Target USA Podcast by WTOP

Target USA Podcast by WTOP


Latest Episodes

Title: Target USA –Ep. 251 | Al Qaida's No. 2 is killed
November 18, 2020

Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah was the mastermind behind the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. He was killed on the streets of Tehran, Iran recently. Dr. Hans Jakob-Schindler, Sr. Director of the Counter Extremism Project details...

Title: Target USA –Ep. 250 | Trump, Debt and the Many Secrets He Knows
November 11, 2020

Larry Pfeiffer, former CIA Chief of Staff and White House Situation Room Director, worries that President Donald Trump's massive debt will make him a target for espionage after he leaves office. He also is concerned about people around...

Title: Target USA –Ep. 249 | Former DNI concerned about Russia's next move
November 04, 2020

Even though the votes are all in, former DNI Jim Clapper says he's concerned that Russia still has another 2020 Election play left. 50 plus years of intelligence knowledge shouldn't be ignored.

Title: Target USA –Ep. 248 | C.I.A. officer targeted with sonic attack
October 28, 2020

Marc Polymeropoulos was in Moscow in 2017 when he was hit, twice, with a debilitating sonic attack, just like American diplomats in Cuba and China. Guess who was behind it? Guess what the C.I.A. did? Listen and find out.

Title: Target USA –Ep. 247 | H.R. McMaster speaks out
October 21, 2020

The retired Army General and former National Security Advisor is blunt about his rocky tenure at the White House and insightful about the ecosystem of Russia's disinformation efforts as he discusses his new book...

Title: Target USA –Ep. 246 | North Korea's "October Surprise"
October 14, 2020

Over the weekend, North Korea delivered what some experts call an "October surprise" to the U.S. It's a massive, new, nuclear-capable missile, that could reach the whole of the U.S. What's Kim's Jong Un's end-game?...

Title: Target USA –Ep. 245 | How ready is the U.S. Army?
October 07, 2020

Is the U.S. Army ready to fight tonight? General Michael X. Garrett, Commander of U.S. Forces Command (FORSCOM) says not only are they ready, but they would win overwhelmingly. But, U.S. adversaries are getting better each day. Is the U.S....

Title: Target USA –Ep. 244 | EXCLUSIVE: Poisoned by the Kremlin -a Survivor's Story
September 30, 2020

Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian opposition politician and VP of the Free Russia Foundation was poisoned twice by Russian intelligence. He tells us a chilling story of his ordeal. He also pulls back the covers on the Kremlin's assassins...

Title: Target USA –Ep. 243 Why is the CIA sitting on Russian interference intel
September 23, 2020

Douglas London, former member of the CIA's Clandestine Service discusses the internal struggle at the Agency to keep certain intelligence... quiet. And you might be surprised by what you hear.

Title: Target USA –Ep. 242 American company in cross hairs of Belarus regime
September 16, 2020

Mikita Mikado, CEO of Pandadoc is fighting to get four employees released from jail in Belarus. They were seized after he protested the Lukashenko regime's brutality.