predicted right now.

    • @PeterbFree
      @PeterbFree Рік тому

      Yes one has to really understand the kind of lies one is spreading to be this articulate 👍

  • @alzeNL
    @alzeNL Рік тому +23

    thanks for this excellent interview

  • @TheEvertw
    @TheEvertw Рік тому +10

    "There is no such thing as a fully secure device that is connected to the internet"
    This man knows what he is talking about.

    • @geetee2694
      @geetee2694 Рік тому +1

      Even it's not connected, you can still gain info from it.

    • @TheEvertw
      @TheEvertw Рік тому

      @@geetee2694 Exactly. This is why the Dutch elections went from all-electronic to all-paper. It was discovered that while the voting devices were air-gapped, you could still infer a person's choice from the electro-magnetic radiation it emitted.
      So now, instead of having the result within an hour of the closing of the voting stations, we know the outcome the next morning. But the confidentiality of the vote is guaranteed.

  • @midknightgeek6629
    @midknightgeek6629 Рік тому +2

    Turned it off when he said the UK doesn't do disinformation.

  • @NiklasAndersson7
    @NiklasAndersson7 Рік тому +70

    The most interesting interview I have seen here on Times Radio this far. Thanks! This MI6 guy was very interesting listening to.

    • @normarojo5834
      @normarojo5834 Рік тому

      The sap waiting for UK to get nuke?.

    • @MrAvant123
      @MrAvant123 Рік тому

      Because they arent just politicians or civil servants, they are some of the most mentally agile people in our society !

    • @boknow5506
      @boknow5506 Рік тому

      Thought it was my five not six but by the way not that my six it's not good it is and it's not the only one

    • @jetli740
      @jetli740 Рік тому

      so you like to listen to lie?
      7:00 we dont do disinformation but you dont know Uk is the pioneer in disinformation since ww2 srch OPERATION MINCEMEAT

    • @MrAvant123
      @MrAvant123 Рік тому

      @@jetli740 Operation mincemeat was part of a piece of military strategy in a war where surprise surprise we were allies with Russia. I hope you are not comparing this mis information with 20 years of state sponsored brainwashing by Russian STATE CONTROLLED media !

  • @ManelvisSoares
    @ManelvisSoares Рік тому +40

    There is no way anyone can predict how this war will end the gravity of the situation is tremendous

    • @RoswellJazzFestival
      @RoswellJazzFestival Рік тому +12

      Actually, anyone can indeed predict how this war will end . . . but only some of those predictions may come true. ;-)

    • @seanohare5488
      @seanohare5488 Рік тому

      I agree

    • @scottsammons737
      @scottsammons737 Рік тому

      @@RoswellJazzFestival very easy to predict outcome Russia is & well absolutely crush Ukraine, If people would study history they would realize this was always going to be the outcome but people are too thick to do this

    • @Leitosssssss
      @Leitosssssss Рік тому +2

      @@scottsammons737 Which part of history "predicts" such outcome? :D

    • @carlflaherty2215
      @carlflaherty2215 Рік тому +1

      @@scottsammons737 I cannot see how that happens.
      Yes, Russia may eventually win this (doubtful), but the costs of this conflict have made Russia far weaker overall.
      The lasting costs will also prevent Russia from ever recovering.

  • @c.a.savage5689
    @c.a.savage5689 Рік тому +2

    I am impressed. An articulate, thoughtful analysis. No fluff. No thrice repeated talking points and circular thinking. The American news channels should take note.

  • @user-le5rs5vv6i
    @user-le5rs5vv6i Рік тому +1

    What does "operationalising the truth" mean?

  • @ericjames9475
    @ericjames9475 Рік тому +6

    Wow.Not a word wasted.Super intelligent and eloquent.

  • @lunes-1
    @lunes-1 Рік тому +8

    Great video, keep it up 🕊️🇬🇧🕊️.

  • @Maclabhruinn
    @Maclabhruinn Рік тому +14

    In the welter of talking heads opining about the war, you occassionally find a commentator who clearly stands head and shoulders above the others in wisdom and insight. Younger is one such authority. Immense knowledge and experience combined with balance, and just the right degree of caution/realpolitik in his assessments.

