Target USA Podcast by WTOP

Target USA Podcast by WTOP


Latest Episodes

Target USA -- Episode 101 | 'Thrilling and terrifying': Part 2 of interview with former CIA officer Mark Kelton
January 25, 2018

This is a continuation of what we started in episode 100 of Target USA. In a rare interview, retired CIA officer Mark Kelton reveals details about his days behind the Iron Curtain and why Russia is a foe that is just as dangerous today...

Target USA -- Episode 100: 'Thrilling and terrifying'
January 18, 2018

On our 100th episode of Target USA, we bring you a very special interview with a retired CIA officer. Mark Kelton reveals the details of a remarkable career, including a harrowing day behind the Iron Curtain in the former Czechoslovakia,...

Target USA -- Episode 99: Russian agents still meddling in US affairs
January 11, 2018

Nine months after the historic investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. elections, Target USA speaks with Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., Vice Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Among the stunning developments he shares are...

Target USA -- Episode 98: The consequences of Trump's Pakistan 'lying and deceit' tweets
January 04, 2018

During a stream of New Year's Day tweets, President Donald Trump insulted Pakistan leaders, calling them liars and deceitful while taking billions in U.S. aid over a 15-year period. Target USA spoke with Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry, Pakistan's...

Episode 97: 2017 in review
December 28, 2017

North Korea, attacks on US diplomats in Cuba, terror attacks in the U.S. and Europe were among the biggest stories of the year, but the undisputed top story of the year was Russia's meddling in the 2016 election. Target USA takes a...

Episode 96: Top TSA officials lose sleep, but gain ground as terrorists plot new attacks
December 21, 2017

As of Dec. 20, the very same instructions that Akayed Ullah used to learn how to build the bomb he detonated in the New York subway attack on Dec. 11 allegedly remains online and available to clever terrorists able to find them. That, along...

Episode 95: New York Port Authority Suicide Bomber & US Intelligence Community's Crown Jewel
December 14, 2017

On Monday, Dec. 11, a 27-year-old man triggered a strapped-on suicide vest inside a crowded pedestrian tunnel under New York's Port Authority. He was allegedly upset about Christmas posters and other geopolitical issues inside the corridor...

Target USA -- Episode 94: North Korea marches closer to closer to nuclear weapons
December 07, 2017

Many think that it's just a matter of time before North Korea is an existential threat to the U. S. "As Kim Jong Un said a few months ago, North Korea's determined to build on their nuclear and missile capabilities," Joeseph...

Target USA -- Episode 93: Kirkuk, Iraq is the scene of yet another human catastrophe
November 30, 2017

On the heels of the announcement that the Islamic State group had essentially been ousted from Iraq in September 2017, the Iraqi military along with Iranian-backed militias launched an incursion into Kirkuk in northern Iraq. Almost 200,000...

Target USA -- Episode 92: NSA still battling to regain its edge years after the Snowden leaks
November 23, 2017

Four and a half years after contractor Edward Snowden abruptly left the U.S. with a trove of highly classified secrets, the National Security Agency and its counterparts in the U.S. intelligence community continue to struggle under the...