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Hezbollah’s Long Game in Latin America
Episode 719
A 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Argentina opened the world’s eyes to Hezbollah’s presence in Latin America. But the Iranian proxy, a U…
2 months, 1 week ago
Building the US’s First Known Gang Intelligence Database in Latin America
Episode 718
As an agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) who later embedded with the CIA, Wes Tabor worked to dismantle criminal networks in Centra…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Looking Back on the US Invasion of Panama
Episode 717
This January marks the anniversary of the conclusion of Operation Just Cause, which began days before Christmas, on December 20th, 1989, when about 2…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Directing The Night Manager
Episode 716
When The Night Manager aired in 2016, it was an instant success. Based on the 1993 John le Carré novel of the same name, the series centered on forme…
3 months ago
Inside the CIA’s Most Covert and Dangerous Branch: The Special Activities Center
Episode 715
For SpyCast’s 20th year, we’re kicking off the season with Brian Carbaugh. After serving in the CIA for over two decades, he retired as Director of t…
3 months, 1 week ago
The Man Behind John le Carré
Episode 714
John le Carré, born David Cornwell in 1931, was a British novelist renowned for his morally complex spy fiction. Writing under a pen name gave him th…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Inside Operation Odyssey Lightning in Libya
Episode 713
From August to December 2016, then Marine Special Operations Officer Ivan Ingraham lived on an assault ship off the coast of Sirte, a city in norther…
4 months ago
Auctioning Off the Key to Kryptos
Episode 712
At the CIA headquarters in Langley, you will find Kryptos, a large curved copper panel that holds the letters to four encrypted messages. The first t…
4 months, 1 week ago
An Interview with the CIA’s Former “Q”
Episode 711
Bob Wallace was appointed Deputy Director of the CIA’s Office of Technical Service in 1995 and became its director three years later. In other words,…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Inside the CIA’s Book Club Designed to Bring Down Communism
Episode 710
The CIA’s book club, known by the codename QRHELPFUL, was a secret 35-year program born of the fear that communism would dominate the globe. About 10…
4 months, 3 weeks ago