Green Berets and Covert Ops

Joby Warrick joined SpyTalk to talk about “The Jackal: The Rise and Fall of Carlos, the World’s First Super-Terrorist.”Check out the book:The JackalThe Rise and Fall of Carlos, the World's FirstMore from Joby WarrickAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt ... Show More

Political pressure on the spy agency is forcing people out, says former senior analyst Julia Curlee. More From Julia Curlee at | https://www.lawfaremedia.org/contributors/jcurlee Follow Jeff Stein on Twitter | https://twitter.com/SpyTalkerFollow Michael Isikoff on Twitter | https ... Show More

Former FBI executive Lauren Anderson on the Director’s China, Russia outreaches.Lauren C. Anderson | https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurencandersonintl/https://laurencanderson.substack.com/Follow Jeff Stein on Twitter | https://twitter.com/SpyTalkerFollow Michael Isikoff on Twitter ... Show More

<p>Today, Justin chats with author, veteran, and former CIA case officer James Stejskal. James enlisted in the US Army in 1973 and served for more than 20 years, including with the now famous Special Forces Detachment A in Berlin in the 1970s and 80s. Among other assignments, he ... Show More

Introducing a new show from the DSR Network called “Spy Talk.” SpyTalk lives at the intersection of intelligence operations, foreign policy, homeland security and military strategy. Co-hosted by veteran national security journalist Jeff Stein and former star CNN homeland security ... Show More

In a riveting new memoir, former senior CIA officer Doug London celebrates a career in espionage, but in a lengthy conversation with host Jeff Stein, he offer candid, even brutal observations on how 20 years of counterterrorism warped the agency’s priorities and managers. Support ... Show More

<p>This week just sits down with Jim Popkin, former senior investigative reporter and producer at N NBC News and on air correspondent. Jim&apos;s articles have appeared in publications like Washington Post Magazine, Wired, Newsweek, Slate, The Guardian, Washingtonian, and on Nati ... Show More

Michael’s guest this week is Calder Walton, Assistant Director of the Belfer Center's Applied History Project and Intelligence Project at the Harvard Kennedy School and author of the book, “Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West. Michael and Calder discuss the his ... Show More

Stephen Sackur speaks to former US spy Jonna Mendez, who was the CIA’s chief of disguise running Cold War operations in Moscow, Havana and beyond. 

The former CIA analyst and Cato scholar discusses Palantir, Trump's new national database, and the sordid history of federal law enforcement on Just Asking Questions. 

Hayley Atwell shares the secrets of an elite clandestine unit, Special Forces Berlin, with the help of former operative James Stejskal. Stationed in West Berlin but deployed wherever their skills were needed, they found themselves at the centre of the Tehran Hostage Crisis, but n ... Show More