SpyTalk

By SpyTalk, Jeff SteinNews Government News Commentary Politics

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November 17, 2023 A Thriller in Ukraine
The Washington Post’s Shane Harris joins Jeff to discuss his scoop on Ukraine’s murky op to sabotage the Nordstream-2 pipeline.
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October 27, 2023 Target Moscow
CIA Russia Hand John Sipher discusses spying and sabotage ops against Vladimir Putin.
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October 13, 2023 THE CIA’S EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN
Liza Mundy, author of “The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA,” is this week’s special guest.
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October 06, 2023 A Life in the Wilderness of Mirrors | CBS News’ David Martin reflects on 40 years covering national security
This week, Jeff talks with award-winning journalist and groundbreaking author of “Wilderness of Mirrors,” National Security Correspondent for CBS, David Martin.
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37 min
September 22, 2023 Can Anyone Stop Cyber Terrorism?
This week Jeff talks cybersecurity with Michael Mestrovich, the former director of the CIA’s Technical Services Office; former Principal Deputy Chief Information Officer for the U.S. Department of State, and current Chief Information Security Officer at Rubrik.
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September 14, 2023 A CIA EPITAPH ON 9/11
Jeff talks with retired former CIA Al Qaeda expert Cindy Storer

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32 min
August 25, 2023 Sex, Lies and Women at the CIA
Jeff talks with CIA operations veteran Laura Thomas about the gains and losses for women at the spy agency.
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35 min
August 11, 2023 A CIA Family Drama
Jeff talks with John Hadden, author of “Conversations with a Masked Man: My Father, the CIA, and Me."

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July 28, 2023 Oppenheimer’s Origin
Jeff Stein talks with Kai Bird, co-author of “American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer.”
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44 min
July 13, 2023 CIA-CHINA SPY WARS: Real and Imagined
David Ignatius talks about his new thriller “The Tao of Deception.”
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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…