  • @funlegomathteachathome1256
    @funlegomathteachathome1256 Рік тому +1

    Thank you MI6, certain to get the truth from MI6. They have never lied before. Sending love. Go truckers and railway workers. Cleveland

  • @cl4re4d4ms
    @cl4re4d4ms Рік тому +11

    Threat, vulnerability, risk are all different but related concepts, often used interchangeably in normal life but with distinct meanings in cyber security.

  • @johnnog1969
    @johnnog1969 Рік тому +74

    This was an excellent piece of journalism, good questions to a person who really knows what he’s talking about. I don’t know why we can’t see this kind of content on mainstream TV.

    • @endintiers
      @endintiers Рік тому +6

      Because the viewers would hate it. Their attention span is around 140 characters.

    • @benewgillian6823
      @benewgillian6823 Рік тому

      Because mainstream TV medias are totally controled by the corrupt elites themselves..They lie to you and It's only pure propaganda..

    • @danielbell8679
      @danielbell8679 Рік тому +2

      The facts from USA Corporate News; ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

    • @aboutmyfathersbusiness3764
      @aboutmyfathersbusiness3764 Рік тому +1

      @@endintiers Exactly

    • @helenamcginty4920
      @helenamcginty4920 Рік тому +2

      @@danielbell8679 as opposed to the truth according to Putin?

  • @jimspencer3072
    @jimspencer3072 Рік тому +2

    Weapons of Mass Destruction, I remember that one

  • @musshare
    @musshare Рік тому +1

    More discussions like this should be shared.

  • @thethinkingcatakaneonormie3527
    @thethinkingcatakaneonormie3527 Рік тому +20

    I have to say I really like this times stuff just wish you had a recorded stream with chapters as I like listening when I'm at work

    • @bellakrinkle9381
      @bellakrinkle9381 Рік тому

      What disturbs me most, is why the US Corporate Media always dresses their female news announcers as big, grown up DOLLS. This is how they prefer Women to be seen. ROFL

  • @jacquelinewalters2706
    @jacquelinewalters2706 Рік тому +16

    Respect for Sir Alex Younger! I appreciate his broad perspective. We need to hear more from him. Thanks for the interview.

  • @TuxedoMaskMusic
    @TuxedoMaskMusic Рік тому +1

    2:44 HOLY CRUD! AN HONEST ANSWER?!
    I did not expect such an honest and integral answer as a person who has hacked every device they can get their hands on for many years I cant help but appreciate this mans integrity.

  • @marktodd6748
    @marktodd6748 Рік тому +1

    Wonderful interview thank you.

  • @donaldmac1250
    @donaldmac1250 Рік тому +6

    "we dont do disinformation....we only tell the truth"....ha ha ha

  • @RudoZavala
    @RudoZavala Рік тому +37

    "We don't do disinformation what we do is operationalizing the truth" Lol!

    • @msms7434
      @msms7434 Рік тому +11

      1) Weapons of mass destruction
      2) chemical weapons
      3) human shields
      "We don't do disinformation"
      And I'm a pink unicorn

    • @sylviam6535
      @sylviam6535 Рік тому

      Intelligence services are basically professional liars, just like politicians.

    • @juliuscaesarsimp3430
      @juliuscaesarsimp3430 Рік тому +2

      I'd love to have a conversation with everyday people who believe that

    • @ladderssnakes1755
      @ladderssnakes1755 Рік тому

      Yiddery

    • @BendyLemmy
      @BendyLemmy Рік тому +2

      Funny to hear him say 'we don't do disinformation'. What else could he say?
      He certainly looks like an honest guy - the most dangerous kind, but good for Britain for sure ;)

  • @jonestowne5920
    @jonestowne5920 Рік тому +2

    The guiltily never admit they have committed the crime of blowing up the pipe line,

  • @judithcampbell1705
    @judithcampbell1705 Рік тому +2

    Thank you so very much Sir for your excellent knowledge. Very much appreciated 🙏

    • @eddykelly4082
      @eddykelly4082 4 місяці тому

      Another sadly twisted one way expressed by a person who is just as brainwashed, as the people who regard him as an expert on this complex subject. I would like to know where his idea that the Russians want all of Ukraine. This conflict arose to prevent NATO, ergo the USA, putting missiles along their border. Nothing else. Would the USA allow China to operate within Mexico? Missiles on the Mexican border with America. I don't think so.

