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  • A Spy’s Soul and a Pipe Bomb Mystery

    Jeanne Meserve talks with The Soufan Group’s Colin Clarke about the unsolved mystery of the Jan. 6 pipe bombs case, and Jeff Stein plumbs a spy’s 'sociopathic soul' with acclaimed CIA case officer Jim Lawler.


    Colin Clarke on Twitter

    @TheSoufanGroup

    @ColinPClarke


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    https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/living-lies-james-lawler/1140040320


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    44 min
  • Spy Wars Over Ukraine

    John Sipher, who once ran CIA operations against the Russians, talks about US options for dealing with an invasion of Ukraine, while Brian Murphy, a former top DHS intelligence official, deconstructs the Kremlin's disinformation campaign against us. With cohosts Jeff Stein and Jeanne Meserve.  


    John Sipher 

    https://twitter.com/john_sipher

    https://twitter.com/AtlanticCouncil


    Brian Murphy

    https://twitter.com/NatSecBrian

    https://twitter.com/LogicallyAI


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    42 min
  • Disconcerting Developments

    The FBI’s explanations for its Jan. 6 failures don't add up, reporter Jason Paladino tells Jeff Stein. And Jeanne Meserve dives deep into the creepy Metaverse with terrorism researchers at the National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center.


    Our guests:


    Jason Paladino

    https://twitter.com/jason_paladino

    https://twitter.com/gridnews


    The National Counterterrorism, Innovation, Technology, and Education Center

    @NCITE_COE


    Austin C. Doctor

    https://twitter.com/austincdoctor

    @UNOmaha


    Sam Hunter

    https://twitter.com/dr_samhunter


    Joel Elson


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    54 min
  • There Will Be Blood

    Retired Green Beret Col. David Maxwell discusses paramilitary options against Russian invaders in Ukraine, while former US-Iran nuclear deal negotiator Ernest Moniz offers perspective on new talks with hardliners. With Jeff Stein and Jeanne Meserve.


    David Maxwell*

    https://twitter.com/DavidMaxwell161

    http://maxoki161.blogspot.com/

    *A previous version of this episode placed David Maxwell with Georgetown. This corrected version notes that he is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.


    Ernest Moniz

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    52 min
  • How Foreign Spies Infiltrate US Police—and more

    Former top FBI counterspy Frank Figliuzzi tells Jeff Stein how foreign agents woo state and local US police, and Jeanne Meserve learns how satellite sleuths track China’s Uighur genocide from RAND Corp expert Scott Harold.


    Our Guests:


    Frank Figliuzzi

    https://twitter.com/FrankFigliuzzi1


    Scott Harold

    https://twitter.com/ScottWHarold


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    49 min
  • Shape Changes: Right-Wing Extremists and the US-Russia Cold War

    This week: Jeanne Meserve talks with the Atlantic Council’s Jared Holt about the evolving face of right-wing extremism. Joe Weisberg, creator of the hit spy drama “The Americans,” defends his argument on ending the Cold War with Russia with Jeff Stein.


    Jared Holt

    https://twitter.com/jaredlholt

    https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/jared-holt/


    Joe Weisberg

    https://twitter.com/joeweisberg

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/12/17/russia-united-states-cold-war/


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    55 min
  • Possible Incursions and Future Insurrections

    This week: Jeff Stein talks with contributing editor for Spytalk Jonathan Broder about Russia, Ukraine, NATO, and the United States; retired Major General Paul Eaton talks with Jeanne Meserve about the growing problem of members of the US military believing the Big Lie.


    Jonathan Broder

    https://twitter.com/BroderJonathan

    https://www.spytalk.co/p/temperatures-rising-in-us-russia


    Major General (ret) Paul Eaton

    https://twitter.com/PaulDEaton52

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/17/eaton-taguba-anderson-generals-military/


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    47 min
  • Military Spies and Military Subversives

    Former DIA deputy director Doug Wise talks with Jeff Stein about the role of US military intelligence in Ukraine, and WRC-TV investigative reporter Scott MacFarlane updates Jeanne Meserve on the Jan. 6 probes. 

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    Doug Wise

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    1 hr 6 min
  • Smashed Plots and Then Some

    This week: Jeff talks with former counterterrorism analyst at the CIA Aki Peritz about the largest counterterrorism investigation in history that foiled a truly wild terror plot; and Jeanne talks with Anna Puglisi, Senior Fellow at Georgetown's Center for Security and Emerging Technology, and Michael German, Fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice, about the unfair and unproductive targeting by the FBI of scholars in the United States with ties to China.


    For more from our guests:

    Aki Peritz https://twitter.com/AkiPeritz


    Anna Puglisi

    https://twitter.com/AnnaPuglisi838

    Michael German

    https://twitter.com/RethinkIntel


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    1 hr 3 min
  • Warm Water, Cold Threats

    Retired NCIS senior agent Mark Fallon discusses censorship of his exposés on Guantánamo & torture with Jeff Stein, and distinguished Jamaican futurist Anthony Clayton lays out a scenario for terrorist attacks in the Caribbean.


    For more about our guests:

    Mark Fallon:

    Twitter.com/glynco

    http://markfallon.us/


    Professor Anthony Clayton:

    Twitter.com/Prof_A_Clayton

    https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/focus/20211023/anthony-clayton-jamaica-2050-part-1-turbulent-years-ahead


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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…

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