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Target USA Podcast by WTOP

Whether its terrorists, anarchists, cyber criminals or nation states, America has a target on its back. WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green investigates the threats facing the U.S., the pe... Read more

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Target USA -- Episode 84: Anatomy of a Russian Attack Part 2: Inside the Russian operation

Target USA -- Episode 84: Anatomy of a Russian Attack Part 2: Inside the Russian operation

The U.S. intelligence community has concluded Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered operatives to interfere in the 20... Read more

25 Sep 2017

24mins

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Target USA - Ep 49: Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman - ISIL recruiting children in attempt to save group

Target USA - Ep 49: Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman - ISIL recruiting children in attempt to save group

There are 200,000 buildings in Mosul. ISIL fighters are using rooftops, internal spaces and subterranean elements of tho... Read more

26 Jan 2017

27mins

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Target USA - Ep 53: U.S.-Russia showdown in North Africa

Target USA - Ep 53: U.S.-Russia showdown in North Africa

In February, at a security conference in Morocco dealing with terrorism, a Russian scholar took to the podium and launch... Read more

23 Feb 2017

17mins

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Target USA -- Episode 69: ISIS' 'caliphate' crumbles

Target USA -- Episode 69: ISIS' 'caliphate' crumbles

ISIS is running out of territory, money, fighters and time. Some experts fear the damage has already been done. However,... Read more

15 Jun 2017

28mins

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Target USA -- Ep 62: Former national security adviser Michael Flynn talks about Russia -- an exclusive, never broadcast interview

Target USA -- Ep 62: Former national security adviser Michael Flynn talks about Russia -- an exclusive, never broadcast interview

In 2016, Mike Flynn burst on the national stage with his famous "lock her up" comments at the Republican National Conven... Read more

13 Nov 2018

28mins

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Target USA -- Episode 204 | SPECIAL REPORT | US airstrike kills Soleimani

Target USA -- Episode 204 | SPECIAL REPORT | US airstrike kills Soleimani

In a stunning and devastating airstrike, on January 2nd, the US military killed General Qasem Soleimani, leader of Iran'... Read more

3 Jan 2020

5mins

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Target USA -- Ep 60: Terror threats to US airports and cargo planes

Target USA -- Ep 60: Terror threats to US airports and cargo planes

Not only are terrorists trying to attack passenger planes, they're targeting cargo planes and airports, too. On this pro... Read more

13 Apr 2017

29mins

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US Intelligence Sees New Threats as Result of Snowden Leaks

US Intelligence Sees New Threats as Result of Snowden Leaks

Bill Evanina is the national counterintelligence executive and director of the National Counterintelligence and Security... Read more

4 May 2017

21mins

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Target USA Episode 82 -- 16 years after the 9/11 attacks, worries of new attacks grow

Target USA Episode 82 -- 16 years after the 9/11 attacks, worries of new attacks grow

Sixteen years after the worst terror attack in U.S. history, a former senior operations officer with the CIA says, "the ... Read more

14 Sep 2017

23mins

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Target USA - Ep 57: Robert Levinson disappeared 10 years ago in Iran. His family is turning up the heat to force his release.

Target USA - Ep 57: Robert Levinson disappeared 10 years ago in Iran. His family is turning up the heat to force his release.

In this episode, David Levinson -- the second son of Robert Levinson and Christine Levinson -- says his family is turnin... Read more

16 Mar 2017

20mins

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Target USA - Ep 52: The Council of Europe's Plan to Deal with Terrorism

Target USA - Ep 52: The Council of Europe's Plan to Deal with Terrorism

Terror groups are utilizing gang tactics as they try to extend their influence, and prisons are a "hotbed" for recruitin... Read more

16 Feb 2017

21mins

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Target USA - Ep 40 - Escape from North Korea: The Dramatic Story of Grace Jo

Target USA - Ep 40 - Escape from North Korea: The Dramatic Story of Grace Jo

We often hear about the harsh life North Koreans live under the Kim regime, from Kim Il Sung, to Kim Jong Il and now Kim... Read more

24 Nov 2016

30mins

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Target USA - Ep 56: Are the US and Russia headed toward nuclear missile mistake?

Target USA - Ep 56: Are the US and Russia headed toward nuclear missile mistake?

In this episode, Robert Berls, senior adviser at the Nuclear Threat Initiative, says the U.S. and Russia have not sat do... Read more

16 Mar 2017

23mins

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Target USA -- Episode 128: Maria Butina was arrested for being a Russian agent. Here’s a look at her life in Washington

Target USA -- Episode 128: Maria Butina was arrested for being a Russian agent. Here’s a look at her life in Washington

When she was arrested on July 15, Maria Butina, a 29-year-old Russian woman, was portrayed in an online profile as a rec... Read more

2 Aug 2018

50mins

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Target USA -- Anatomy of a Russian Attack Part 3: Troll farms, IMSI catchers

Target USA -- Anatomy of a Russian Attack Part 3: Troll farms, IMSI catchers

This is part three of our four-part Target USA series "Anatomy of a Russian Attack on the U.S." In this episode, former ... Read more

3 Oct 2017

28mins

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Target USA - Ep 50: Should the US Torture Terrorists?

Target USA - Ep 50: Should the US Torture Terrorists?

The U.S. government is considering a return to torturing terrorists and using black sites abroad to house those operatio... Read more

2 Feb 2017

20mins

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Target USA - Ep 26 - New Intelligence Warns: DC Targets Top Terrorists Lists

Target USA - Ep 26 - New Intelligence Warns: DC Targets Top Terrorists Lists

D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier sat down with Target USA to talk about the serious and growing terror threats. She detail... Read more

18 Aug 2016

13mins

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Target USA -- Episode 188 | The Fog of Espionage Part 1: Dragons and poisonous snakes

Target USA -- Episode 188 | The Fog of Espionage Part 1: Dragons and poisonous snakes

Peering through the still lingering haze of the Cold War, U.S. intelligence officials and their allies have detected mur... Read more

26 Sep 2019

29mins

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