State Secrets

State Secrets

104 episodes

State Secrets is a weekly interview podcast featuring Cipher Brief experts and national security leaders.

Podcasts

Israel, Hamas and the Path to War

Published: Nov. 3, 2023, 3:55 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 30 seconds

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The Future of Open Source - A View from the CIA

Published: Sept. 30, 2023, 8:39 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 20 seconds

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Putting the National Cybersecurity Strategy into Practice

Published: Aug. 4, 2023, 8 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 43 seconds

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The Hunt for Spies in the U.S.

Published: July 10, 2023, 8 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 4 seconds

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An Overture of the Next Phase of US-China Relations

Published: June 26, 2023, 2:31 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 46 seconds

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A Life of Secrets

Published: June 19, 2023, 7 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 18 seconds

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The Ukraine Debrief

Published: June 12, 2023, 2:03 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 54 seconds

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Ukraine's New Cyber Force

Published: May 18, 2023, 8 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 12 seconds

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A Strategic View of Global Security

Published: May 12, 2023, 8 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 21 seconds

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The Basics of AI and how it’s Impacting U.S. National Security

Published: April 24, 2023, 8 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 48 seconds

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The DIA's Global Intelligence Picture

Published: March 29, 2023, 12:06 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 11 seconds

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Which Cards Could Beijing Play on Ukraine, North Korea and Taiwan?

Published: March 16, 2023, 8 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 5 seconds

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What I Know About Havana Syndrome

Published: March 10, 2023, 2:34 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 34 seconds

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The War in Ukraine is Changing the World

Published: March 1, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 4 seconds

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Ukraine’s Next Move with General Phil Breedlove (Ret.)

Published: Feb. 21, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 24 seconds

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China and the Ballooning National Security Threat

Published: Feb. 10, 2023, 1:44 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 57 seconds

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The Classified Mess and How to Clean it Up

Published: Feb. 2, 2023, 3:03 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 11 seconds

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NATO's Priorities for Intelligence and Security

Published: Jan. 26, 2023, 5:04 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 58 seconds

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Meet The ‘Apocaloptimist’ of National Security Dr. Jason Matheny, President & CEO of The RAND Corporation

Published: Dec. 20, 2022, 3:57 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 48 seconds

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The Mission to Give Back

Published: Nov. 22, 2022, 1:46 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 22 seconds

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Curator of Secrets

Published: Nov. 15, 2022, 3:09 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 38 seconds

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Vice Admiral Frank Whitworth- Director, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency

Published: Nov. 8, 2022, 1:38 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 45 seconds

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Author and journalist Renee Dudley

Published: Oct. 31, 2022, 6:57 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 1 second

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How close are we to war with China?

Published: Oct. 25, 2022, 1:43 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 8 seconds

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China's Grand Ambitions

Published: Oct. 18, 2022, 1:45 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 46 seconds

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Investing in Future National Security

Published: Sept. 29, 2022, 5:14 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 55 seconds

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The Complicated Case of Taiwan

Published: Sept. 19, 2022, 2:33 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 28 seconds

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Terrorism and Special Operations

Published: Sept. 14, 2022, 2:29 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 39 seconds

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The Impact of JCPOA with Cipher Brief Expert Norm Roule

Published: Sept. 6, 2022, 1:17 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 4 seconds

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Lt. Gen Michael Groen USMC (Ret)

Published: Aug. 25, 2022, 5:21 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 13 seconds

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The Potential for Integrating Intelligence & Intuition

Published: Aug. 1, 2022, 2:06 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 33 seconds

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Former CIA Officer and Author Alex Finley

Published: July 22, 2022, 2:16 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 23 seconds

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Author and Entrepreneur Steve Blank

Published: June 6, 2022, 2:11 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 52 seconds

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The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior

Published: April 27, 2022, 1:02 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 43 seconds

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Living in a World of Open Source Secrets

Published: April 19, 2022, 5:37 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 19 seconds

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My Secrets for Briefing the President

Published: April 12, 2022, 12:35 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 12 seconds

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How CIA is thinking about Open Source Intelligence and Data Analytics

Published: April 6, 2022, 12:14 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 26 seconds

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Sierra Six- A Gray Man Series Author Mark Greaney

Published: March 7, 2022, 8:19 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 2 seconds

