Cuban Intelligence and the Ana Montes Spy Case
Peter’s guest this month is Scott Carmichael of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). As the DIA’s senior counterintelligence investigator, Scott identified one of the most damaging spies in recent U...
1 Aug 200727min
From the Secret Files of the CIA
Peter interviews Tom Blanton of the National Security Archive about a recently declassified set of documents regarding illegal CIA activities in the early Cold War. Putting these "Family Jewels" in hi...
2 Jul 200729min
British Intelligence—Past and Present
Peter interviews Dame Stella Rimington, former Director-General of MI5, the British domestic security service. Dame Stella compares American and British approaches to intelligence and offers her view ...
1 Jun 200724min
Counterterrorism, Intelligence, and the Iraq War
After responding to inquiries from listeners, Peter interviews Melissa Mahle who served for over a decade in the CIA’s clandestine service in the Middle East. Melissa provides a unique intelligence pe...
1 Mai 200732min
FBI Counterintelligence and the Robert Hanssen Spy Case
Peter discusses the Robert Hanssen spy case with retired Senior FBI Supervisory Special Agent David Major who knew Hanssen for over 20 years and was one of his supervisors. Dave shares his thoughts on...
2 Apr 200727min
The Movie Breach and Hollywood’s Take on Espionage
Peter interviews Eric O’Neill, the FBI investigator who went undercover as Robert Hanssen’s clerk during the final months before Hanssen was arrested for espionage. O’Neill is the model for Ryan Phill...
1 Mar 200736min
Israeli Intelligence and the Jonathan Pollard Spy Case
Peter sits down with Ron Olive, former special agent in charge of counterintelligence for the Naval Investigative Service, to discuss Olive’s role in the capture of Jonathan Pollard, one of the most c...
1 Feb 200734min
Reviewing Robert De Niro’s The Good Shepherd
Peter discusses the film The Good Shepherd with former CIA officer Jack Platt and AFIO (Association for Intelligence Officers) Director Elizabeth Bancroft, comparing fact and fiction in the OSS and CI...
6 Jan 200731min
