SpyTalk
113 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago -SpyTalk lives at the intersection of intelligence operations, foreign policy, homeland security, and military strategy. Hosted by veteran national security journalist Jeff Stein, 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.
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Revelations
May 12, 2022 09:00 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBNewly declassified FBI and UK documents on Saudi intrigues in the 9/11 attacks are discussed by former FBI Supervisory Agent Mark Rossini, and reporter Haley Britzky talks about her exposé of brutal harassment at the Marine Corps Intelligence School. With Jeff Stein and Jeanne Meserve. Guests: Haley Britzky https://twitter.com/halbritz Mark Rossini https://twitter.com/MarkRossini Subscribe to SpyTalk on Substack https://www.spytalk.co/ Take our listener survey: http://survey.podtrac...
Deep Dive
May 05, 2022 09:00 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MBChristopher Drew, author of the definitive book on submarine espionage past and present, talks with Jeff Stein. And we dig into the new bestseller The Bin Laden Papers with author and New America Senior Fellow Nelly Lahoud. Guests: Christopher Drew https://www.facebook.com/chris.drew.9250 https://twitter.com/nytdrew https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/23829.Christopher_Drew Nelly Lahoud https://www.newamerica.org/our-people/nelly-lahoud/ https://yalebooks.co.uk/display.asp?K=978030...
Space Spies and China’s New Move
April 28, 2022 09:00 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBRobert Cardillo, former head of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, talks anti-satellite warfare and Oval Office briefings, while China’s stealth move into the Solomon Islands is analyzed by The Soufan Group’s Mollie Saltskog. With Jeanne Meserve and Jeff Stein. Guests: Robert Cardillo https://twitter.com/cardillogroup Mollie Saltskog https://twitter.com/msaltskog https://twitter.com/TheSoufanGroup https://twitter.com/TheSoufanCenter Subscribe to SpyTalk on Substack https:...
THE NEW COLD WAR
April 21, 2022 09:00 - 56 minutes - 52.2 MBRobert Cardillo, former head of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, discusses the role of spy satellites in Ukraine and how images can be spoofed, while investigative reporter and author Scott Anderson dissects the differences between the old Cold War with Russia and the emerging new one. With Jeanne Meserve and Jeff Stein. Guests: Robert Cardillo https://twitter.com/cardillogroup Scott Anderson https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/633/scott-anderson/ Subscribe to SpyTa...
Russian Killers, American Plotters
April 14, 2022 09:00 - 56 minutes - 52 MBJeanne Meserve talks with retired Army Gen. Kevin Ryan about the Russian military’s chaos in Ukraine, while journalist Janet Reitman dissects the FBI’s mishaps in the Michigan Wolverine Watchmen trial with Jeff Stein. Guests: Brigadier General Kevin Ryan (U.S. Army retired) https://twitter.com/Kennedy_School https://twitter.com/BelferCenter Janet Reitman, Journalist Covering National Security and Extremism https://twitter.com/janetreitman https://twitter.com/NewAmerica Subscribe to S...
Covert Actions: Russia and China
April 07, 2022 12:00 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBIntelligence historian Tim Weiner talks with Jeff Stein about CIA ops against Russia from the Cold War onward, and Chinese espionage expert Nick Eftimiades discusses Beijing’s covert campaigns against US-based dissidents with Jeanne Meserve. Guests: Tim Weiner https://twitter.com/Folly_and_Glory Nicholas Eftimiades: https://twitter.com/neftimiades https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/nicholas-eftimiades/ Take our listener survey: http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=B...
SPIES AND NEO-NAZIS
March 31, 2022 12:00 - 43 minutes - 40 MBVeteran former CIA operations officer Lucy Kirk talks with Jeff Stein about changes in the spy game since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and leading extremism scholar Daveed Gartenstein-Ross goes deep on Ukraine’s neo-Nazi problem with Jeanne Meserve. Guests: Daveed Gartenstein-Ross https://twitter.com/daveedgr https://valensglobal.com/ Lucy Kirk: https://twitter.com/Decktora https://www.lucykirkauthor.com/ Take our listener survey: http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=...
Jamming up the Russians
March 24, 2022 09:00 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBFormer Navy electronic warfare expert Bryan Clark talks about techniques the US can use to spoof Russian troops, and Adam M. Smith, who focused on sanctions in the Obama administration, details the challenges of separating oligarchs from their hidden stashes. With cohosts Jeff Stein and Jeanne Meserve. Guests: Bryan Clark: https://twitter.com/HudsonInstitute Adam M. Smith Former Senior Advisor to the Director of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) h...
