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447 | Iran's Election Interference and Ukraine in Kursk
Clint Watts, GM of Microsoft's Threat Analysis Center discusses Iran's meddling and Yuriy Sak, Advisor to Ukraine's Minister of Strategic Industries, describes Ukraine's military mission in Russian territory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaph
446 | What's behind Ukraine's sudden incursion into Russia?
Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Andriy Zagorodnyk explains why Ukraine did it and why Russia can't really stop it.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
445 | Paul Whelan's Release from Russia
A retrospective look at some my reporting and podcasts from the time of his arrest in December of 2018, to his release in Late July 2024.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
444 | Russia, China and Cuba unite to taunt, test and spy on the US military
Chris Simmons, retired supervisory Counterintelligence Officer with theDefense Intelligence Agency and author talks about why Russia is sending warships to Cuba and why its teaming up with China to fly joint military patrols off the Alaska coast.Learn
443 | Jim Hughes, retired CIA Station Chief speaks out about his life in the shadows and chasing terrorists
Hughes talks about his career and key tools the Agency used to get the upper hand on terrorists in the Middle East.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
442 | Iran's plot to kill former President Donald Trump
Retired State Department Diplomatic Security agent and official Fred Burton talks about Iran's long history of attacking Americans and it's capabilities. He discusses details of security lapses at the Trump rally and changes that need to be made. Learn mo
441 | The Trump Assassination Attempt
Donald Mihalek, retired Senior Secret Service agent discusses what happened, what's likely happening now at Secret Service and what should happen down the road.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
440 | NATO'S 75th Anniversary Summit: Strong Future, Strong Challenges
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Estonia's Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, Poland's Foreign Minister Radek Sikorsky, paint a picture of the troubling problems facing NATO and how the alliance is meeting the chal
439 | Who is Vladimir Kara-Murza? And why is he locked away in a Russian prison cell?
Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza joined us in 2020, after being poisoned twice by Russian intelligence and surviving. That was almost 2 years before he was locked away in a Russia prison. After the killing of Alexei Navalny last year, he's em
438 | The fallout of Vladimir Putin's visit to North Korea
Ambassador Joseph Detrani, former Director of the U.S. National Counter Proliferation Center says this is major blow to U.S. efforts to stop North Korea's nuclear weapons pursuits.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices