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- 36 minutes 3 secondsInside the White House Situation Room
Former senior CIA official and situation room Director Larry Pfeiffer goes inside the White House situation room with SpyTalk host Jeff Stein.
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17 January 2025, 2:00 pm - 47 minutes 24 secondsUpending Jan. 6 Reality
Former Jan. 6 committee chief counsel and federal prosecutor Timothy Heaphy talks with SpyTalk podcast co-host Michael Isikoff about the president-elect's false claims about the Capitol riot and the major role social media played in that and the 2017 Charlottesville rally by white supremacists. He also recommends the FBI loosen its rules that restrict its ability to investigate social media posts.
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10 January 2025, 4:00 pm - 46 minutes 36 secondsWhat’s Up for Trump’s FBI?
Top former FBI counterspy executive and NYC Terrorism Task Force honcho Lauren Anderson addresses the looming uncertainty over “Day One,” January 20, with SpyTalk host Jeff Stein
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20 December 2024, 5:11 pm - 37 minutes 45 secondsHow the Syrian Rebels Beat Assad
Anti-Assad activist Mouaz Moustafa in Damascus tells Michael Isikoff how he got advance word about the rebel offensive that would topple the Assad regime—including the hidden hand that foreign intelligence agencies may have played in laying the groundwork—and how the regime’s secret files may shed new light on the relationship that DNI-designate Tulsi Gabbard had with the Assad regime.
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13 December 2024, 2:00 pm - 48 minutes 57 secondsWhy Kash Patel is the Most Dangerous Trump Nominee Yet
Garret Graff, historian and journalist, explains why Trump's intention to install the fierce MAGA loyalist in charge of the U.S. government's premier law enforcement agency charged with thwarting terror attacks and protecting the nation's secrets endangers the bureau's mission for years to come.
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6 December 2024, 10:00 am - 41 minutes 17 secondsIs Putin's Russia a Terrorist State?
SpyTalk's Michael Isikoff talks to Chris Costa, former chief of counter-terrorism at the NSC and now executive director of the International Spy Museum, about the mounting threat of Russian hybrid warfare-- including acts of sabotage, arson, assassination and cyber intrusions-- and whether it is time to designate Putin's Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. Costa also weighs in on President-elect Trump's pick of Tulsi Gabbard to be DNI and Sebastian Gorka as the new counter-terror chief at the NSC.
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29 November 2024, 10:00 am - 38 minutes 14 secondsClear and Present Dangers
Tim Weiner, the Pulitzer-winning author of groundbreaking histories of the CIA, FBI and more, discusses Trump’s troubling nominees for top national security jobs with SpyTalk host Jeff Stein.
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22 November 2024, 4:00 pm - 52 minutes 41 secondsMatt Gaetz and Trump's Deep State Revenge
National Security lawyer Mark Zaid discusses Trump's stunning selection as Florida congressman Matt Gaetz to be Attorney General and what it might mean for his plans to target "corrupt actors" in U.S. intelligence and national security agencies who crossed him in the Russia probe.
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15 November 2024, 10:00 am - 28 minutes 24 secondsWHAT’S NEXT FOR THE CIVIL WAR PREPPERS?
New Yorker staff writer Charles Bethea joins Jeff Stein to discuss his startling reportage on thousands of Americans preparing for a civil war or other countrywide disasters.
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8 November 2024, 1:00 pm - 37 minutes 58 secondsJared Kushner's Saudi Gravy Train (with Rep. Jamie Raskin)
Rep, Jamie Raskin tells SpyTalk why he wants DOJ to investigate whether Trump's son in law is serving as an unregistered agent of the Saudi government due to the $2 billion he's gotten from the Saudi wealth fund, as well as another newly discovered $87 million in "management fees." The feisty Maryland progressive also discusses his thoughts on the election and whether Trump is even eligible to serve as president under the 14th amendment.
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1 November 2024, 9:00 am - 38 minutes 59 secondsCan Trump Election Violence Be Thwarted?
Extremism tracker Clara Broekaert talks about political violence in the lead-up to the 2024 election and what conditions have made violent political rhetoric possible.
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