Covert Contact

By John W. Little

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Subscribers: 151
Reviews: 1
Episodes: 118

Pete Ellinger
 May 19, 2019
Utterly fascinating, totally gripping. Sometimes disturbing, often heart warming. To all involved, thank you.

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Episode Date
Shortwave Numbers Stations | Episode 118
Oct 01, 2020
Chinese Spies in US Law Enforcement – And Everywhere Else | Episode 117
Sep 26, 2020
The Threat of Fake Spies | Episode 116
Sep 18, 2020
Election Threats and Disrupting Chinese Espionage | Episode 115
Sep 11, 2020
French Officer Busted Spying on NATO for GRU & Other Espionage Cases | 114
Sep 04, 2020
Russians Targeted Tesla Gigafactory in Ransomware Plot | Episode 113
Sep 02, 2020
Texas A&M, NASA, and Chinese Espionage | Episode 112
Aug 28, 2020
Careers in Intelligence: Beyond the Three Letter Agencies |Episode 111
Aug 23, 2020
Spying for Russia: The Peter Debbins Case | Episode 110
Aug 22, 2020
Counterintelligence Chat: Alexei Navalny & Alexander Ma | Episode 109
Aug 21, 2020
Preparing for A Career in Intelligence: Thoughts on Personal Security and Behavior | Episode 108
Aug 16, 2020
Understanding the Israel-UAE Deal | Episode 107
Aug 15, 2020
A Pardon for Edward Snowden? | Episode 106
Aug 14, 2020
Washington Takes Aim at the Confucius Institute | Episode 105
Aug 14, 2020
Israel and The United States: Past, Present, and Future with Alon Pinkas | Episode 104
Aug 12, 2020
Australia’s Cyber Security Strategy | Episode 103
Aug 08, 2020
Chinese Spies and Russian Honey Traps | Episode 102
Aug 07, 2020
Quick Take: An Explosion in Beirut | Episode 101
Aug 04, 2020
Online Security: Avoiding a Personal October Surprise | Episode 100
Aug 01, 2020
Chinese Espionage in the United States | Episode 99
Jul 31, 2020
Shaping Intelligence Products for Maximum Impact | Episode 98
Jul 26, 2020
When You Can’t Obey | Episode 97
Jul 24, 2020
What’s Happening at the Chinese Consulate in Houston? | Episode 96
Jul 22, 2020
Covert Contact is Back | Episode 95
Jul 18, 2020
The Poisoning of Sergei Skripal | Episode 94
Mar 22, 2018
Team Leadership & Ethics | Episode 93
Feb 05, 2018
The Jerry Chun Shing Lee Case | Episode 92
Jan 23, 2018
North Korean Cryptocurrency Ops | Episode 91
Jan 10, 2018
Combatting Misinformation | Episode 90
Jan 02, 2018
Evaluating the North Korean Threat | Episode 89
Dec 19, 2017
Protecting the British Royal Family | Episode 88
Dec 12, 2017
Beyond Bitcoin: Cryptocurrency Investing | Episode 87
Dec 04, 2017
Bullets of Palestine | Episode 86
Nov 29, 2017
Terrorists and Technology | Episode 85
Nov 21, 2017
Economic Espionage: No One Is Immune | Episode 84
Nov 14, 2017
Iraq’s Consolidation and the Kurds | Episode 83
Nov 06, 2017
The Crypto Wars: Update from the Australian Front | Episode 82
Oct 30, 2017
From CIA Case Officer to Rookie Cop | Episode 81
Oct 23, 2017
The Kurdish Problem | Episode 80
Oct 18, 2017
Propaganda, Influence, and Disruption | Episode 79
Oct 16, 2017
Australian Cyber Policy | Episode 78
Oct 09, 2017
Australian Approaches to Counterterrorism | Episode 77
Oct 02, 2017
Australian Special Operations Forces | Episode 76
Sep 25, 2017
Understanding and Developing Resilience To Information Warfare | Episode 75
Sep 18, 2017
Deep State Conspiracies | Episode 74
Sep 11, 2017
Data, AI, and Ethics | Episode 73
Sep 05, 2017
Beyond Russia: Overlooked Counterintelligence Threats | Episode 72
Aug 28, 2017
System Failure: It Only Gets More Difficult from Here | Episode 71
Aug 21, 2017
Iran in the Age of Trump | Episode 70
Jun 18, 2017
Securing Data, Communications, and Identity with Keybase | Episode 69
Jun 08, 2017
Egyptian, Muslim, American | Episode 68
Jun 06, 2017
The Manchester Attack | Episode 67
May 30, 2017
Intelligence Analysis: Feedback, Bias, and Other Challenges | Episode 66
Mar 10, 2017
Counterintelligence in the Trump Era | Episode 65
Feb 25, 2017
Exploring Divergent Options | Episode 64
Feb 17, 2017
Understanding the Pace and Scope of Technology Driven Change | Episode 63
Feb 06, 2017
Russia, Trump, and Hillary | Episode 62
Oct 10, 2016
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump – The First Debate | Episode 61
Sep 27, 2016
Putin’s Struggle for Relevancy and Power | Episode 60
Sep 20, 2016
Citizen Soldiers: Service and Sacrifice with Wendy R. Anderson | Episode 59
Sep 11, 2016
Inside the President’s Daily Brief with David Priess | Episode 58
Aug 19, 2016
Fragmented Realities – AV and VR Update | Episode 57
Aug 12, 2016
Russia, Donald Trump, and the 2016 Election | Episode 56
Aug 01, 2016
Journalism and Conflict in East Africa | Episode 55
