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The Iranian Hostage Crisis
Episode 23
In November 1979, radical Iranian students overran the U.S. embassy in Tehran, capturing most of the embassy staff—except for six diplomats who found…
17 years, 7 months ago
Intelligence and the Presidency
Episode 22
How is information from the intelligence community (IC) conveyed to the president, and how have different administrations incorporated intelligence i…
17 years, 8 months ago
Gizmos and Gadgets—the World of Spycraft
Episode 21
Peter interviews Robert Wallace, director of the CIA’s Office of Technical Services (OTS, the department in charge of “gadgetry”) from 1998 to 2002. …
17 years, 9 months ago
Predicting Terrorism
Episode 20
Peter’s guest today is Malcolm W. Nance. A 20 year veteran of the US intelligence community, Malcolm has participated in numerous counter-terrorism o…
17 years, 10 months ago
Congressional Perspectives on U.S. Intelligence
Episode 19
Peter’s guest today is former Democratic Congressman Louis Stokes from Ohio, who chaired the House Intelligence Committee in the 1980s and the House …
17 years, 11 months ago
Comrade J and Russian Espionage in the U.S.
Episode 18
Today, Peter interviews espionage writer Pete Earley about one of the most senior Russian intelligence defectors ever, Col. Sergei Tretyakov or “Comr…
18 years ago
Intelligence and the WMD Fiasco - Part II
Episode 17
Looking further into the U.S. intelligence community’s faulty assessment of Iraq’s WMD program, Peter interviews Bob Drogin, author of Curveball: Spi…
18 years, 1 month ago
Intelligence and the WMD Fiasco
Episode 16
Today, Peter interviews Tyler Drumheller, the former chief of CIA covert operations in Europe. In the run-up to the Iraq war, Tyler consistently ques…
18 years, 2 months ago
Valerie Plame Speaks
Episode 15
Peter’s guest today is Valerie Plame, a covert CIA officer who recently left the Agency after her name was leaked to the press. Valerie discusses her…
18 years, 3 months ago
On Assignment to Congo
Episode 14
Today, Peter chats with Larry Devlin, the CIA’s legendary station chief in Congo during the 1960s. Larry reflects on his reasons for joining the CIA,…
18 years, 4 months ago