  • @ari-cowan
    @ari-cowan Рік тому +3

    Superbly done. Thank you.

  • @janicebrowningaquino792
    @janicebrowningaquino792 Рік тому +16

    So insightful a discussion-thank you!!

  • @stevehurrell651
    @stevehurrell651 Рік тому +1

    An enlightening moment: "We dont do misinformation, they do"

  • @luminyam6145
    @luminyam6145 2 місяці тому

    That was a fascinating interview, thank you. I can't tell you how much I am enjoying these different points of view. Just excellent.

  • @johngodbey2365
    @johngodbey2365 Рік тому +291

    This was a lucid and informative interview. The woman asked insightful questions and demonstrated a presence that was very impressive. She hit the mark each time with a response that furthered the guest's reasoning and allowed him to expand his remarks. The MI-6 head was nuanced and made a great point about the purpose of intelligence.

    • @PB111627
      @PB111627 Рік тому +18

      Is it my imagination or did this guy seriously say that they do not do misinformation. That in itself is misinformation. Does he really think that we are all like you?

    • @sheerluckholmes7720
      @sheerluckholmes7720 Рік тому +13

      Absolutely 😍"We don't do misinformation,what we do is OPERATIONALIZING the TRUTH"...when too much nuance is never enough. 🤧

    • @derivativeshort
      @derivativeshort Рік тому +1

      They're just "staging the Tel Aviv narrative" for DIPSHITS to "take as their miserable misinformed gospel"
      😂😂😂

    • @CarolReidCA
      @CarolReidCA Рік тому +9

      It's a propaganda piece.

    • @waynepower4580
      @waynepower4580 Рік тому +3

      @@PB111627 "Operation Mincemeat", anyone?

  • @skymonster92
    @skymonster92 Рік тому +4

    Thank you to the random Times Radio techie for fixing the audio issues which plagued earlier videos.

  • @wernerengel4919
    @wernerengel4919 Рік тому +4

    It’s a pity we don’t have people of the calibre of Sir Alex Younger running this world.

  • @lesleyavabillings9735
    @lesleyavabillings9735 Рік тому +1

    This was a very interesting interview. Thank you.

  • @williamkennedy5492
    @williamkennedy5492 Рік тому +3

    A Clear and concise overview, i thank you.

  • @murrayeldred3563
    @murrayeldred3563 Рік тому +56

    Always very informative listening to him.

    • @samcarena4702
      @samcarena4702 Рік тому

      Really I find him completely idiotic

    • @julianpetkov8320
      @julianpetkov8320 Рік тому

      Yep, thanks to the MI6, I know for certain that Russia ran out of missiles in February, been running out of them every other day, and that USUK's pet Junta in Kiev is at the gates of Moscow.

    • @Maggie.s.p.242
      @Maggie.s.p.242 Рік тому +1

      @@julianpetkov8320 Du langweiler. copy paste comment.

    • @julianpetkov8320
      @julianpetkov8320 Рік тому

      @@Maggie.s.p.242 It is called - a reply, and when the comments get repetitively disingenuous, a repetitive reply is in order.
      Argue the substance not the delivery style.

  • @pariswoodard8672
    @pariswoodard8672 Рік тому +1

    The BBC reported in 2003 that in retirement, Hewitt was granted the rank of major which was "in line with common army practice

  • @lilspeth
    @lilspeth 11 місяців тому +1

    Thank you for the excellent informative interview.

  • @noahschmartz2354
    @noahschmartz2354 Рік тому +37

    A very genuine, reassuring and likeable guy imo.

