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S1E19 Torture
Season 1 Episode 19
THE BLURB: If this story has a heart of darkness, this is it. How did American policy find its way to legitimizing torture? In this episode, we'll ta…
2 months, 1 week ago
S1E18 Cross Currents
Season 1 Episode 18
THE BLURB: After John watched Abu Zubaydah's plane rendition him to what turned out to be a black site in Thailad, he still had lots of other terrori…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
S1E17 Zain
Season 1 Episode 17
THE BLURB: For 70 hours, almost three days, John was responsible for handling Abu Zubaydah, the terrorist the agency believed was Al Qaeda's number t…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
S1E16 Captured
Season 1 Episode 16
THE BLURB: The hunt for Al Qaeda's number three, an elusive terrorist with the nom de guerre Abu Zubaydah, intensifies but seems to go nowhere. The …
3 months ago
S1E15 The Hunt Begins
Season 1 Episode 15
THE BLURB: John lands in Pakistan where the hunt for Al Qaeda's leadership begins with the hunt for the perfect safe house. John also begins to coord…
3 months, 1 week ago
Mini Episode 5 Betrayal
Season 1
THE BLURB: Aldrich Ames was a CIA counterintelligence officer who was convicted of espionage on behalf of the soviet Union and Russia in 1994. Ames w…
3 months, 1 week ago
S1E14 Game On
Season 1 Episode 14
THE BLURB: With America - and the CIA - at war, everyone wants to fight, especially John. But, his skill sets aren't the required ones as the War On …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
S1E13 Hostages
Season 1 Episode 13
THE BLURB: After Joanne kidnaps John's two sons - instead of making them available for his six weeks summer vacation with them - John uses his espion…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
S1E12 The Grind
Season 1 Episode 12
THE BLURB: Back in America, John settles in to a year or so "in the penalty box" because of what happened in Athens. John's divorce from Joanne gets …
3 months, 4 weeks ago
S1E11 Have Human Spies Become Obsolete?
Season 1 Episode 11
THE BLURB: In this episode, John chats with former CIA officer turned wildly successful novelist BARRY EISLER about spying and how it lends itself to…
4 months ago