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General Joseph L. Votel U.S. Army (Ret.) President & Chief Executive Officer BENS

Published: Feb. 7, 2022, 4:44 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 7 seconds

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Mitch Silber

Published: Jan. 21, 2022, 5:24 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 57 seconds

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Walter Pincus- Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist and Author

Published: Dec. 22, 2021, 4:42 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 17 seconds

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Former CIA Officer and author James Lawler

Published: Dec. 13, 2021, 10:17 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 53 seconds

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A Conversation with Cipher Brief Expert Ambassador Joe Detrani

Published: July 6, 2021, 1:34 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 54 seconds

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A Conversation with former CIA Chief of Station Dan Hoffman

Published: June 29, 2021, 1:36 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 45 seconds

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Broken Trust: Lessons From the Sunburst Cyber Espionage Campaign

Published: May 24, 2021, 12:46 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 52 seconds

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The Cipher Brief Open Source Report for Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Published: May 19, 2021, 2:17 p.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 19 seconds

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Alma Katsu- Author of spy novel 'Red Widow'

Published: May 17, 2021, 1:36 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 57 seconds

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Spymaster's Prism: The Fight against Russian Aggression

Published: April 28, 2021, 1:38 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 33 seconds

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Behind the Scenes of the Worldwide Threat Hearings

Published: April 12, 2021, 1:52 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 56 seconds

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The State of Play with Russia and Ukraine with General (Ret) Philip Breedlove

Published: April 6, 2021, 11:40 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes

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A Cyber Conversation with Kelly Bissell, Global Managing Director Accenture Security

Published: March 29, 2021, 2:26 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 27 seconds

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Mark Cooter & Alec Bierbauer, co-authors of 'Never Mind We'll Do It Ourselves'

Published: March 7, 2021, 11:31 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 41 seconds

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William Evanina, Former Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center

Published: March 1, 2021, 2:35 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 43 seconds

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Paul Kolbe- Director of The Intelligence Project at Harvard University’s Belfer Center

Published: Feb. 1, 2021, 2:29 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 31 seconds

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Jared Maples- Director of the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness

Published: June 1, 2020, 5:45 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 15 seconds

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Peter Singer

Published: May 22, 2020, 12:31 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 24 seconds

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Richard Haass- President of the Council on Foreign Relations

Published: May 11, 2020, 8:36 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 38 seconds

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Coronavirus and the Cartels

Published: April 28, 2020, 12:22 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 12 seconds

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Natural Language Processing and National Security

Published: March 26, 2020, 8:33 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 47 seconds

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Admiral James Stavridis

Published: Oct. 15, 2019, 4:14 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 34 seconds

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Border Security Part 2

Published: July 18, 2019, 4 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 23 seconds

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Border Security Part 1

Published: July 15, 2019, 2:05 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 26 seconds

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The Fifth Domain with Richard Clark

Published: July 14, 2019, 11:50 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 28 seconds

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JJ Green, National Security Correspondent, WTOP

Published: May 9, 2019, 6:04 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 6 seconds

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Javelin

Published: April 29, 2019, 9:44 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 41 seconds

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Christopher Krebs

Published: March 7, 2019, 12:29 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 50 seconds

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Steve Hall, former member CIA's Senior Intelligence Service

Published: Feb. 18, 2019, 1:36 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 3 seconds

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China Expert Professor Graham Allison

Published: Feb. 11, 2019, 4:30 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 55 seconds

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State Secrets Bonus Episode with John Sipher

Published: Jan. 31, 2019, 10:35 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 35 seconds

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A Conversation with John Sipher

Published: Jan. 31, 2019, 10:35 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 35 seconds

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Bonus Episode- General Hayden Introduces the 2018 Threat Report

Published: Jan. 31, 2019, 12:12 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 26 seconds

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John Carlin- Former Assistant Attorney General for National Security

Published: Jan. 7, 2019, 12:24 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 7 seconds

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Former NSA Deputy Director Rick Ledgett

Published: Dec. 17, 2018, 5:01 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 9 seconds

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Former Director of the CIA General David Petraeus

Published: Dec. 6, 2018, 1:39 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 38 seconds

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The New York Times National Security Correspondent David Sanger

Published: Nov. 11, 2018, 11:02 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 23 seconds

