Four years ago, Azmat Khan, an investigative reporter for The Times Magazine, told us the story of Basim Razzo, whose entire family was killed in a U.S.-led airstrike in Iraq. His story helped reveal how American air wars were resulting in a staggering number of civilian deaths.
Analyzing thousands of pages of U.S. military reports and investigating in Afgha ... Show More
Yesterday
War in Iran Triggers Chaos in Global Oil Market
As Iran has tightened its chokehold on one of the world’s most vital shipping routes and the Trump administration sent mixed signals about how long the war would last, oil prices have swung wildly. Rebecca F. Elliott, who covers energy for The New York Times, explains just how mu ... Show More
29m 21s
May 2024
The SAS murders and the conspiracy to cover them up - Part 1
<p>The Sunday Times’ investigative team, Insight, has combed through 6,000 top secret documents to piece together the story of multiple military and government cover ups into the murder of civilians during the Afghan conflict. Today, in part one, we hear about the senior special ... Show More
29m 38s
Apr 2023
The Discord Leaker: The Case of the Most Unorthodox National Security Leaks in History
Last week, federal officials arrested Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old airman in the Massachusetts Air National Guard, accusing him of having leaked hundreds of pages of classified Pentagon documents on a Discord server. The documents offer rare insights into the war in Ukraine and t ... Show More
1h 1m
Sep 2020
‘Suckers’ and ‘Losers’: Trump’s war with the military
<p>With less than 50 days until the US presidential election, Donald Trump's relationship with the US military has become strained. But how is the fallout impacting his hopes of returning to the White House?</p><br><p>Guests: </p><p>Henry Zeffman, Washington Correspondent, T ... Show More
30m 56s
Aug 2022
A GPS Special: The Fall of Kabul, One Year Later
As the one-year anniversary of the chaotic Taliban takeover of Kabul approaches, Fareed has an exclusive interview with the former president of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani, about why he fled the country, if he feels betrayed by the U.S., and whether the rumors are true that he esca ... Show More
39m 48s
Apr 2023
The Pentagon documents leak
Tommy and Ben discuss the massive leak of US intelligence documents and the potential global implications, a new White House report on what went wrong with the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the potential repeal of the Iraq war authorization for use of military force, President ... Show More
1h 27m
Sep 2022
September 22nd, 2022. Russia Escalates War, Calls for More Troops.
It’s September 22nd. You’re listening to the President’s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now.
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Russia has announced a major escalation in its War in Ukraine, with hundreds of thousands of new troops mobilized. I’ve got those details — plus three things that you shoul ... Show More
20m 18s