Nuclear Risks and Putin's Quest for Glory
March 17, 2022 09:39 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBFormer CIA officer and former head of Department of Energy intelligence Rolf Mowatt-Larssen assesses the risks in Vladimir Putin's takeover of Ukraine's nuclear power stations in a conversation with Jeanne Meserve. And Lawrence Wilkerson, retired US Army Colonel and former chief of staff to General Colin Powell, tells Jeff Stein that this brutal war is Putin's attempt to secure a revered place in Russian history. Guests: Rolf Mowatt-Larssen: https://www.belfercenter.org/person/rolf-mowatt...
Russia’s Dirty Tricks
March 10, 2022 10:00 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MB“Maverick strategist” Sean McFate, a former private mercenary, talks about the Ukraine deployment of Russia’s paramilitary Wagner Group, while ex-senior CIA ops officer Gregory Sims says US security officials should “expect the unexpected” not to be caught flat-footed by a cornered Vladimir Putin, including big “surprises" like 9/11 and Pearl Harbor. Guests: Sean McFate: https://twitter.com/seanmcfate https://www.seanmcfate.com/ Gregory Sims https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregory-sims-b39...
Options for Fighting Russians in Ukraine
March 03, 2022 10:00 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBFormer CIA officer Douglas London talks about covert possibilities against the Russians with Jeff Stein. Former Cyber Command and NSA Chief Mike Rogers talks about the cyber side of the war with Jeanne Meserve. Guests: Douglas London: https://mobile.twitter.com/douglaslondon5 Admiral Michael S. Rogers, USN, Ret. Take our listener survey: http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=short Subscribe to SpyTalk on Substack https://www.spytalk.co/ Follow Jeanne...
Russian Spy Chiefs, Ukraine Hit Squads
February 24, 2022 17:23 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MBRussian intelligence expert Filip Kovacevic profiles Putin’s spy bosses with Jeff Stein, and Foreign Policy magazine correspondent Amy Mackinnon details Russian plans for Ukraine roundups and assassinations with Jeanne Meserve. Filip Kovacevic https://twitter.com/ChekistMonitor Amy Mackinnon https://twitter.com/ak_mack https://twitter.com/foreignpolicy Take our listener survey: http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=short Subscribe to SpyTalk on Subs...
Inside Putin’s Brain—and the Soul of an Intel Warrior
February 17, 2022 16:28 - 44 minutes - 40.5 MBJeanne Meserve talks with Angela Stent, author of Putin’s World, and Jeff Stein catches up with former US Army Lt. Col. Ron Capps, who’s capturing the pain of war in his beautiful songs and stories. Angela Stent https://twitter.com/AngelaStent Putin's World https://www.twelvebooks.com/titles/angela-stent/putins-world/9781455533015/ Lt. Col. Ron Capps https://twitter.com/ron_capps https://roncappsmusic.com/ Take our listener survey: http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=B...
A Spy’s Soul and a Pipe Bomb Mystery
February 10, 2022 10:00 - 43 minutes - 40.3 MBJeanne 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 Jim Lawler's book: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/living-lies-james-lawler/1140040320 Take our listener survey: http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=short Subscribe to SpyTalk on Substack ...
Spy Wars Over Ukraine
February 03, 2022 10:00 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBJohn 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 Take our listener survey: http://s...
Disconcerting Developments
January 27, 2022 10:00 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MBThe 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/austincd...
There Will Be Blood
January 20, 2022 10:00 - 52 minutesRetired 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 D...
There Will Be Blood
January 20, 2022 10:00 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MBRetired 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 ...
How Foreign Spies Infiltrate US Police—and more
January 13, 2022 10:00 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBFormer 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 Subscribe to SpyTalk on Substack https://www.spytalk.co/ Follow Jeanne Meserve on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeanneMeserve https://www.jeannemeserve.co...
Shape Changes: Right-Wing Extremists and the US-Russia Cold War
January 06, 2022 10:00 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBThis 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/ Take our listener...
Possible Incursions and Future Insurrections
December 30, 2021 10:00 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBThis 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/2021/1...
