“Leningrad, Molehunts, and Life After the CIA” - A Conversation with Christopher Burgess
He is the Horatio Alger of the CIA. His first job was punching paper. He went on to be a Station Chief. He worked for every directorate. He lived in several continents. He was in the Soviet Union for ...
28 Sep 202147min
“One of CIA’s Most Decorated Field Officers” – A Conversation with Marc Polymeropoulos
What do you get if you cross a Greek Orthodox guy from Athens and a Jewish girl from Long Island; and then mix in two Ivy League degrees and a 26-year career in the Central Intelligence Agency? If you...
21 Sep 202153min
Curator’s Corner: Osama bin Laden with Peter Bergen
As the 20th anniversary of 9/11 approached Peter Bergen sought to reevaluate the man responsible for precipitating America’s long wars with al-Qaeda and its descendants. Bergen produced the first tele...
14 Sep 20211h 1min
“I was a Presidential Daily Briefer on 9/11” – Kristin Wood & Scooter Libby, With Special Guest Phil Mudd, Director of Gulf Affairs at the NSC
Kristin Wood was at CIA HQ on the morning of 9/11. Phil Mudd was at the National Security Council. Kristin was a PDB briefer for the VP’s National Security Advisor. Phil was Director for Gulf Affairs....
11 Sep 20211h 30min
“I was a Presidential Daily Briefer on 9/11” – Mike Morell & President Bush
Mike Morell was with President Bush on the morning of 9/11. He saw the President several times that day. Ten years later he was with President Obama for the bin Laden raid. He was former Acting and De...
11 Sep 202156min
“I was a Presidential Daily Briefer on 9/11” – Dave Terry & Vice President Cheney
Dave Terry was with Vice President Cheney on the morning of 9/11. He started work as a PDB briefer the same day as Mike. He went on to be Chief of the PDB. He started out working on grain production a...
11 Sep 20211h 28min
“Afghanistan, the Mujahedeen, Al Qaeda” – My Time at CIA & State with Diana Bolsinger
It was the 1980’s. “I don't think they'll ever have the fun I had that year, at 23 years old, going to the White House and the NSC, briefing cabinet members…I mean, you name it. It was just incredible...
8 Sep 20211h 24min
CYBER AUGUST: “National Cryptologic Museum” – With Vince Houghton
Turning the tide in the Pacific at the Battle of Midway, establishing secure communications on the beaches during D-Day, staving off nuclear Armageddon – what did cryptology ever have to do with anyth...
31 Aug 20211h 1min
