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- Will the Iranian Regime Survive?
Two prominent Iranian-American journalists, Jason Rezaian of the Washington Post and Hooman Majd of NBC News, say the regime may be losing its grip.
Jason Rezaian
https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/jason-rezaian/
Hooman Majd
https://www.hoomanmajd.com/
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CIA in Venezuela, Cuba and Beyond
With Luis Rueda
https://www.linkedin.com/in/luis-rueda-b060a217/
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Peter Eisner
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Christine Kuehn talks about her shocking discovery in “Family of Spies"
Family of Spies
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Tom Blanton talks about 40 years of unearthing CIA plots at the National Security Archive.
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Top former national security official Josh Geltzer separates fake from real threats.
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Ace investigative reporter Carol Leonnig talks about her latest scoop and new book on Trump’s DoJ, “Injustice: How Politics and Fear Vanquished America's Justice Department.”
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Investigative reporter Ron Kessler and retired former senior CIA officer John Sipher on the GOP plan to give Tulsi Gabbard control of neutralizing spies and terrorists.
John Sipher
https://www.thecipherbrief.com/Risking a National Security Disaster by Ronald Kessler
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Top Democrat Sen. Jack Reed calls Trump threats “off the wall...”
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Intelligence historians James Risen and Peter Kornbluh on Trump policies and Cold War excesses.
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Veteran war reporter and Latin America expert Doug Farah throws cold water on Trump’s campaign against Nicholas Maduro.
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About SpyTalk
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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…
and Karen J. Greenberg, the podcast features exclusives by SpyTalk’s roster of longtime reporters, news and profiles of US and foreign spymasters, and interviews with policymakers and expert authors. There’s nothing quite like it—a place for experts and laypersons alike, who enjoy national security scoops and insights by SpyTalk's subject matter experts. For more SpyTalk go to: https://www.spytalk.co/