Military Spies and Military Subversives
December 23, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 60.4 MBFormer 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. Follow our guests: Scott MacFarlane https://twitter.com/MacFarlaneNews Doug Wise https://twitter.com/DHWise007 Take our listener survey: http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=short Subscribe to SpyTalk on Substack https://www.spytalk.co/ Follo...
Smashed Plots and Then Some
December 16, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBThis 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 Per...
Warm Water, Cold Threats
December 09, 2021 11:01 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBRetired 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 Take our listener...
Connecting All the Dots
December 02, 2021 09:30 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBHoover Institution cybersecurity expert Amy Zegart talks with Jeanne Meserve about the urgent need for US spy agencies to better exploit open source intelligence, and ‘Mindhunter’ coauthor Mark Olshaker discusses with Jeff Stein how two sex predators in the CIA got away with it. Follow: Amy Zegart https://twitter.com/amyzegart https://www.hoover.org/profiles/amy-zegart Take our listener survey: http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=short Subscribe to SpyTa...
Hiding In Plain Sight
November 25, 2021 10:00 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBThe CIA’s former chief of disguises tells Jeff Stein about some of her greatest capers, and Jeanne Meserve talks with author Garrett Graff about a top secret search for an Al Qaeda nuclear bomb. Follow our guests: Garrett Graff https://twitter.com/vermontgmg Subscribe to SpyTalk on Substack https://www.spytalk.co/ Follow Jeanne Meserve on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeanneMeserve https://www.jeannemeserve.com/ Follow Jeff Stein on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpyTalker Follow Sp...
SLINKING AROUND
November 18, 2021 10:00 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBFormer senior CIA officer Duyane Norman talks with Jeanne Meserve about deep cover ops in the digital age, and extremism expert Jason Blazakis discusses Qanon as a national security threat with Jeff Stein. For more from our guests: Duyane Norman https://twitter.com/durayno Jason Blazakis https://twitter.com/Jason_Blazakis Subscribe to SpyTalk on Substack https://www.spytalk.co/ Follow Jeanne Meserve on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeanneMeserve https://www.jeannemeserve.com/ Fo...
Assassins and Infiltrators
November 11, 2021 10:00 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBJFK assassination expert Jefferson Morley discusses Joe Biden’s continued suppression of Kennedy assassination documents with Jeff Stein, and Jeanne Meserve talks with former FBI agent and homeland security official Erroll Southers about extremist inroads in police forces. Subscribe to SpyTalk on Substack https://www.spytalk.co/ Follow Jeanne Meserve on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeanneMeserve https://www.jeannemeserve.com/ Follow Jeff Stein on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpyTalke...
Spymasters and Crypto Cash
November 04, 2021 09:00 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBThis week: Jeff talks with Chris Whipple, author of The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future; plus Jeanne speaks with Juan Zarate, former Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing, about the bad guys’ use of cryptocurrencies. For more from our guests: Chris Whipple https://twitter.com/ccwhip Juan Zarate https://twitter.com/JCZarate1 Subscribe to SpyTalk on Substack https://www.spytalk.co/ Follow Jeanne Meserve on Twitter: https://twitter.com/J...
Conspiracies of Dunces
October 28, 2021 09:00 - 45 minutes - 42 MBJeff Stein explores crazy coup plots and spy defectors in Venezuela with Latin America expert David Smilde, and Jeanne Meserve talks with ABC News investigative reporter James Meek about his disturbing new documentary about the deaths of Green Beret operatives in Niger. Follow Jeff Stein on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpyTalker Subscribe to SpyTalk Reporting https://www.spytalk.co/ Follow Jeanne Meserve on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeanneMeserve https://www.jeannemeserve.com/ Fol...
Spy World Frenemies
October 21, 2021 04:00 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBMossad’s got a killer new boss and the US is buying China-made drones. Jeff Stein and Jeanne Meserve drill down on both. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Follow Jeff Stein on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpyTalker Follow SpyTalk on Twitter: https://twitter.com/talk_spy Subscribe to SpyTalk on Substack https://www.spytalk.co/ Take our listener survey where you can give us feedback. http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=short
The Peanut Butter Spies, CIA’s China Initiative & Secret Service Burnout
October 14, 2021 04:00 - 53 minutesWashington Post intelligence reporter Shane Harris discusses odd happenings in the spook world with Jeff Stein, and former Secret Service Special Agent Jonathan Wackrow analyses a new report on tanking morale in the uniformed division with Jeanne Meserve. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Peanut Butter Spies, CIA’s China Initiative & Secret Service Burnout
October 14, 2021 04:00 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBWashington Post intelligence reporter Shane Harris discusses odd happenings in the spook world with Jeff Stein, and former Secret Service Special Agent Jonathan Wackrow analyses a new report on tanking morale in the uniformed division with Jeanne Meserve. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Follow Jeff Stein on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpyTalker Follow SpyTalk on Twitter: https://twitter.com/talk_spy Subscribe to SpyTalk on Substack https://www.spytalk.co/ ...
