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Feb 2023
42m 14s

YET ANOTHER SPY AGENCY SECURITY BREECH

SpyTalk, Jeff Stein
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The McGonigal scandal is just another chapter in a pathetic history of outrageous security lapses at the FBI, CIA and NSA, says investigative reporter James Bamford, author of SPYFAIL: Foreign Spies, Moles, Saboteurs, and the Collapse of America’s Counterintelligence.  Follow our guest: James Bamford https://mobile.twitter.com/washauthor Spy Fail https://www ... Show More
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