- How 9/11 Changed America
Janet Reitman’s The Inheritance is a portrait of 9/11’s devastating consequences,
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Brian Driscoll joins SpyTalk to discuss the circumstances of his dismissal from the FBI and how the Bureau’s current leadership is destroying the institution and making us less safe in the process.
Driscoll was fired from the FBI shortly after he refused to fire agents based solely on their involvement in the January 6th and Mar-a-Lago investigations.
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CNBC’s Eamon Javers weaves a cautionary tale for US officials.
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Investigative reporter John Dinges tells how Henry Kissinger failed to prevent Chile’s 1976 murder of Orlando Letelier in downtown D.C.
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When Terrorists Struck in the Heart of Washington, D.C. | SpyTalk
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Sharon Weinberger on how Big Tech is fueling the future of war.
Sharon Weinberger talks about her latest book Valley of Death
How Big Tech Is Fueling the Future of War.
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A greater array of better-armed threats confronts the US than on 9/11.
Terrorism and insurgency expert Bruce Hoffman joins the podcast to discuss the current state of Al-Qaeda and its affiliates in the world
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Peter Bergen on the triumphs and tragedies wrought by 9/11.
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His latest book:
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Former CIA operations officer and member of CIA's Senior Intelligence Service (SIS-3) turned author, Jim Lawler joins Micheal to discuss real world espionage, spy recruitment, and his latest spy novel.
The Traitor’s Tale by Jim Lawler
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Former CIA Chief Learning Officer Steve Hirsch tells how Russia, China, and Iran exploit the cracks in US intelligence.
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Joby Warrick joined SpyTalk to talk about “The Jackal: The Rise and Fall of Carlos, the World’s First Super-Terrorist.”
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The Jackal
The Rise and Fall of Carlos, the World's First
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Political pressure on the spy agency is forcing people out, says former senior analyst Julia Curlee.
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Former FBI executive Lauren Anderson on the Director’s China, Russia outreaches.
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Wall Street Journal reporter Bojan Pancevski unveils the astounding story of Ukraine’s sabotage of the Russian pipeline.
Plus, Jeff and Michael discuss Jay Clayton, Todd Blanche, and more.
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy57m - Jul 31, 2026 - Who’s Running US Intelligence?
Atlantic staff writer Shane Harris drills down on the changes roiling the ODNI and CIA.
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Terrorism expert Colin Clarke fact-checks the administration’s claims on leftwing extremism and election security.
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Tom LoBianco answered an ad for a writer and then things went south.
Tom LoBianco is a veteran national politics reporter and editor of 24sight News, the independent news site on Substack.
24sight's scoops have been featured in The New York Times, CNN, ABC News, the Reddit front page, the Columbia Journalism Review and many other outlets.
Tom LoBianco
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Seeing-eye bombs were supposed to limit civilian casualties. Jeffrey Stern, author of “The Warhead,” explains why they didn’t.
The Warhead
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Jeffrey E. Stern is an award-winning journalist and the author of five books, including his newest book The Warhead, The 15:17 to Paris, which was adapted as a major motion picture by Clint Eastwood and Warner Brothers, and The Last Thousand: One School’s Promise in a Nation at War, an honorable mention for best book of the year by Library Journal. Stern co-wrote and produced the award-winning independent film Yasmeen’s Element, which premiered at the SXSW film festival and was named a “best of the fest.” He has been named a graduate fellow at the Stanford Center for International Conflict and Negotiation and a grantee of the Pulitzer Center Fellow for Crisis Reporting. Stern’s reporting has appeared in magazines such as The New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, and The Atlantic.
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New York Times Intelligence Reporter Julian Barnes on the Rise of Bill Pulte.
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Writes about the American intelligence community, including the Central Intelligence Agency, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and other spy agencies, as well as broader national and international security issues. His stories seek to break news about what intelligence officials are thinking, and occasionally doing, and to explain the U.S. perspective on security matters.
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy50m - Jun 20, 2026 - How Trump Broke the ODNI
Former senior CIA analyst David Kanin on the crises in US intelligence.
David Kanin is a retired CIA senior analyst and member of the Senior Intelligence Service.
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy1h 0m - Jun 12, 2026 - How a Terror Case Fizzled
Former Gitmo prosecutor Michael Lebowitz takes us inside the nuclear plot that never was.
Mike Lebowitz is one of America’s few war-crimes prosecutors with front-line counterterrorism experience. A former senior attorney at the Department of Justice’s National Security Division, he spent nearly a decade prosecuting cases at Guantanamo Bay, including the 9/11, USS Cole, and top Al Qaeda commander trials. A US Army combat veteran and former Pathfinder unit paratrooper officer, Lebowitz also served as a senior legal advisor to US Army Cyber Command. He has been featured or quoted by the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, NPR, Associated Press, and the Atlantic. He lives in Washington, DC.
Second Wave by Michael Lebowitz
In 2003, US intelligence uncovered evidence that al Qaeda had acquired nuclear materials, plotting to smuggle them into American ports. The “Second Wave” threat triggered one of the most urgent and secretive manhunts in US history.
With the cinematic intensity of Zero Dark Thirty and the investigative depth of The Looming Tower, Michael Lebowitz captures post-9/11 chaos and drama: agents risking everything to prevent another catastrophe, families torn apart, and the ethical fault lines still dividing US intelligence.
Readers meet Pakistani-American industrialist Saifullah Paracha, whose import- export business concealed ties to al Qaeda; Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, architect of 9/11; Majid Khan, a Baltimore gas-station clerk turned jihadist who mapped US targets; an FBI interrogator who broke suspects faster than any waterboard; and an Orthodox Jewish garment importer whose betrayal helped avert disaster. On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, Lebowitz’s account reveals a global pursuit that tested America’s moral limits and asks: Are we as prepared today as we were then?
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