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Intelligence and the Middle East with Robert Baer
Episode 13
Peter’s guest today is Robert Baer who served for many years as a CIA operative in the Middle East. Among other things, Bob talks about his tour of d…
18 years, 5 months ago
The Polygraph — Science or Art?
Episode 12
Peter interviews John Sullivan, the CIA’s longest serving polygrapher. The lie detector has supporters and detractors, and John confronts the controv…
18 years, 6 months ago
Leon Trotsky — Murder in Mexico
Episode 11
Peter’s guest today is H. Keith Melton, renowned intelligence historian and owner of the largest collection of espionage artifacts. Keith sheds new l…
18 years, 7 months ago
Cuban Intelligence and the Ana Montes Spy Case
Episode 10
Peter’s guest this month is Scott Carmichael of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). As the DIA’s senior counterintelligence investigator, Scott id…
18 years, 8 months ago
From the Secret Files of the CIA
Episode 9
Peter interviews Tom Blanton of the National Security Archive about a recently declassified set of documents regarding illegal CIA activities in the …
18 years, 9 months ago
British Intelligence—Past and Present
Episode 8
Peter interviews Dame Stella Rimington, former Director-General of MI5, the British domestic security service. Dame Stella compares American and Brit…
18 years, 10 months ago
Counterterrorism, Intelligence, and the Iraq War
Episode 7
After responding to inquiries from listeners, Peter interviews Melissa Mahle who served for over a decade in the CIA’s clandestine service in the Mid…
18 years, 11 months ago
FBI Counterintelligence and the Robert Hanssen Spy Case
Episode 6
Peter discusses the Robert Hanssen spy case with retired Senior FBI Supervisory Special Agent David Major who knew Hanssen for over 20 years and was …
19 years ago
The Movie Breach and Hollywood’s Take on Espionage
Episode 5
Peter interviews Eric O’Neill, the FBI investigator who went undercover as Robert Hanssen’s clerk during the final months before Hanssen was arrested…
19 years, 1 month ago
Israeli Intelligence and the Jonathan Pollard Spy Case
Episode 4
Peter sits down with Ron Olive, former special agent in charge of counterintelligence for the Naval Investigative Service, to discuss Olive’s role in…
19 years, 2 months ago