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  • How Real is "A House of Dynamite"?
    Oct 17 2025

    Former White House Situation Room Director Larry Pfeiffer Talks Fear and Facts with SpyTalk.

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    50 minutos
  • Jake Tapper’s Terror Case Detective Yarn
    Oct 10 2025

    In a new book the CNN anchor unspools the inside story of a unique terrorism case.

    Jake Tapper
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    Race Against Terror
    https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Race-Against-Terror/Jake-Tapper/9781668079447

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    55 minutos
  • David McCloskey Strikes Again
    Oct 3 2025

    The acclaimed spy thriller author and ex-CIA analyst talks about his new novel, “The Persians,” set in the clandestine war between Israel and Iran.

    DAVID MCCLOSKEY

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    1 hora e 2 minutos
  • America on Trial
    Sep 26 2025

    John Ryan and his gripping tale of yet more Guantanamo secrets.

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    41 minutos
  • Revealed: Interrogation Tapes of Saudi Suspect in 9/11 Case
    Sep 19 2025

    Two British journalists find fresh evidence implicating a key Saudi suspect who escaped U.S. justice.

    Liz Harris
    https://lizharris.journoportfolio.com/

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    Amardeep Bassey
    Amardeep Bassey’s Profile | Freelance Journalist | Muck Rack

    The article:

    Revealed after 24 years, how UK was forced to free 9/11 ‘plotter’

    The podcast:

    The Story | The Times and The Sunday Times

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    1 hora e 11 minutos
  • Inside the Secret Hostage Talks
    Sep 12 2025

    Wall Street Journal reporters Drew Hinshaw and Joe Parkinson talk about their new book “Swap” on the SpyTalk podcast.

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    52 minutos
  • Guerrilla War
    Sep 8 2025

    24 years after his father’s assassination, anti-Taliban leader Ahmad Massoud vows stepped up resistance to the Kabul regime. But Jon Lee Anderson of the New Yorker sees little path for success.

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    1 hora e 8 minutos
  • How the US Watched the Shah Crumble
    Sep 5 2025

    "King of Kings" author Scott Anderson describes how feckless US officials helped usher in the Iranian revolution.

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    54 minutos