An Interview with the CIA’s Former “Q”
SpyCast2 Des 2025

An Interview with the CIA’s Former “Q”

Bob Wallace was appointed Deputy Director of the CIA’s Office of Technical Service in 1995 and became its director three years later. In other words, he was the CIA’s “Q.” The storied office dealt in microdots and secret writing, creating innovations that spanned concealments, forged documents, surveillance equipment, covert communications, and special weapons. In this interview, Sasha and Bob sit down to discuss the tactics and innovations he has never shared before, ranging from the low-tech to the Internet Age, to the devices and techniques used in the Global War on Terrorism. Subscribe to Sasha's Substack, HUMINT, to get more intelligence stories: https://sashaingber.substack.com/ And if you have feedback or want to hear about a particular topic, you can reach us by email at spycast@spymuseum.org, This show is brought to you from Goat Rodeo, Airwave, and the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC. This episode was produced by Flora Warshaw and the team at Goat Rodeo. At the International Spy Museum, Mike Mincey and Memphis Vaughan III are our video editors. Emily Rens is our graphic designer. Joshua Troemel runs our SPY social media. Amanda Ohlke is our Director of Adult Education and Mira Cohen is the Vice President of Programs.

Episoder(729)

A Little Bit of Everything: An Interview with Kristin Wood

A Little Bit of Everything: An Interview with Kristin Wood

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with Kristin Wood, who spent more than two decades with CIA in a number of roles – from the briefer to the Vice President, to intelligence analyst, to the Nationa...

12 Des 20171h 15min

View from the Top: An Interview with Michael Morell

View from the Top: An Interview with Michael Morell

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with former CIA Deputy Director and Acting Director Michael Morell to discuss his career at the Agency, and his role in some of the most momentous intelligence ev...

5 Des 20171h 29min

Follow the Money: An Interview with Nitsana Darshan-Leitner

Follow the Money: An Interview with Nitsana Darshan-Leitner

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with Israeli activist and attorney Nitsana Darshan-Leitner to discuss the ongoing campaign to disrupt terrorist finance, and her new book Harpoon: Inside the Cove...

28 Nov 20171h 4min

Speaking Truth to Power: An Interview with Ned Price

Speaking Truth to Power: An Interview with Ned Price

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with Ned Price, former CIA analyst and Special Assistant to President Obama on the National Security Council staff, where he also was the Spokesperson and Senior ...

21 Nov 20171h 9min

Everything You Wanted to Know About GEOINT but Were Afraid to Ask: An Interview with Keith Masback

Everything You Wanted to Know About GEOINT but Were Afraid to Ask: An Interview with Keith Masback

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with Keith Masback, the CEO of the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation, to talk all things GEOINT.

14 Nov 20171h 3min

The Woman Who Smashed Codes: An Interview with Jason Fagone

The Woman Who Smashed Codes: An Interview with Jason Fagone

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with author Jason Fagone to discuss the history of American codebreaking and his book, The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely ...

7 Nov 20171h 1min

Chief of Station: An Interview with John Sipher

Chief of Station: An Interview with John Sipher

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with CIA veteran John Sipher, who served multiple overseas tours as Chief of Station and Deputy Chief of Station in Europe, Asia, Southeast Asia, the Balkans, and...

31 Okt 20171h 17min

Dinner at the Center of the Earth: An Interview with Nathan Englander

Dinner at the Center of the Earth: An Interview with Nathan Englander

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with author Nathan Englander to discuss his new novel, Middle East politics, the Mossad, the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, and growing up Jewish in America.

24 Okt 201751min

Populært innen Politikk og nyheter

giver-og-gjengen-vg
aftenpodden
aftenpodden-usa
forklart
i-retten
popradet
stopp-verden
det-store-bildet
fotballpodden-2
rss-gukild-johaug
dine-penger-pengeradet
nokon-ma-ga
bt-dokumentar-2
hanna-de-heldige
lydartikler-fra-aftenposten
rss-penger-polser-og-politikk
frokostshowet-pa-p5
aftenbla-bla
rss-dannet-uten-piano
e24-podden