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Mastermind: The Many Faces of the 9/11 Architect, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
Episode 73
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed was behind many of the most heinous terrorist plots of the past twenty years, including the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, t…
14 years, 8 months ago
Author Debriefing: "Wild Bill" Donovan
Episode 72
“Wild Bill” Donovan was a World War I hero with a Medal of Honor to prove it, a millionaire Wall Street lawyer, and a prominent Republican. Democrat…
14 years, 9 months ago
Modern Intelligence Analysis: From Art to Science?
Episode 71
A great deal of public attention goes to the CIA’s case officers who recruit and run agents and steal secrets. However, few people pay attention to t…
14 years, 9 months ago
The Aftermath of Bin Laden’s Death: Inside al Qaeda’s Hard Drive
Episode 70
After killing Osama bin Laden, the SEALs reportedly took hundreds of drives, disks, and computers from the house in Abbottabad, Pakistan. What chall…
14 years, 10 months ago
The Aftermath of bin Laden’s Death: Winning the War While Staying in the Right
Episode 69
What are the implications of Osama bin Laden’s death for the al Qaeda movement? What role did waterboarding and “enhanced interrogation techniques” …
14 years, 11 months ago
Spy versus Spy in East Germany
Episode 68
The East German security service, the Stasi, was infamous for surveilling and oppressing the East German population. However, it also hunted Western…
14 years, 11 months ago
Stalking Terrorists Online
Episode 67
Montana resident Shannen Rossmiller is proof that things are not as they seem online. Before September 11, she was a judge, a wife, and a mother but …
15 years ago
Dropping Spies from the Sky during the Korean War
Episode 66
During the Korean War, US military intelligence worked with anti-communist Korean agents and partisans to collect information from behind North Korea…
15 years, 1 month ago
Social Media: Tools of Liberation or Repression?
Episode 65
Social media—Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and others—are held up as powerful tools for peoples trying to overthrow police states. Iran’s “Twitter Revo…
15 years, 2 months ago
Intelligence and Analysis in the National Football League
Episode 64
In 2007, the New England Patriots were caught videotaping the New York Jet’s sideline defensive signals. That was illegal, but it’s remarkable what i…
15 years, 2 months ago