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The Last Spy Story of the Vietnam War
Episode 153
Former CIA officer Frank Snepp shares a stunning spy story of the Vietnam War’s chaotic end with host Jeff Stein
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1 year, 4 months ago
The CIA, Iran and a Conspiracy of Silence
Episode 152
Doug Waller talks with Michael Isikoff about his new biography of CIA master spook Frank Wisner, quarterback of the 1953 Iran coup—and so much more.
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1 year, 4 months ago
Insanity Claws
Episode 151
Pulitzer-winning intelligence historian Tim Weiner discusses the latest wacky—and disturbing—news from inside the Trump administration’s national sec…
1 year, 4 months ago
CIA Opened Oswald’s Mail!
Episode 150
Host Michael Isikoff, JFK conspiracies-buster Fred Litwin, and national security analyst Peter Kornbluh dissect MAGA Rep. Anna Luna’s wacky hearing f…
1 year, 4 months ago
"There's not a day I do not think about those Americans" who died in Iraq
Episode 149
Luis Rueda, once the director of the CIA's Iraq Operations Group, reflects with Michael on the many mistakes the U.S. government made during the war …
1 year, 5 months ago
A Former CIA Spy Catcher Weighs Trump’s Russia Turn
Episode 148
Sue Miller not only headed CIA Counterintelligence, among other high positions during her 39-year career. She oversaw the agency's controversial asse…
1 year, 5 months ago
Vindman: Putin is "Toying" with Trump
Episode 147
The star player in Trump’s first impeachment tells Michael Isikoff there will no ceasefire in Ukraine and calls DC prosecutor a “henchman” for launc…
1 year, 5 months ago
What's Ukraine Thinking?
Episode 146
Former senior CIA operations official Glenn Corn talks with Jeff Stein about his recent trip to Ukraine and its prospects in a rapidly and radically …
1 year, 5 months ago
The Ghosts of Munich
Episode 145
Former US NATO envoy and Army General Doug Lute discusses JD Vance insults of allies, administration abandonment of Ukraine to Russia with SpyTalk po…
1 year, 6 months ago
Trump’s CIA and Russia
Episode 144
Veteran former senior CIA operations official Bill Murray talks with Jeff Stein about the challenges of countering aggressive Russian intelligence op…
1 year, 6 months ago