• Betrayal: Trump Justice Department’s War on the FBI
    Feb 11 2025

    Former top FBI counterterrorism agent Chris O’Leary tells host Michael Isikoff how Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove was a diligent prosecutor of Jan. 6 rioters before he turned on his teammates at Trump's behest.

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    54 mins
  • How Might Trump Deploy DHS Intelligence?
    Feb 7 2025

    Former Senior DHS Intelligence Counsel Spencer Reynolds talks with host Jeff Stein about the troubled past and uncertain future of the agency’s Intelligence & Analysis wing under President Trump.

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    40 mins
  • A “Bonanza" of Spyware Abuses
    Jan 31 2025

    Ronald Deibert of Citizen Lab tells host Michael Isikoff how his research firm has uncovered the shocking abuse of commercial spyware by foreign governments and spy agencies around the world, resulting in a proliferation of "Watergate-like” scandals.

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    Chasing Shadows
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    50 mins
  • Is Chinese Intelligence Really Subverting TikTok?
    Jan 24 2025

    The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Jim Himes, tells host Michael Isikoff there is "zero evidence" TikTok is providing data on Americans to Beijing, plus talks about the "really, really scary" Jan. 6 pardons and more.

    Congressman Jim Himes

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    47 mins
  • Inside the White House Situation Room
    Jan 17 2025

    Former senior CIA official and situation room Director Larry Pfeiffer goes inside the White House situation room with SpyTalk host Jeff Stein.

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    The Hayden Center

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    36 mins
  • Upending Jan. 6 Reality
    Jan 10 2025

    Former Jan. 6 committee chief counsel and federal prosecutor Timothy Heaphy talks with SpyTalk podcast co-host Michael Isikoff about the president-elect's false claims about the Capitol riot and the major role social media played in that and the 2017 Charlottesville rally by white supremacists. He also recommends the FBI loosen its rules that restrict its ability to investigate social media posts.

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    47 mins
  • What’s Up for Trump’s FBI?
    Dec 20 2024

    Top former FBI counterspy executive and NYC Terrorism Task Force honcho Lauren Anderson addresses the looming uncertainty over “Day One,” January 20, with SpyTalk host Jeff Stein

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    47 mins
  • How the Syrian Rebels Beat Assad
    Dec 13 2024

    Anti-Assad activist Mouaz Moustafa in Damascus tells Michael Isikoff how he got advance word about the rebel offensive that would topple the Assad regime—including the hidden hand that foreign intelligence agencies may have played in laying the groundwork—and how the regime’s secret files may shed new light on the relationship that DNI-designate Tulsi Gabbard had with the Assad regime.

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    Syrian Emergency Task Force
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    38 mins