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  • Top House Intel Dem Plays Hardball with Gabbard

    DNI ignored Jim Himes until he warned her on Section 702 Renewal.

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    45 min
  • Putin to Trump, Nyet

    A veteran diplomat dissects Trump's failure to get Putin to agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine. 

    Former Ambassador Daniel Fried, who spent years dealing with Putin's Russia, says it's time for Trump to "stare down" the dictator. 

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    44 min
  • Bondi Kills DoJ Domestic Terrorism Unit

    Former top unit lawyer Tom Brzozowski provides SpyTalk with exclusive details. 

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    1 hr 4 min
  • Inside the US-Cuba Spy Swap

    The secret deal that temporarily suspended the Cold War is revisited by Foreign Policy Executive Editor Dan Ephron and SpyTalk host Michael Isikoff

    Dan Ephron
    Spy: The U.S., Cuba, and the Secret Deal That Ended the Cold War

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    1 hr 5 min
  • Intel Battle Royale

    Former top NSA, CIA & ODNI official Larry Pfeiffer discusses Tulsi Gabbard’s attacks on CIA handling of Russia election report with hosts Jeff Stein and Michael Isikoff

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    53 min
  • Massacre at the FBI

    Special Agent Mike Feinberg tells how he was forced out in Kash Patel’s wholesale purge of FBI officials suspected of disloyalty to Trump.

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    55 min
  • Top Former CIA Russia Report Official Rejects Ratcliffe ‘Note’ Knocking U.S. Intelligence Analysis on 2016 Election

    Susan Miller, who captained 2016 election analysis, says there was ‘no coercion’ from CIA chief Brennan on Putin's interference—but was ‘pissed’ FBI insisted on Steele Dossier inclusion.

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    50 min
  • CIA at Risk

    Former senior CIA ops manager Luis Rueda talks about an imperiled spy agency with host Jeff Stein.

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    45 min
  • Tulsy Gabbard, Missing in Action

    Former National Intelligence Council chief Gregory Treverton tells SpyTalk’s Michael Isikoff he wonders why DNI Tulsi Gabbard still has her job - and why her agency should be “substantially” reduced in size.

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    42 min
  • On the Brink

    Former Obama adviser Ned Price discusses Trump‘s options on Iran with SpyTalk hosts Jeff Stein & Michael Isikoff.


     

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    39 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…