This week Justin talks with author, attorney, public speaker, security expert, and former FBI agent Eric O'Neill. Eric is the founder of the Georgetown Group, a premier investigative services and security firm. In law, he specializes in national security matters. But long before that, he was a young investigative specialist with the FBI. In December of 2000, ... Show More
Jul 27
257. Lawless Agent Running: Britains Biggest Informants in Northern Ireland with John Ware
This week's guest is John Ware. John is an award-winning investigative journalist with over four decades experience reporting on security, intelligence, and public accountability. He's a former BBC Panorama correspondent who has led major investigations into policing, national se ... Show More
56m 25s
Jul 20
[ARCHIVE] Solving the Murder of a CIA Case Officer with Michael Pullara
This week, Justin revisits episode 61 with trial lawyer Michael Pullara. Michael is a practicing trial lawyer from Texas who has spent more than 40 years representing an incredibly wide variety of clients. In the courtroom, he squared off against Italian mobsters, the U.S. Depart ... Show More
1h 37m
Oct 2025
Former FBI Agent, Eric O’Neill on Spies, Lies, and the Cyber Wars We’re Already Losing
<p><strong>A Note from James</strong></p><p>Oh my gosh—I was scared after this one. In this episode, I learned about what’s really on the dark web… and the even scarier stuff on what’s called the deep web.</p><p>Eric O’Neill—who, by the way, is the former FBI agent who brought do ... Show More
55m 10s
May 2023
The Spy Who Fooled the FBI
May 10, 2002. Former FBI agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life in prison without parole. His crime? Selling scads of top-secret information to the Soviets – and later, the Russians – over 22 years. How did Hanssen get away with his deception for so long, which led to the deat ... Show More
30m 52s
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