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- 38 minutes 8 secondsThe Man Who Gets the Secrets
Jason Leopold, a senior reporter with Bloomberg News, has literally been getting under the skin of government bureaucracies for decades. His weapon: The Freedom of Information Act, enacted by Congress in the mid-1960s because the feds, well, had an insidious propensity to bury embarrassing, or even illegal, acts under layers of official secrecy. Over the years the law has been strengthened—not that it’s stopped the government from continuing its bad behavior.
That’s where Leopold, a multiple prize winning, much admired, relentless digger, comes in. The 55-year-old journalist is a legend for forcing the government to release explosive documents ranging from Hillary Clinton’s secret email server to CIA torture procedures to Donald Trump’s misrouting, should we say, of highly classified documents from the White House to Mar-a-Lago. For his efforts, the FBI labeled him an “FOIA terrorist,” a moniker he cheerfully welcomes.
May 1st marked the seventh anniversary of his most favorite FOIA triumph, the release of details on a threatening telephone call a person imitating a Mafia thug—all but certainly Trump—made to a lawyer representing investors going after Trump after the failure of his Atlantic City casino. It seemed like a good day to ring Jason up.
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3 May 2024, 9:00 am - 38 minutes 20 secondsTipping Off Our Enemies to Terrorist Attacks
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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19 April 2024, 9:00 am - 35 minutes 57 secondsMore Havana Syndrome Questions
New SpyTalk Contributing Editor Mike Isikoff pokes holes in 60 Minutes’ blockbuster story.
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5 April 2024, 9:00 am - 36 minutes 50 secondsSpies and Sex: A History of Honeytraps
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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23 March 2024, 10:08 pm - 38 minutes 59 secondsA Life in CIA Trickery
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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In True Face: A Woman's Life in the CIA, Unmasked
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8 March 2024, 7:00 am - 20 minutes 41 secondsRussia, Russia, Russia
Former top CIA ops official Dan Hoffman talks with Jeff about options on Putin.
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26 February 2024, 8:42 pm - 40 minutes 4 secondsThe Taylor Swift Infowar Tutorial
Former US Army “influence ops” specialist Paul Cobaugh talks with Jeff about combatting conspiracy mongering.
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9 February 2024, 10:30 pm - 38 minutes 56 secondsRed Cell Study on China Rise
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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28 January 2024, 12:58 am - 30 minutes 3 secondsGreen Berets and Covert Ops
Former Special Forces and CIA case officer James Stejskal chats with Jeff Stein about Berlin, Russia and more.
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13 January 2024, 10:00 am - 42 minutes 20 secondsThe CIA in 2024
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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29 December 2023, 7:00 am - 33 minutes 2 secondsChinese Military Hackers in Our Pipes
The Washington Post’s Ellen Nakashima talks with Jeff about Beijing’s secret infiltration of US infrastructure.
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