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Intelligence and Espionage in the U.S. Civil War
Episode 83
Spies, cavalry, and telescopes were the traditional intelligence tools available during the Civil War, but there was also cutting edge high tech: the…
14 years, 3 months ago
Author Debriefing: MH/CHAOS: The CIA’s Campaign against the Radical New Left and the Black Panthers
Episode 82
Operation MHCHAOS was the code name for a secret domestic spying program conducted by the Central Intelligence Agency in the late 1960s and early 197…
14 years, 4 months ago
The Silent Listener: British Eavesdropping in the Falklands War
Episode 81
D. J. Thorp, a signals intelligence officer in the British Army, spent many years eavesdropping on the hot spots of the Cold War in Europe and the Mi…
14 years, 4 months ago
J. Edgar Hoover: Fact vs. Fiction
Episode 80
Clint Eastwood’s movie, J. Edgar, gives a Hollywood take on the controversial Director of the FBI. However, many people have criticized the movie fo…
14 years, 4 months ago
Uncompromised: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of an Arab American Patriot in the CIA
Episode 79
After a childhood in war-torn Lebanon with an abusive father, Nada Prouty jumped at the chance to forge her own path in America, a path that led to u…
14 years, 5 months ago
Identity, Espionage, and Social Media
Episode 78
Who are your friends on Facebook? Are you sure? Thomas Ryan, co-founder of Provide Security, knows that you can’t always be certain. Why? Because…
14 years, 6 months ago
Interrogating a High Value Detainee: A Morality Tale
Episode 77
What would you do if you were told to do whatever was necessary to get a prisoner to talk? This is the situation that career CIA officer Glenn Carle…
14 years, 6 months ago
In the Counterterrorism Center on 9/11: One Analyst’s Story
Episode 76
The war with Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda did not begin on September 11th. CIA analyst Cindy Storer was there from the beginning in the early 1990s…
14 years, 7 months ago
The Triple Agent: The al-Qaeda Mole Who Infiltrated the CIA
Episode 75
In 2009, the CIA’s partners in the Jordanian General Intelligence Directorate had a source named Humam Khalil al-Balawi working inside Al Qaeda and h…
14 years, 8 months ago
The Aftermath of Bin Laden’s Death: The Lessons of Strategic Manhunting
Episode 74
The 13-year search for Osama Bin Laden may have seemed unprecedented, but actually such events have not been uncommon in American history. Since the …
14 years, 8 months ago