State Secrets
158 episodes - English - Latest episode: 20 days ago - ★★★★★ - 81 ratingsState Secrets is a weekly interview podcast featuring Cipher Brief experts and national security leaders.
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Episodes
Steve Murphy of "Narcos" (Part 2)
December 02, 2016 10:30 - 16 minutes - 15.7 MBThis week The Cipher Brief’s Executive Producer and Reporter Leone Lakhani talks to Steve Murphy, one of the DEA agents who was instrumental in bringing down Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar. Murphy and his partner Javier Pena were depicted in the Netflix series Narcos, during their hunt for Escobar. In the second part of the interview, Leone asks Murphy what Escobar was really like, how they finally caught him, and the true story behind his death. [A word of warning, if you’re still watc...
Dennis Ross on Obama Mid East Legacy
November 27, 2016 23:30 - 17 minutes - 23.9 MBThis week The Cipher Brief's Executive Producer and Reporter Leone Lakhani sits down with Ambassador Dennis Ross, Counselor at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and a former senior Middle East Adviser to three U.S. Presidents. She talks to him about President Barack Obama’s legacy in the Middle East, and the challenges facing the next administration.
Fmr. CIA Acting Director John McLaughlin
November 20, 2016 23:30 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MBThis week on 15 Minutes, The Cipher Brief’s Executive Editor Fionnuala Sweeney speaks to John McLaughlin, former Deputy Director and Acting Director CIA. On the agenda - why he joined the Agency, his view of the challenges facing the new administration. And a touch of magic.
Gen. Keane on Trump Transition
November 20, 2016 23:30 - 16 minutes - 22.5 MBThis week, in a post–election special, The Cipher Brief's Executive Producer and Reporter Leone Lakhani sits down with Jack Keane, retired four-star general and former Vice Chief of Army Staff. General Keane has been tapped for a potential position in Donald Trump’s national security team. Leone speaks to Keane after his meeting with the President-elect and asks him about his views on the transition team.
Director of IARPA Jason Matheny Part I
November 13, 2016 23:30 - 16 minutes - 22.7 MBThis week The Cipher Brief's CEO and Publisher Suzanne Kelly sits down with Jason Matheny, Director of IARPA, the research branch for the intelligence community that works on ways to tell the future. In the first part of the interview, she asks Matheny what exactly IARPA does and how it accurately forecasts events.
Director of IARPA Jason Matheny Part II
November 13, 2016 23:30 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBThis week The Cipher Brief's CEO and Publisher Suzanne Kelly sits down with Jason Matheny, Director of IARPA, the research branch for the intelligence community that works on ways to tell the future. In the second part of the interview, she asks Matheny what keeps him up at night, and if there's ways to predict political instability and unrest.
EU's Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Gilles de Kerchove
November 06, 2016 23:30 - 10 minutes - 14.9 MBThis week The Cipher Brief’s Executive Editor Fionnuala Sweeney talks to the European Union’s Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Gilles de Kerchove. De Kerchove discusses the challenges of keeping the continent safe, following terrorist attacks in France and Belgium in the past year.
Former Undersecretary Defense for Intelligence Dr. Michael Vickers on Security Threats
October 31, 2016 10:00 - 15 minutes - 14.7 MBThis week The Cipher Brief CEO Suzanne Kelly sits down with Michael Vickers - former Green Beret, CIA paramilitary operations officer and Undersecretary Defense for Intelligence - about his illustrious career and the security threats that face the next administration.