    • @briancarno8837
      @briancarno8837 Рік тому

      yeah just the guy you need if there is a bridge used by civilians you want bombed

  • @Look58
    @Look58 Рік тому +45

    "We -MI6- don't do disinformation, we operationalise the truth" .. .. 😅😂🤣🤣🤣

    • @dwalden3361
      @dwalden3361 Рік тому +3

      So does the CIA 😂😂😂

    • @vsezaquilt
      @vsezaquilt Рік тому +3

      also picked up on that. Sure, pure clean truth

    • @111genti
      @111genti Рік тому +4

      Well yes but for even more laugh read the comments 🤯

    • @jean-paulbligny4887
      @jean-paulbligny4887 Рік тому +5

      Noticed this one as well. Very good one.
      "Believe me I'm from the Intelligence"
      "Believe me I'm a journalist"

    • @astromags584
      @astromags584 Рік тому

      Spooks are professional lairs that's what they do.😎🤓

  • @shuddupeyaface
    @shuddupeyaface Рік тому +1

    Thank goodness for those that have the wits about them to care and keep everybody safe.

  • @calebfranks3903
    @calebfranks3903 Рік тому

    Thank you sir

  • @TjakaErasmus
    @TjakaErasmus Рік тому +10

    Fighting Putin is less expensive than not fighting Putin 👌

  • @ericaward702
    @ericaward702 Рік тому +3

    Thank you so much for this incredibly insightful interview!!!!!!!!!

  • @jamiemorris6127
    @jamiemorris6127 Рік тому +52

    The hosts asked him the same question repeatedly. His answer was the same each time. Were they not listening or did they want a different answer?

    • @MLB9000
      @MLB9000 Рік тому +3

      The questions are all written before the interview starts. The 'hosts' don't need to listen to the answers, they only need to be able to read an autocue.

    • @crinolynneendymion8755
      @crinolynneendymion8755 Рік тому +15

      @el diamante Who are you? More like some some q-anon conspiracy apologists looking for his shadow and scared to find it.

    • @crinolynneendymion8755
      @crinolynneendymion8755 Рік тому +12

      I don't think you were watching the same video as the rest of us.

    • @caeruleusvm7621
      @caeruleusvm7621 Рік тому +2

      @@crinolynneendymion8755 You're not kidding. It often amazes me how people want to comment on content that they clearly have been paying very little attention to. (Or perhaps don't have the intelligence to understand?)

    • @8_x_9.
      @8_x_9. Рік тому

      An MI 6 can hold a line of thought no matter how many questions are there.
      Always give the right answeres. 🤔😏😂

  • @mikaham681
    @mikaham681 Рік тому +2

    Way impressed with Alex Younger! The UK is in good hands with people of his competence and integrity.

  • @johnsycamnias1780
    @johnsycamnias1780 Рік тому +9

    It would be very interesting to hear if this group could have the same discussion in another few months.

  • @sobosol2013
    @sobosol2013 Рік тому +5

    Why can't we have someone like this as pm?

  • @dnmurphy48
    @dnmurphy48 Рік тому +55

    Management of risk. This guy knows what he is talking about and is quite correct.

    • @normarojo5834
      @normarojo5834 Рік тому +1

      This guy is waiting to get nuke?. The British are doing great destroying themselves and EU.

    • @briancarno8837
      @briancarno8837 Рік тому +1

      thats what angela Merkel said when the US hacked her phone

  • @stephen2975
    @stephen2975 Рік тому +2

    Why couldn't the West agree to Ukraine being neutral? This one issue would have made a big difference!

  • @1980Empirical
    @1980Empirical Рік тому +1

    Pray for Yugoslavia 🙏

  • @FritzElfert
    @FritzElfert Рік тому +13

    5:14 "A terrible war going on in Yugoslavia" ?! What?

  • @stoltmain123
    @stoltmain123 Рік тому +3

    Scot riter speaks the real truth .

  • @Essesurveillance
    @Essesurveillance Рік тому

    TY

  • @robertwittjr1198
    @robertwittjr1198 Рік тому +1

    0:30 those are the biggest headphones i have ever seen.

