Spy Talk
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Oct- 2021 -21 October
Spy World Frenemies
Mossad’s got a killer new boss and the US is buying China-made drones. Jeff Stein and Jeanne Meserve drill down…
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14 October
The Peanut Butter Spies, CIA’s China Initiative & Secret Service Burnout
Washington Post intelligence reporter Shane Harris discusses odd happenings in the spook world with Jeff Stein, and former Secret Service…
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7 October
For Your Eyes Only
Legendary ‘Condor’ author James Grady discusses James Bond’s evolving cinematic villains with Jeff Stein, and Jeanne Meserve digs into the…
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Sep- 2021 -30 September
Head Case
From Vietnam to Vienna, reported cases of Havana Syndrome are on the rise. Diplomats, intelligence officials and their families are…
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23 September
Accidents Will Happen
Chinese espionage expert Matthew Brazil and Jeff Stein break down the controversy about Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley’s backchannel contact…
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16 September
Girding for New and Old Threats
Extremism expert Kathleen Belew talks with Jeanne Meserve about new factors raising the potential for violence at Sept.18 Capitol protests,…
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9 September
The Man Who Loved Spying
In a riveting new memoir, former senior CIA officer Doug London celebrates a career in espionage, but in a lengthy…
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2 September
Kabul’s loss and a new 9/11 terror warning
Author Craig Whitlock talks with Jeff Stein about US intelligence’s place in 20 years of lies and deception in Afghanistan,…
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Aug- 2021 -26 August
The Human Factor
Top former CIA operations official William Murray talks with Jeanne Meserve about the loss of the agency’s spy base in…
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19 August
Implications for the Kabul Catastrophe
Terrorism expert and Georgetown University Professor, Bruce Hoffman explains the drastic implications of the Taliban triumph, and journalist Toby Harnden…
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18 August
Ali Soufan on the Taliban’s Global Plans
The celebrated former FBI special agent and counterterrorism specialist says the Taliban aspire to undermining the West’s “Roman Empire.”
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12 August
SPYING ON MISSILES
Jeanne Meserve talks with Hans Christensen, director of the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists, about how the world…
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5 August
Spies vs. Spies
An expert on Congressional probes tells Jeff Stein why investigators on the House Select Committee on Jan. 5 have to…
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Jul- 2021 -30 July
Going Deep
The FBI is still coming up short on dealing with white violent extremists, former undercover special agent Mike German tells…
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15 July
Battling on All Fronts
Former CIA counterintelligence chief James Olson tells Jeff Stein the CIA and FBI need to “resuscitate” double agent ops to…
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8 July
Enemies Within and Without
Former senior CIA officer Doug London talks with Jeff Stein about the present and future intelligence picture in chaotic Afghanistan.…
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Jun- 2021 -10 June
That Was Then
Chinese espionage poses a mortal threat to the US, former counterintelligence boss Bill Evanina tells Jeanne Meserve. And author Kai…
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4 June
The Gathering Storms
Former top FBI domestic extremist specialist Tom O’Connor tells co-host Jeanne Meserve in a startling interview that he’s worried about…
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May- 2021 -28 May
Spies in the Soup
Jean Meserve talks with former Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Juliette Kayyem about the mess in DHS’ intelligence shop, and Jeff…
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20 May
Has the CIA Lost Its Grip on the Middle East?
CIA clandestine services veteran and longtime Middle East hand Marc Polymeropoulos tells Jeff Stein that the CIA no longer prizes…
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