For Your Eyes Only
October 07, 2021 04:00 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MBLegendary ‘Condor’ author James Grady discusses James Bond’s evolving cinematic villains with Jeff Stein, and Jeanne Meserve digs into the massive hack of a far-right server with extremist expert Heidi Beirich. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Follow Jeff Stein on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpyTalker Follow SpyTalk on Twitter: https://twitter.com/talk_spy Subscribe to SpyTalk on Substack https://www.spytalk.co/ Take our listener survey where you can give ...
Head Case
September 30, 2021 04:00 - 55 minutes - 51 MBFrom Vietnam to Vienna, reported cases of Havana Syndrome are on the rise. Diplomats, intelligence officials and their families are experiencing debilitating symptoms including headaches, dizziness, nausea and memory loss. Dr. James Giordano, Professor of Neurology and Biochemistry at Georgetown University Medical Center, has been investigating Havana Syndrome since the first cases were reported and discusses what we know, and what we still need to learn, with Jeanne Meserve. See acast.co...
Accidents Will Happen
September 23, 2021 04:00 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBChinese espionage expert Matthew Brazil and Jeff Stein break down the controversy about Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley’s backchannel contact with his Chinese counterpart, and Jeanne Meserve and transnational crime expert Tom Sanderson discuss the emergence of Talibani Afghanistan as a terrorist state. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Follow Jeff Stein on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpyTalker Follow SpyTalk on Twitter: https://twitter.com/talk_spy Subscri...
Girding for New and Old Threats
September 16, 2021 04:00 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBExtremism expert Kathleen Belew talks with Jeanne Meserve about new factors raising the potential for violence at Sept.18 Capitol protests, while former senior CIA ops official Dan Hoffman tells Jeff Stein that the Kabul collapse has given Al Qaeda and ISIS new life. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Follow Jeff Stein on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpyTalker Follow SpyTalk on Twitter: https://twitter.com/talk_spy Subscribe to SpyTalk on Substack https://ww...
The Man Who Loved Spying
September 09, 2021 04:00 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBIn a riveting new memoir, former senior CIA officer Doug London celebrates a career in espionage, but in a lengthy conversation with host Jeff Stein, he offer candid, even brutal observations on how 20 years of counterterrorism warped the agency’s priorities and managers. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Follow Jeff Stein on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpyTalker Follow SpyTalk on Twitter: https://twitter.com/talk_spy Subscribe to SpyTalk on Substack https:/...
Kabul’s loss and a new 9/11 terror warning
September 02, 2021 04:00 - 56 minutes - 51.5 MBAuthor Craig Whitlock talks with Jeff Stein about US intelligence’s place in 20 years of lies and deception in Afghanistan, and Jeanne Meserve interviews Coast Guard Commandant Karl Schultz about a terror alert for the 9/11 anniversary. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Follow Jeff Stein on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpyTalker Follow SpyTalk on Twitter: https://twitter.com/talk_spy Subscribe to SpyTalk on Substack https://www.spytalk.co/ Take our listener ...
The Human Factor
August 26, 2021 04:00 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MBTop former CIA operations official William Murray talks with Jeanne Meserve about the loss of the agency's spy base in Kabul, while Africa expert Jacob Zenn assesses the impact of the Taliban-Al Qaeda triumph on militants across the continent, with Jeff Stein. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Follow Jeff Stein on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpyTalker Follow SpyTalk on Twitter: https://twitter.com/talk_spy Subscribe to SpyTalk on Substack https://www.spytalk...
Implications for the Kabul Catastrophe
August 19, 2021 04:00 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBCounterterrorism expert and Georgetown University Professor, Bruce Hoffman explains the drastic implications of the Taliban triumph, and journalist Toby Harnden talks about his new book on the first CIA team to enter Afghanistan. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Follow Jeff Stein on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpyTalker Follow SpyTalk on Twitter: https://twitter.com/talk_spy Subscribe to SpyTalk on Substack https://www.spytalk.co/ Take our listener survey...
