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Apr 2022
56m 45s

Russian Killers, American Plotters

SpyTalk, Jeff Stein
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Jeanne 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.

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Brigadier General Kevin Ryan (U.S. Army retired)

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Janet Reitman, Journalist Covering National Security and Extremism

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