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Target USA -- Episode 91: Anatomy of a Russian Attack: The next time could be worse
If you've followed the Target USA podcast, you are familiar with our series of reports called the Anatomy of a Russian Attack. In episodes 83 through 86, we unveiled a nearly yearlong investigation into Russia's meddling, and its...
Target USA -- Episode 90: The New York City terror attack and what was known months ahead of time
Six months prior to the attack on a New York City bike path, top intelligence officials had an idea something like it was coming. In this episode of Target USA, we revisit a conversation with Nick Rasmussen, director of the National Counterterrorism...
Target USA -- Episode 89: Tamer Elnoury -- Interview with an undercover Muslim FBI agent
In the wake of the New York City bike path terror incident on Halloween, many are asking how authorities can stop extremists like the man who ran over innocent people with a truck in the name of IS. One way is an undercover FBI agent --...
Target USA -- Episode 88: Exclusive interview with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein
Leaks in Washington, terrorism, Russian meddling in the 2016 election, cyber threats to the electric grid and the opioid crisis all are serious concerns for the No. 2 official at the Department of Justice. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein...
Target USA -- Episode 87: An update on the US diplomats sickened in Cuba
We told you the story on Episode 78 of how "official" Washington was rattled on Aug. 9, when news broke that U.S. diplomats in Havana had been sickened a mysterious illness that no one could put their finger on. Target USA has continued...
Target USA -- Special Report | Anatomy of a Russian Attack Part 4: A look at Russia's objective and what's coming
This is the final installment of our four-part Target USA series "Anatomy of a Russian Attack on the U.S." In this episode, Robert Cardillo, director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, details how Russia's activities...
Target USA -- Anatomy of a Russian Attack Part 3: Troll farms, IMSI catchers
This is part three of our four-part Target USA series "Anatomy of a Russian Attack on the U.S." In this episode, former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers pulls back the curtain on Russia's troll farm operation,...
Target USA -- Episode 84: Anatomy of a Russian Attack Part 2: Inside the Russian operation
The U.S. intelligence community has concluded Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered operatives to interfere in the 2016 Presidential election. A Target USA investigation that began in November 2016 examined how the attack happened, when...
Target USA -- Episode 83: Anatomy of a Russian Attack Part 1
The U.S. intelligence community has concluded Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered operatives to interfere in the 2016 Presidential election. A Target USA investigation that began in November 2016 examined how the attack happened, when...
Target USA Episode 82 -- 16 years after the 9/11 attacks, worries of new attacks grow
Sixteen years after the worst terror attack in U.S. history, a former senior operations officer with the CIA says, "the situation is even worse." Mike Maness was overseas when the 9/11 attacks took place. But now he says: "As...