Jan 2025

The Spy Who Betrayed Bin Laden (Encore) | Twin Towers | 3

Dean is working undercover, posing as a loyal jihadi in Afghanistan, while actually spying for British intelligence. He knows that one mistake is all it will take to wind up dead. But that’s not his only worry because the sense is growing that al-Qaeda has a major plot in the wor ... Show More

38m 51s

Jan 2025

The Spy Who Betrayed Bin Laden (Encore) | Death Sentence | 4

A deadly plot threatens the New York Subway and Dean is on a mission to thwart it. But when his British spymasters decide to alert the U.S. to the threat, Dean’s deception begins to unravel.Have you got a spy story you’d like us to tell? Email your ideas to thespywho@wondery.comS ... Show More

40m 7s

Jan 2025

The Spy Who Betrayed Bin Laden (Encore) | Aimen Dean talks about his time as MI6's Top Spy Inside Al-Qaeda | 5

Aimen Dean talks Raza Jaffrey through the highs and lows of his eight years as an undercover agent and why he chose to spy for the British rather than the Americans. He also describes how he felt after his cover was blown when an American writer disclosed his identity with detail ... Show More

46m 21s

Apr 2019

Returning Jihadists

What compels a jihadi to take up arms in defence of Islam? How are they recruited – and where are they recruited from? In the final episode of this series, Aimen gets into the specifics of the importance of a prophetic narrative and why so many fighters travelled to Syria from ev ... Show More

1h 14m

Aug 2020

Is the West at War With Islam? - Aimen Dean

Aimen Dean is a founding member of al-Qaeda who then became a spy for MI6. Support TRIGGERnometry: Paypal: https://bit.ly/2Tnz8yq https://www.subscribestar.com/trigger... https://www.patreon.com/triggerpod Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod h ... Show More

1h 12m

Nov 2018

Conflicted Trailer

Coming soon: An ex-Al Qaeda jihadi turned MI6 spy and a former monk turned filmmaker, have been embedded at the heart of conflicts in the Middle East. Together Aimen Dean and Thomas Small unpack the realities of war, fundamentalism and their global implications through first-hand ... Show More

3m 33s

Jun 2025

53. Bin Laden vs the CIA: The Great Escape (Ep 3)

"The walls of oppression and humiliation cannot be demolished except in a rain of bullets." These chilling words from Osama bin Laden's 1996 fatwa declared war on the United States. How did this Saudi Arabian millionaire transform into a global terrorist leader, openly inviting m ... Show More

59m 15s

Jun 2025

55. Bin Laden vs the CIA: The Hunt for the World's Most Wanted (Ep 5)

A decade after 9/11, Osama bin Laden remained at large, a constant "running sore" for the US government. But how did a fleeting glimpse of a tall guy with a beard and the interrogation of a high-value detainee finally set the CIA on the right path? And what was the decision that ... Show More

56m 46s

Sep 2025

85. The Man Who Saved The World: The Great Escape (Ep 6)

Oleg Gordievsky wants to leave Moscow, but how? How can a man under suspicion of being a traitor escape the watchful eye of the KGB? Do MI6 have a plan to rescue him? Or will the man who has leaked countless state secrets become the next victim of the USSR? Listen as David and Go ... Show More

55m 48s

Sep 2025

84. The Man Who Saved The World: A Friendship Shattered (Ep 5)

Just as Oleg Gordievsky was moments away from being the KGB’s most senior man in Britain, he is recalled to Moscow. Has his spying been revealed? What can MI6 do? And will he return to his homeland knowing he may never leave again? Listen as David and Gordon continue their series ... Show More

53m 23s

Sep 2021

The Man Who Loved Spying

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

41m 16s

Jun 2025

Foxtrot in Kandahar, Part 1: Snakes and Lightning | CIA

In late 2001, veteran CIA Officer Duane Evans deployed to Afghanistan as part of the US response to 9/11. This is his story. In Part 1, we find Duane as he swears vengeance against Al Qaeda - and moves mountains to get himself to the heart of the action. From SPYSCAPE, the home o ... Show More

49m 26s

Jul 2025

64. Terror Strikes London: The Al-Qaeda Mastermind (Ep 3)

He left a video for his daughter before he vanished to Pakistan. A quiet farewell, wrapped in the language of faith and finality. What no one knew was that in the mountains near the Afghan border, he would meet the man who would change everything. In the penultimate episode of ou ... Show More

34m 51s

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