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He is the Horatio Alger of the CIA. His first job was punching paper. He went on to be a Station Chi

What do you get if you cross a Greek Orthodox guy from Athens and a Jewish girl from Long Island; an

As the 20th anniversary of 9/11 approached Peter Bergen sought to reevaluate the man responsible for

Kristin Wood was at CIA HQ on the morning of 9/11. Phil Mudd was at the National Security Council. K

Dave Terry was with Vice President Cheney on the morning of 9/11. He started work as a PDB briefer t

Mike Morell was with President Bush on the morning of 9/11. He saw the President several times that

It was the 1980’s. “I don't think they'll ever have the fun I had that year, at 23 years old, going

Turning the tide in the Pacific at the Battle of Midway, establishing secure communications on the b

Codes. Ciphers. Mysteries. This week’s guests are fascinated by codebreaking and cryptography: as we

Is Edward Snowden a traitor a hero? Does the surveillance state threaten freedom or secure it? Andre

Have you ever felt like “cyber” is changing so quickly, it is difficult to keep up? This week’s gues

Counterintelligence. Security. Two words that have serious pull in Washington D.C. The problem is, h

"Deeply, deeply, disturbing." This is how Alma's Katsu's book, The Hunger, was described by Stephen

Last week’s episode focused on “Karen Schaefer, CIA Operator,” while this week’s episode looks at he

From counternarcotics to counterterrorism, from Latin America to the Middle East, and from the back

Cheesesteaks. Baseball. Rocky. Espionage? Hear about the Philly you never knew – as the birthplace o

Quit. Fail. Give-up. Rick Diaz refused to acknowledge the meaning of these terms. The result? Well,

Spy satellites are fascinating! Man-made objects up there – sometimes way up there – looking down to

A superstar line-up chooses an African American spy from American history. Harriet Tubman, Ralph Bun

Barry Broman spent most of his life in South-east Asia as a photographer, an infantry officer, and a