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Former CIA and NSA Director General Michael Hayden

Published: Nov. 5, 2018, 2:31 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 37 seconds

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Former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff

Published: Oct. 29, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 36 seconds

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(Ret.) General Stanley McChrystal

Published: Oct. 22, 2018, 4:32 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 50 seconds

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Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center Bill Evanina

Published: Oct. 15, 2018, 2:08 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 29 seconds

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Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Susan Gordon

Published: Oct. 6, 2018, 11:10 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 22 seconds

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Threats to UK Security and Counter-terrorism with Nick Fishwick

Published: Dec. 31, 2017, 8:12 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 37 seconds

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The Chance for Peace in Israel with Amos Yadlin

Published: Dec. 24, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 6 seconds

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Israel's Biggest Challenges with Former Deputy Director of Mossad, Ram Ben Barak

Published: Dec. 18, 2017, 2:55 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 7 seconds

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Muslim Community Reaction to Embassy Move with Farah Pandith

Published: Dec. 10, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 26 seconds

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Tackling the UK's Cyber Risks with Robert Hannigan

Published: Dec. 3, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 24 seconds

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Best of Special Featuring John Nixon

Published: Nov. 26, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 51 seconds

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Peter Singer on What We Need to Know in the Cyber World

Published: Nov. 19, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 16 seconds

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Refugees: The Political Crisis of Our Time with David Miliband

Published: Nov. 12, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 46 seconds

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Evan McMullin's Fight for Fundamental American Ideals

Published: Nov. 5, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 10 seconds

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Dan Golden on Recruiting Spies at American Universities

Published: Oct. 29, 2017, 6 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 27 seconds

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Tyler Cowen on America's Diminishing Economic Power

Published: Oct. 22, 2017, 6 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 50 seconds

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The Life of a Hostage with Joseph Cicippio

Published: Oct. 15, 2017, 6 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 38 seconds

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Delving into the Drone Program with Brett Velicovich

Published: Oct. 8, 2017, 6:18 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 42 seconds

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Discussing Security Threats & Border Control with Congressman Will Hurd

Published: Oct. 1, 2017, 6 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 24 seconds

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Rüdiger Lentz on Russia, Populism, and German Politics

Published: Sept. 25, 2017, 3:04 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 59 seconds

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Examining Cyber Warfare with Alexander Klimburg

Published: Sept. 17, 2017, 6 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 15 seconds

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Michael Leiter (Part 2): Aftermath of Osama bin Laden

Published: Sept. 10, 2017, 6 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 20 seconds

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Bob Work on Technology Innovation at the DOD Part I

Published: Sept. 5, 2017, 9:30 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 31 seconds

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Escobar to Cali: Tracking the World’s Most Notorious Traffickers with Javier Peña

Published: Sept. 1, 2017, 3:57 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 53 seconds

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Michael Leiter (Part 1): Countering Extremism in Today’s America

Published: Aug. 27, 2017, 6 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes

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Jake Sullivan on the Iran Deal & The Future of American Foreign Policy

Published: Aug. 20, 2017, 6 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 25 seconds

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H. Keith Melton on Cuba’s “Acoustic Attack”

Published: Aug. 13, 2017, 6:30 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 6 seconds

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Rob Joyce on White House Cybersecurity

Published: Aug. 8, 2017, 10:14 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 18 seconds

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Best of Special Featuring Jason Matheny, Director of IARPA

Published: July 30, 2017, 6 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 32 seconds

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Ambassador James Dobbins on America's Future Abroad

Published: July 23, 2017, 6 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 30 seconds

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Former Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ives on Russia, Fake News, and Twitterbots

Published: July 16, 2017, 6 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 43 seconds

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Secretary Ray Mabus on Innovation in the Navy

Published: July 9, 2017, 6 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 33 seconds

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15 Minutes with Former Members of the Armed Services

Published: July 2, 2017, 6 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 13 seconds

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Secretary James on Space Based Missile Defense

Published: June 25, 2017, 6 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 13 seconds

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Sandy Grimes on the Rick Ames Mole Hunt

Published: June 18, 2017, 6 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 26 seconds

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Scott Carpenter on Using Technology to Stay Safe Online

Published: June 11, 2017, 6 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 57 seconds