Ali Soufan on the Taliban’s Global Plans
August 17, 2021 22:11 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBThe celebrated former FBI special agent and counterterrorism specialist says the Taliban aspire to undermining the West’s “Roman Empire.” See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Follow Jeff Stein on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpyTalker Follow SpyTalk on Twitter: https://twitter.com/talk_spy Subscribe to SpyTalk on Substack https://www.spytalk.co/ Take our listener survey where you can give us feedback. http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7q...
SPYING ON MISSILES
August 12, 2021 04:00 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBJeanne Meserve talks with Hans Kristensen, director of the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists, about how the world learned of China’s startling new ICBM silos, and Jeff Stein talks with Asia expert Robert Manning about the challenges of spying on North Korea. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Follow Jeff Stein on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpyTalker Follow SpyTalk on Twitter: https://twitter.com/talk_spy Subscribe to SpyTalk...
Spies vs. Spies
August 05, 2021 04:00 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBAn expert on Congressional probes tells Jeff Stein why investigators on the House Select Committee on Jan. 5 have to develop confidential sources deep inside DHS, DoD and the FBI. And retired Marine Corps Gen. Greg Newbold tells Jeanne Meserve that China's control of precious metals is a threat to US intelligence. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Follow Jeff Stein on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpyTalker Follow SpyTalk on Twitter: https://twitter.com/talk_sp...
Going Deep
July 29, 2021 04:00 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBThe FBI is still coming up short on dealing with white violent extremists, former undercover special agent Mike German tells Jeff Stein. And Jeanne Meserve delves into a little known DIA medical intelligence unit. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Follow Jeff Stein on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpyTalker Follow SpyTalk on Twitter: https://twitter.com/talk_spy Subscribe to SpyTalk on Substack https://www.spytalk.co/ Take our listener survey where you can gi...
Families of Spies
July 22, 2021 04:00 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBA father & daughter have a monster TikTok hit talkIng about his intelligence career. Former CIA analyst Frank Snepp describes the heartbreak of Saigon and the agony of Kabul. And “Spooked” author Barry Meier addresses the NSO-Pegasus surveillance scandal. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Follow Jeff Stein on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpyTalker Follow SpyTalk on Twitter: https://twitter.com/talk_spy Subscribe to SpyTalk on Substack https://www.spytalk.co/ ...
Battling on All Fronts
July 15, 2021 04:00 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBFormer CIA counterintelligence chief James Olson tells Jeff Stein the CIA and FBI need to “resuscitate” double agent ops to penetrate enemy spy services, and Jeanne Meserve talks with former senior U.S. cybercrime official Chris Painter about the rash of ransomware attacks by REvil and other Russia-based malefactors. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Follow Jeff Stein on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpyTalker Follow SpyTalk on Twitter: https://twitter.com/talk_...
Enemies Within and Without
July 07, 2021 22:41 - 45 minutes - 41.3 MBFormer senior CIA officer Doug London talks with Jeff Stein about the present and future intelligence picture in chaotic Afghanistan. And Jeanne Meserve has a fascinating talk with former top DHS intel official and retired Brigadier General Francis X. Taylor about dealing with violent extremists in the military ranks. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Follow Jeff Stein on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpyTalker Follow SpyTalk on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tal...
Spies that Bind
July 01, 2021 04:00 - 54 minutes - 50 MBNicholas Eftimiades, a top expert on Chinese espionage, tells Jeff Stein he doubts reports that Beijing’s top counterspy defected to the US—but that Beijing has “many” moles in U.S/ intelligence. And Jeanne Meserve talks with top former FBI national security official Jay Tabb about the challenges of dealing with home-grown American terrorists. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Follow Jeff Stein on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpyTalker Follow SpyTalk on Twitter:...
Cold War Capers
June 24, 2021 04:00 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBYes, there’s a real James Bond, and Jeanne Meserve chatted him up on the curses and blessings of having such a legendary moniker. And historian Audra Wolfe talks with Jeff Stein about the role of American scientists in the Cold War and beyond. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Follow Jeff Stein on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpyTalker Follow SpyTalk on Twitter: https://twitter.com/talk_spy Subscribe to SpyTalk on Substack https://www.spytalk.co/ Take our li...