  • @LAPinot
    @LAPinot Рік тому +4

    🇺🇸,hello from orlando florida, nice segment very informative!

  • @jerryholdcroft4607
    @jerryholdcroft4607 Рік тому +10

    What a fantastically refreshing interview!, unsullied by any media sensationalism or emotively driven fact twisting, which always seems to be the norm for what they feed us these days. Everything made sense, the seemingly alarming (now perfectly explained) disclosure of much that is known about the Russian forces and their dodgy outdated and malfunctioning equipment. The reality of, previously assumed, impregnable cyber security based on sheer ignorance of such matters and the desperate need for eyes to be opened and caution to be instilled on all who deal in sensitive information and/or attend high level meetings where tech, including personal items, should never be trusted. There is so much reassurance in this for me, thank you, thank you!

    • @rogerburn5132
      @rogerburn5132 Рік тому +1

      You must be a fool. Check what Douglas Macgregor say about Ukraine and Russia.

  • @Wow55579
    @Wow55579 Рік тому +1

    Incredible guest you managed to get on

  • @paulbird3235
    @paulbird3235 Рік тому +3

    And that's from the horses mouth, no bluff no bluster just honest straight forward answers. Our mp's should learn from him.

  • @floridasoldat
    @floridasoldat Рік тому +11

    Glad to hear someone finally mention the concept of attack surface, the easiest way to track the magnitude of cyber attacks against any target.

  • @evabrunson8413
    @evabrunson8413 Рік тому

    This is an excellent interview. With many thanks for a mature discussion. …

  • @Clemshortzy
    @Clemshortzy Рік тому

    "Downside surprise..." Using that one.🤣

  • @mikekelly5869
    @mikekelly5869 Рік тому +12

    Alex Younger gave a really great interview and the interview was well conducted. Thank you for promoting this, it's a breath of fresh air in a very stuffy environment.

  • @Paul-ut4zy
    @Paul-ut4zy Рік тому +7

    Stumbled across the interview/vid and found it extremely informative.
    Very good interviewers and a open and honest guest.
    Was it the guest the interviewers or the questions that impressed.?
    Answer all of the above
    Thank you

  • @maximilianschulz6455
    @maximilianschulz6455 Рік тому

    Can someone please tell me what document or intelligence collection he is talking about? I would love to read it up. It's around 5:00 minutes

  • @anthonytofts9371
    @anthonytofts9371 Рік тому

    I spent 11years writing secure code for IBM mainframes. Except, no code is secure.

  • @bradarmstrong3952
    @bradarmstrong3952 Рік тому +61

    Excellent interview by Times Radio. Clear and complete answers, without the badgering and insinuation endemic to media in the United States. Good work!

    • @davidmc62
      @davidmc62 Рік тому +1

      One of the best interviews on the subject. I very much agree with your statement.👍

    • @marccas10
      @marccas10 Рік тому

      Astro.

    • @normarojo5834
      @normarojo5834 Рік тому

      This sap wants to pummel EU.

    • @SuperMelphis
      @SuperMelphis Рік тому +1

      Oh please europe invented it

    • @rafthejaf8789
      @rafthejaf8789 Рік тому +1

      Yes clear and complete nonsense 👍👏👏👏

  • @GustvandeWal
    @GustvandeWal Рік тому +4

    13:06
    What a beautiful quote

  • @vintagethings9187
    @vintagethings9187 Рік тому +3

    Quality guest. Quality interview.

  • @eamoc
    @eamoc Рік тому +1

    "We don't do disinformation, what we do is operationalizing rhe truth"....VERY clever piece of wordsmithing there!

  • @alexiatorrez7680
    @alexiatorrez7680 Рік тому +9

    Excellent questions, and great great answers Sir Alex Younger

    • @francescharteris8119
      @francescharteris8119 Рік тому +1

      I agree especially from female interviewer whose name I know not

    • @chrisj2502
      @chrisj2502 Рік тому +2

      He avoided answering whether Ukraine will have to give up territory because the obvious and honest answer is they will and it goes against the narrative that they are winning