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Ali Soufan on Death of Bin Laden & Rise of ISIS

Published: June 4, 2017, 6 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 4 seconds

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Trailblazers in National Security

Published: May 28, 2017, 6 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes

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Senator John McCain on NATO & The Balkans

Published: May 21, 2017, 6 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 36 seconds

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JJ Messner on the 2017 Fragile States Index

Published: May 14, 2017, 6 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 6 seconds

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Milo Medin on Innovative Solutions in Defense

Published: May 9, 2017, 7:38 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 47 seconds

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CrowdStrike's Adam Meyers on Identifying Cyber Criminals

Published: April 30, 2017, 6 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 6 seconds

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Michele Flournoy on the Most Pressing U.S. Security Challenges

Published: April 23, 2017, 7:14 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 24 seconds

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Jonna Mendez on Mastering Disguise & Illusion at the CIA

Published: April 16, 2017, 7:29 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 53 seconds

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Carmen Medina on Diversity at the CIA

Published: April 9, 2017, 6 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 18 seconds

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Michael German on Fighting Violent Extremism

Published: April 2, 2017, 6 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 6 seconds

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James Mitchell on Enhanced Interrogation Techniques

Published: March 26, 2017, 6 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 58 seconds

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Robert "Buzz" Patterson on Using the Nuclear Football

Published: March 19, 2017, 6 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 26 seconds

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Former NATO Dep. Secretary General Alexander Vershbow

Published: March 12, 2017, 6 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 9 seconds

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John Nixon on Interrogating Saddam Hussein Part II

Published: March 5, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 14 seconds

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John Nixon on Interrogating Saddam Hussein Part I

Published: Feb. 26, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 54 seconds

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Spy Museum's Vince Houghton on How Spies Shaped History

Published: Feb. 19, 2017, 11:30 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 43 seconds

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Georgetown's Chris Taylor on Hacking for Defense

Published: Feb. 12, 2017, 11:30 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 55 seconds

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Quilliam's Haras Rafiq on Countering Extremism

Published: Feb. 5, 2017, 11:30 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 34 seconds

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David Priess on the Untold Story Behind the President's Daily Brief

Published: Jan. 29, 2017, 11:30 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 33 seconds

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Antony Blinken on the Diplomatic Challenges Ahead

Published: Jan. 22, 2017, 11:30 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 46 seconds

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Mary Aiken on Cyberpsychology

Published: Jan. 15, 2017, 11:30 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 32 seconds

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Corin Stone on Evolving Role of the NSA

Published: Jan. 8, 2017, 11:30 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 40 seconds

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Steve Grobman on Cyber Threat Fight

Published: Jan. 1, 2017, 11:30 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 6 seconds

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Suzanne Spaulding on Cyber Security Policy

Published: Dec. 25, 2016, 11:30 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 3 seconds

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Rob Richer, former Associate Deputy Director for Operations, CIA

Published: Dec. 18, 2016, 11:30 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 58 seconds

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Fmr. CIA Officer & Satirist Alex Finley

Published: Dec. 12, 2016, 2:33 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 1 second

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Gen. Jack Keane on Gen. Mattis

Published: Dec. 2, 2016, 3:01 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 22 seconds

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Steve Murphy of "Narcos" (Part 1)

Published: Dec. 2, 2016, 11 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 28 seconds

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Steve Murphy of "Narcos" (Part 2)

Published: Dec. 2, 2016, 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 57 seconds

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Dennis Ross on Obama Mid East Legacy

Published: Nov. 27, 2016, 11:30 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 21 seconds

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Gen. Keane on Trump Transition

Published: Nov. 20, 2016, 11:30 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 18 seconds

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Fmr. CIA Acting Director John McLaughlin

Published: Nov. 20, 2016, 11:30 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 39 seconds

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Director of IARPA Jason Matheny Part II

Published: Nov. 13, 2016, 11:30 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 18 seconds

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Director of IARPA Jason Matheny Part I

Published: Nov. 13, 2016, 11:30 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 31 seconds

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EU's Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Gilles de Kerchove

Published: Nov. 6, 2016, 11:30 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 48 seconds

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Former Undersecretary Defense for Intelligence Dr. Michael Vickers on Security Threats

Published: Oct. 31, 2016, 10 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 59 seconds

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