Jul 29, 2016
The Nice, France Attack: How Can Counterterrorism Evolve with the Threat | Episode 54
Jul 17, 2016
Building an Intel Shop from the Ground Up | Episode 53
Jul 05, 2016
Russian Hackers Run Wild on the DNC | Episode 52
Jun 21, 2016
The Orlando Shooting and Our Struggle to Make Sense of the Senseless | Episode 51
Jun 14, 2016
Victor in The Rubble: Tackling Intelligence Community Bureaucracy Through Satire | Episode 50
Jun 13, 2016
Developing and Leveraging Strategic Foresight | Episode 49
Jun 11, 2016
Intelligence at the State and Local Level | Episode 48
Jun 06, 2016
Lockpicking 101 (And Why Your Locks Are Useless) | Episode 47
Jun 02, 2016
Cutting Through the Hybrid Warfare Hype | Episode 46
May 30, 2016
How Will ISIS Evolve and How Will Our Response Evolve with Them? | Episode 45
Apr 25, 2016
Navigating Massive Technological Change | Episode 44
Apr 19, 2016
Lieutenant Commander Edward Lin: Identity, Espionage, and Counterintelligence | Episode 43
Apr 14, 2016
The Rise and Challenge of Transnational Crime | Episode 42
Apr 12, 2016
What Did Russia Gain in Syria? | Episode 41
Apr 03, 2016
Are Ungoverned Spaces Inherently Dangerous? | Episode 40
Feb 17, 2016
Russian Strengths – and Weaknesses | Episode 39
Feb 09, 2016
Iran’s Quest for Regional Domination | Episode 38
Jan 26, 2016
LZ Grace: A Place for Warriors to Heal | Episode 37
Jan 12, 2016
Saudi Arabia vs. Iran and The Burns Oregon Militia Standoff | Episode 36
Jan 05, 2016
Closing Out 2015 and Looking Toward 2016 with William Tucker | Episode 35
Jan 02, 2016
Art in Diplomacy and Conflict | Episode 34
Dec 27, 2015
Understanding and Influencing Enemy Behavior | Episode 33
Dec 23, 2015
Video Games, Virtual Reality, and Conflict with Robert Rath | Episode 32
Dec 19, 2015
Understanding the Limits of Intelligence and Counterterrorism | Episode 31
Dec 15, 2015
The San Bernardino Attack, Small Scale Terrorism, and ISIS | Episode 30
Dec 08, 2015
Islamism and Democracy: Finding Models for the Middle East and Preserving Our Own | Episode 29
Nov 30, 2015
Thanksgiving | Episode 28
Nov 27, 2015
Turkey Shot Down a Russian Jet – Where Do We Go From Here? | Episode 27
Nov 25, 2015
What You Are Getting Wrong About ISIS | Episode 26
Nov 23, 2015
Catching Russian Spies with Former Double Agent Naveed Jamali | Episode 25
Nov 20, 2015
The Paris Attacks and Europe’s Security Challenges | Episode 24
Nov 17, 2015
War and the New Normal: Phil Walter on Life After War | Episode 23
Nov 13, 2015
Supporting Independent Art in Afghanistan: Francesca Recchia Updates from Kabul | Episode 22
Nov 09, 2015
The Damascus Cover and the Psychology of Spies with Howard Kaplan | Episode 21
Nov 03, 2015
Government Email Problems, Wikileaks, Russia, Drone Leaks, NASA Security and Other Counterintelligence Nightmares | Episode 20
Oct 27, 2015
Encryption as the New Norm: Discussing A Changing Internet with ProtonMail Co-Founder Andy Yen | Episode 19
Mar 28, 2015
The Battle Between Encryption and Mass Surveillance with Former FBI Agent David Gomez | Episode 18
Mar 23, 2015
Life, and Art, in Afghanistan with Francesca Recchia | Episode 17
Mar 18, 2015
Why Terrorism Fails: A Discussion with Max Abrahms | Episode 16
Mar 16, 2015
Hillary Clinton’s Email Server: Dissecting the Risks with William Tucker | Episode 15
Mar 11, 2015
Andy Priest on the Importance of Developing New International Crisis Policing Models | Episode 14
Mar 09, 2015
Scriven King on Balancing Security, Values, and Public Perception in Modern Policing | Episode 13
Mar 05, 2015
Counterintelligence: William J. Tucker Breaks Down the Challenges | Episode 12
Jan 31, 2015
Counterterrorism Challenges – Pondering Seemingly Unsolvable Problems with Phillip Smyth | Episode 11
Dec 20, 2014
The Senate Torture Report | Episode 10
Dec 10, 2014
Art in Afghanistan: Francesca Recchia Updates from Kabul | Episode 9
Nov 29, 2014
The Navy SEAL Who Killed Osama bin Laden and the Heroes You’ll Never Know | Episode 8
Nov 14, 2014
Why Daesh’s Social Media Campaign is a Massive Failure | Episode 7
Nov 05, 2014
Robots and the Future of Warfare: The Advantage Might Not Lie with the Inventors | Episode 6
Oct 30, 2014
Lone Wolf Terrorism and the Importance of Perspective | Episode 5
Oct 25, 2014
What the Attack in Ottawa Teaches Us About Terrorists – And Ourselves | Episode 4
Oct 23, 2014
Crypto Wars: Winners, Losers, and the Case for Compromise | Episode 3
Oct 21, 2014
The State of Twitter, the Struggle to Understand, and The Perils of Technology for Terrorists | Episode 2
Oct 15, 2014
Intelligence Failures, Agent Storm, and eDiplomacy Trolling | Episode 1
Oct 06, 2014