SpyTalk

By SpyTalk, Jeff SteinNews Government News Commentary Politics

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October 30 Deep Cover Sergeants
National security reporter for the Washington Post Zachary Dorfman discusses the Pentagon’s plan for a deep-cover spy program.
More from our guest:
Zach Dorfman - The Washington Post
Pentagon looks to build a deep-cover spy program to confront China - The Washington Post

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October 23 How 9/11 Changed America
Janet Reitman’s The Inheritance is a portrait of 9/11’s devastating consequences,

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Janet Reitman
https://x.com/janetreitman
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2193929/janet-reitman/

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1 hr 5 min
October 16 Patel's Partisan Politics Imperils Lives (feat. Brian Driscoll)
Brian Driscoll joins SpyTalk to discuss the circumstances of his dismissal from the FBI and how the Bureau’s current leadership is destroying the institution and making us less safe in the process.
Driscoll was fired from the FBI shortly after he refused to fire agents based solely on their involvement in the January 6th and Mar-a-Lago investigations.
Our guest:
Brian Driscoll

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47 min
October 09 Chinese Dupe or Spy?
CNBC’s Eamon Javers weaves a cautionary tale for US officials.
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https://www.cnbc.com/eamon-javers/
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50 min
October 02 An Assassination on Embassy Row
Investigative reporter John Dinges tells how Henry Kissinger failed to prevent Chile’s 1976 murder of Orlando Letelier in downtown D.C.
More from John Dinges
When Terrorists Struck in the Heart of Washington, D.C. | SpyTalk
Books by author John Dinges

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57 min
September 25 The Tech Bro Gods of War
Sharon Weinberger on how Big Tech is fueling the future of war.

Sharon Weinberger talks about her latest book Valley of Death
How Big Tech Is Fueling the Future of War.

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55 min
September 18 Terror’s New Faces
A greater array of better-armed threats confronts the US than on 9/11.
Terrorism and insurgency expert Bruce Hoffman joins the podcast to discuss the current state of Al-Qaeda and its affiliates in the world

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https://www.cfr.org/experts/bruce-hoffman

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1 hr 1 min
September 09 25 Years of Counterterrorism
Peter Bergen on the triumphs and tragedies wrought by 9/11.
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https://www.peterbergen.com/

His latest book:
All the Presidents' Wars
Twenty-Five Years of America's War on Terror - Bookshop.org US

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1 hr 12 min
September 04 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 recruitment, and his latest spy novel.
The Traitor’s Tale by Jim Lawler
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56 min
August 28 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.

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44 min

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SpyTalk lives at the intersection of intelligence operations, foreign policy, homeland security, and military strategy. Hosted by veteran national security journalists Jeff Stein, Michael Isikoff…