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  • Tipping Off Our Enemies to Terrorist Attacks

    Tipping Off Our Enemies to Terrorist Attacks

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    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,” and added details to its rejoinder. Likewise, it turned out that back in January, US intelligence had warned Iran about an impending Islamic State terrorist attack at a gathering to honor its fallen Quds Force leader Qasem Soleimani, who had been killed by a US drone strike in Baghdad.

    The revelations that our spy services had actually warned two of our greatest mortal enemies astounded many people and triggered a lot of acidic commentary, confusion and the inevitable conspiracy theories on social media.

    Today’s guest, former CIA case officer and base chief Laura Thomas, who held a number of senior intelligence positions during her nearly 16 years of government service, says those actions followed a standard practice in American intelligence. It’s called “a duty to warn.” And she’s here to explain how that seemingly esoteric, even confounding, practice is not only a staple of the spy world—at least on the American side—but it has some espionage benefits as well.

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  • More Havana Syndrome Questions

    More Havana Syndrome Questions

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    New SpyTalk Contributing Editor Mike Isikoff pokes holes in 60 Minutes’ blockbuster story.

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  • Spies and Sex: A History of Honeytraps

    Spies and Sex: A History of Honeytraps

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    Jeff talks with Henry Schlesinger, author of "Honey Trapped: Sex, Betrayal, and Weaponized Love."

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    Honey Trapped: Sex, Betrayal, and Weaponized Love
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  • A Life in CIA Trickery

    A Life in CIA Trickery

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    Jonna Mendez, former CIA chief of disguises, discusses her new book, “In True Face: A Woman's Life in the CIA, Unmasked.”

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  • Russia, Russia, Russia

    Russia, Russia, Russia

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    Former top CIA ops official Dan Hoffman talks with Jeff about options on Putin.

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  • The Taylor Swift Infowar Tutorial

    The Taylor Swift Infowar Tutorial

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    Former US Army “influence ops” specialist Paul Cobaugh talks with Jeff about combatting conspiracy mongering.

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  • Red Cell Study on China Rise

    Red Cell Study on China Rise

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    Former CIA officials Kristin Wood and Martin Petersen built a Red Cell project on The Cipher Brief to challenge experts to explore how China came to supplant the US by 2041.


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  • Green Berets and Covert Ops

    Green Berets and Covert Ops

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    Former Special Forces and CIA case officer James Stejskal chats with Jeff Stein about Berlin, Russia and more.

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  • The CIA in 2024

    The CIA in 2024

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    Former senior CIA officer Glenn Corn talks with Jeff Stein about the agency’s new generation and its challenges in the Middle East, Russia, and Ukraine in 2024.

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  • Chinese Military Hackers in Our Pipes

    Chinese Military Hackers in Our Pipes

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    The Washington Post’s Ellen Nakashima talks with Jeff about Beijing’s secret infiltration of US infrastructure.

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  • The Week in Spy Plots & Murder

    The Week in Spy Plots & Murder

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    Former CIA ops officer Douglas London joins Jeff to discuss spooky events from Gaza to Moscow, Kyiv & beyond.

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  • A Thriller in Ukraine

    A Thriller in Ukraine

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    The Washington Post’s Shane Harris joins Jeff to discuss his scoop on Ukraine’s murky op to sabotage the Nordstream-2 pipeline.

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  • Target Moscow

    Target Moscow

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    CIA Russia Hand John Sipher discusses spying and sabotage ops against Vladimir Putin.

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  • THE CIA’S EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN

    THE CIA’S EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN

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    Liza Mundy, author of “The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA,” is this week’s special guest.

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  • A Life in the Wilderness of Mirrors | CBS News’ David Martin reflects on 40 years covering national security

    A Life in the Wilderness of Mirrors | CBS News’ David Martin reflects on 40 years covering national security

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    This week, Jeff talks with award-winning journalist and groundbreaking author of “Wilderness of Mirrors,” National Security Correspondent for CBS, David Martin.

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  • Can Anyone Stop Cyber Terrorism?

    Can Anyone Stop Cyber Terrorism?

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    This week Jeff talks cybersecurity with Michael Mestrovich, the former director of the CIA’s Technical Services Office; former Principal Deputy Chief Information Officer for the U.S. Department of State, and current Chief Information Security Officer at Rubrik.

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  • A CIA EPITAPH ON 9/11

    A CIA EPITAPH ON 9/11

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    Jeff talks with retired former CIA Al Qaeda expert Cindy Storer

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  • Sex, Lies and Women at the CIA

    Sex, Lies and Women at the CIA

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    Jeff talks with CIA operations veteran Laura Thomas about the gains and losses for women at the spy agency.

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  • A CIA Family Drama

    A CIA Family Drama

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    Jeff talks with John Hadden, author of “Conversations with a Masked Man: My Father, the CIA, and Me."

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  • Oppenheimer’s Origin

    Oppenheimer’s Origin

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    Jeff Stein talks with Kai Bird, co-author of “American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer.”

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