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25 Years of Counterterrorism

Peter Bergen on the triumphs and tragedies wrought by 9/11. More from our guest: https://www.peterbergen.com/  His latest book: All the Presidents' Wars Twenty-Five

How to Recruit a Traitor

Former CIA operations officer and member of CIA's Senior Intelligence Service (SIS-3) turned author, Jim Lawler joins Micheal to discuss real world espionage, spy recruit

U.S. Adversaries Exploit Intel Failures

Former CIA Chief Learning Officer Steve Hirsch tells how Russia, China, and Iran exploit the cracks in US intelligence. More From Stephen Hirsch | https://stephenhirsch.

The World's First Super-terrorist

Joby Warrick joined SpyTalk to talk about “The Jackal: The Rise and Fall of Carlos, the World’s First Super-Terrorist.” Check out the book: The JackalThe Rise and Fall

Gunfight at the CIA Corral

Political pressure on the spy agency is forcing people out, says former senior analyst Julia Curlee.  More From Julia Curlee at | https://www.lawfaremedia.org/contributo

Kash Patel’s Strange Trips

Former FBI executive Lauren Anderson on the Director’s China, Russia outreaches. Lauren C. Anderson | https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurencandersonintl/ https://laurencan

The Nord Stream Conspiracy

Wall Street Journal reporter Bojan Pancevski unveils the astounding story of Ukraine’s sabotage of the Russian pipeline. Plus, Jeff and Michael discuss Jay Clayton, Todd

Who’s Running US Intelligence?

Atlantic staff writer Shane Harris drills down on the changes roiling the ODNI and CIA. Follow Jeff Stein on Twitter | https://twitter.com/SpyTalker Follow Michael Isik

Trumpworld’s Dystopian World of Terror

Terrorism expert Colin Clarke fact-checks the administration’s claims on leftwing extremism and election security. More from our guest: Colin P. Clarke Follow Michael I

The Reporter and the China Trap

Tom LoBianco answered an ad for a writer and then things went south.  Tom LoBianco is a veteran national politics reporter and editor of 24sight News, the independent ne

War-Ender Weapons

Seeing-eye bombs were supposed to limit civilian casualties. Jeffrey Stern, author of “The Warhead,” explains why they didn’t.  Jeffrey Stern The Warhead https://www.j

Trump's Hatchet Man Atop US Intelligence

New York Times Intelligence Reporter Julian Barnes on the Rise of Bill Pulte. More from Julian Julian E. Barnes  Writes about the American intelligence community, incl

How Trump Broke the ODNI

Former senior CIA analyst David Kanin on the crises in US intelligence. David Kanin is a retired CIA senior analyst and member of the Senior Intelligence Service. https

How a Terror Case Fizzled

Former Gitmo prosecutor Michael Lebowitz takes us inside the nuclear plot that never was. Mike Lebowitz is one of America’s few war-crimes prosecutors with front-line co

Pod Save Our National Security with Tommy Vietor

Former Obama speechwriter Tommy Vietor talks about energizing Dems on vital US foreign policy issues. Tommy Vietor | https://x.com/TVietor08 | https://crooked.com/podcas

Is Havana Up For Grabs?

Cuba intervention expert Peter Kornbluh joins SpyTalk to discuss Trump’s pressure campaign. Peter Kornbluh | National Security Archive  Peter Kornbluh, Senior Analyst,

The Ultimate Intelligence Fiasco

Ex-CIA operative Jerry Watson and journalist Bob Drogin tell the disastrous story of Curveball and its relevance to today’s war against Iran. The US invaded Iraq after t

Putin in Peril?

Former CIA Russia hand Sean Wiswesser assesses Putin’s grip on his security services amid rumors of coups.  Sean Wiswesser is a Russian intelligence and espionage expert

JFK’s Fatal Mistake

Veteran journalist Jack Cheevers takes another look at President Kennedy’s ambivalent role in the overthrow and assassination of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem.

Deciphering the Iran War Talks

A former Pakistani ambassador to the US says the more Trump bashes Iran, the more it will dig in. Husain Haqqani joins SpyTalk to discuss the state of diplomacy between