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Apr 2021
54m 16s

A CIA Spy in Syria, and US Responses to ...

SpyTalk, Jeff Stein
About this episode
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
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