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Target USA -- Episode 211: Nukes, malware and bots: US intelligence races to stay ahead of adversaries
Imminent nation-state threats to U.S. national security, pernicious cyberattacks and looming global health crises, like the 2019 novel coronavirus, are but a small fraction of the burgeoning front-line intelligence challenges facing the...
Target USA -- Episode 210: The importance of Croatia to US national security
Croatia recently took over the presidency of the European Union. Croatia has its work cut out for it because the EU is facing a lot of challenges, not the least of which is the uncertainty looming because of the now-complete Brexit. Also...
Target USA -- Episode 209: The Davos Plot
You might remember hearing in recent weeks about Russian intelligence agents allegedly plotting to bug the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. There also may have been an assassination plot involved. Bill Browder, a British businessman,...
Target USA -- Episode 208: Election Security
We know that Russia, China, Iran, non-nation state hacktivists and even domestic activists are actively attempting to interfere in the U.S. 2020 Presidential election. But what's not well known is that altering the election results...
Target USA -- Episode 207: Cyber Trouble in 2020
The U.S. government is worried that China’s intelligence services may get into the 5G networks of its global partners and harm U.S. national security interests. On this episode, we learn they are already in many networks including our own...
Target USA -- Episode 206: The downing of Ukrainian Airlines flight 752
This episode deals with one overarching question: Was the crew of UIA 752 -- which likely was asleep during Iran's bombing campaign of U.S. forces in Iraq -- know it was too dangerous to fly the morning they took off from Tehran? Information...
Target USA -- Episode 205: The US vs. Iran
During a week of high drama between the U.S. and Iran, a top Iranian general was assassinated by the U.S. Americans on military bases in Iraq had to run for cover from Iranian launched ballistic missiles, and the leaders of both nations...
Target USA -- Episode 204 | SPECIAL REPORT | US airstrike kills Soleimani
In a stunning and devastating airstrike, on January 2nd, the US military killed General Qasem Soleimani, leader of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corp and Quds Force. This special report lays out what we've learned about it and what's...
Target USA -- Episode 203: The Best of 2019
As we start 2020, we take a look back at one of best episodes of 2019 -Episode 190. It's part three of a four part series called "The Fog of Espionage". More in-depth coverage of espionage is coming in 2020. This episode provides...
Target USA -- Episode 202: Radek Sikorski on the US and EU
On this edition of Target USA Radek Sikorski, Chair of the Delegation for relations with the United States in the European Parliament discusses the opportunities and challenges that lay ahead -including China.