Last month’s spectacular terrorist attack on a concert venue on the outskirts of Moscow, which left 144 people dead, was quickly followed by startling news that US intelligence had warned the Russians about the impending assault. When the Kremlin said the warnings hadn’t been specific, moreover, US officials pushed back, saying, in effect, “Oh yes they were, ... Show More
Mar 2024
Episode 314: Terror Strikes the Heart of Moscow
<p>Today, Jess, Les, Morgan, and John discuss last week’s terror attack in Moscow at the Crocus City complex, which killed more than 130 people. ISIS-K, an Afghanistan-based offshoot of ISIS, claimed responsibility for the deadliest terror attack in Russia in decades, and Russia ... Show More
9m 49s
Oct 2019
Former Head of FBI Counterintelligence Bill Priestap on Top Spy Threats
In this episode of Intelligence Matters, Bill Priestap, the former head of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division, speaks with host Michael Morell about the evolving counterintelligence challenges facing the United States. Priestap, now a Centennial Fellow with Georgetown Univers ... Show More
44 m
Jan 2024
Christiane Amanpour on Biden's Iran Dilemma
The world waits to see how the United States will retaliate to a drone strike that killed three American troops in Jordan, after an Iran-backed militia group claimed responsibility for the attack.Christiane Amanpour, the Iranian-British Chief International Anchor for CNN, is our ... Show More
47m 22s
Mar 2024
67. A Tale of Two Spies: The former heads of MI5 and MI6 on the Iraq War, double agents, and the IRA
Should spies be allowed to break the law while undercover? What should the relationship between government and intelligence look like? Do we overestimate or underestimate the power and reach of Russia’s FSB and China’s intelligence service?
On today’s special episode of Leading, ... Show More
1h 11m
Apr 2023
Yes, We're All Being Spied On
Remember the Chinese spy balloon? Since then, we’ve seen leaked Pentagon spy documents on Discord and the discovery of fake Chinese police stations used for surveillance in the U.S. The line between espionage and everyday surveillance/data collection is more blurred than ever, th ... Show More
26m 59s
Feb 2022
An Accident, followed by a Horror Story - An Interview with Ben Gordon
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<p>Hillary Clinton and Leslie Stahl have stepped in it according to Chuck. Over the past weekend we find out, that after 3 years – EVERYBODY was spying on Trump. Trump was RIGHT, yet again. Trusting the INTEL community seems like a bad idea. They ... Show More
1h 3m
Dec 2022
Putin says threat of nuclear war “increasing”
Putin is upping the ante personally, launching a nuclear threat as Ukraine asks the U.S. for America’s cluster munitions, which are deadly bombs banned in more than 100 countries. Plus, 25 right-wing extremists, conspired by QAnon, are accused of plotting to overthrow the German ... Show More
43m 47s