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Back to SearchSidelining the FBI's Spy Hunters
Episode 186
Investigative reporter Ron Kessler and retired former senior CIA officer John Sipher on the GOP plan to give Tulsi Gabbard control of neutralizing s…
7 months, 1 week ago
Pushing Back on Lawless Venezuela Strikes
Episode 185
Top Democrat Sen. Jack Reed calls Trump threats “off the wall...”
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7 months, 1 week ago
Has Trump Authorized Assassinations?
Episode 184
Intelligence historians James Risen and Peter Kornbluh on Trump policies and Cold War excesses.
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7 months, 2 weeks ago
What’s the Covert Action Plan for Venezuela?
Episode 183
Veteran war reporter and Latin America expert Doug Farah throws cold water on Trump’s campaign against Nicholas Maduro.
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7 months, 3 weeks ago
The CIA's Contrarian
Episode 182
After spending years tracking Al Qaeda, former analyst Gina Bennett talks to SpyTalk about her storied career, her new spy novel and the rising thre…
8 months ago
The Shadow World of Foreign Policy Lobbyists
Episode 181
Ken Vogel talks about his new book, Devils’ Advocates: The Hidden Story of Rudy Giuliani, Hunter Biden, and the Washington Insiders on the Payrolls o…
8 months, 1 week ago
How Real is "A House of Dynamite"?
Episode 180
Former White House Situation Room Director Larry Pfeiffer Talks Fear and Facts with SpyTalk.
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8 months, 2 weeks ago
Jake Tapper’s Terror Case Detective Yarn
Episode 179
In a new book the CNN anchor unspools the inside story of a unique terrorism case.
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Race Against Terror
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8 months, 3 weeks ago
David McCloskey Strikes Again
Episode 178
The acclaimed spy thriller author and ex-CIA analyst talks about his new novel, “The Persians,” set in the clandestine war between Israel and Iran.
D…
9 months ago
America on Trial
Episode 177
John Ryan and his gripping tale of yet more Guantanamo secrets.
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9 months, 1 week ago