This week, in the debut edition of the SpyTalk podcast, co-host Jeff Stein talks to the Washington Post’s Joby Warrick about an extraordinary CIA operation in Syria, as told in his new book, Red Line. Jeff and co-host Jeanne Meserve also discuss the Biden administration’s recent expulsion of suspected Russian spies, then Jeanne talks with former NSA Director ... Show More
Dec 2020
Weekly Roundup: December 18th
A major hack of federal government computer systems appears to be state-sponsored espionage. And we talk through Joe Biden's latest cabinet picks.This episode: congressional correspondent Susan Davis, election security editor Phil Ewing, justice correspondent Ryan Lucas, politica ... Show More
27m 59s
Jun 2021
Chinese cyberespionage in Russia? US Executive Order rescinds TikTok, WeChat bans. Operation Trojan Shield. Privateering. NATO’s Article 5 in cyberspace. Patch Tuesday notes.
SentinelOne attributes the cyberespionage campaign against Russia’s FSB to Chinese services. President Biden replaces his predecessor’s bans on TikTok and WeChat with a process of engagement, security reviews, and data protection. More on the FBI-led Operation Trojan Shield. Priv ... Show More
23m 22s
Sep 2024
Philby, Fleming and Putin: A History of Spies
<p>Ed Vaizey interrogates the past, present and future of espionage, from moments that could have come from fiction to the reality of spying in the modern world. He speaks to former GCHQ director Sir David Omand and Lord Robin Renwick, former UK ambassador to the United States an ... Show More
43m 29s
Oct 2020
United Security Sample - Politics Infecting Intelligence
In this sample from the United Security podcast, Lisa Monaco and Ken Wainstein weigh in on DNI John Ratcliffe’s selective declassification of intelligence, including “unverified intelligence” regarding Hillary Clinton.
In the full episode, Lisa and Ken offer an update on ongoing ... Show More
13m 32s
Mar 2021
Spying in the digital age
<p>Helen Warrell, the FT’s defence and security editor, talks to cybersecurity expert Dmitri Alperovitch about the SolarWinds and Microsoft hacks. How extensive was the damage inflicted and how should the west respond to such attacks?</p><p><em>Clips: CBS, CNN, NBC</em></p><br><p ... Show More
23m 28s
