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A Perfectly Timed New Spy Thriller

August 11, 2021August 11, 2021

A Perfectly Timed New Spy Thriller

From SpyTalk For espionage aficionados, Down Range has plenty of battlefield tradecraft and CIA intrigue. But...

‘The Dissident’ Unravels the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi

February 25, 2021February 25, 2021

‘The Dissident’ Unravels the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi

A top official in Saudi Arabia’s intelligence service, the General Intelligence Presidency (GIP), has been implicated...

‘Special Ops’: A RAW Story in a New Format

February 8, 2021February 8, 2021

‘Special Ops’: A RAW Story in a New Format

There are almost as many cable series about intelligence agencies as there are intelligence agencies. There’s...

‘Eyes in the Sky’: The Scary Realities of Wide Area Surveillance

January 2, 2021January 2, 2021

‘Eyes in the Sky’: The Scary Realities of Wide Area Surveillance

“Someday most major developed cities in the world will live under the unblinking gaze of some...

The FBI’s War on MLK and What It Means Today

October 12, 2020October 12, 2020

The FBI’s War on MLK and What It Means Today

The Double Exposure documentary film festival has several provocative offerings on the world of intelligence and...

The Improbable But True Story of Two Female Assassins from North Korea

October 7, 2020October 7, 2020

The Improbable But True Story of Two Female Assassins from North Korea

The spectacularly brazen murder of King Jong-nam happened in broad daylight, filmed entirely by security cameras....

‘Last Narc’: How the CIA Did Business With Drug Traffickers

September 28, 2020October 5, 2020

‘Last Narc’: How the CIA Did Business With Drug Traffickers

Former Newsweek correspondent and best-selling author Elaine Shannon tries but doesn’t quite succeed in taking down...

September 24, 2020September 25, 2020

SpyTalk Review of Books and Movies

In SpyTalk, veteran intelligence reporter Jeff Stein reviews a diverse slew of recent books in the...

COUP 53 Sheds New Light on How CIA and MI6 Brought Tyranny to Iran

September 19, 2020December 7, 2020

COUP 53 Sheds New Light on How CIA and MI6 Brought Tyranny to Iran

The coup that toppled a democratically elected government in Iran in August 1953 and replaced it...

The End of the Affair: JFK and Mary Meyer

July 31, 2020January 2, 2021

The End of the Affair: JFK and Mary Meyer

“JFK and Mary Meyer: A Love Story” is a most unusual thing: a novel with footnotes....

Barton Gellman on Edward Snowden and the Threat of ‘Turnkey Authoritarianism’

June 25, 2020September 19, 2020

Barton Gellman on Edward Snowden and the Threat of ‘Turnkey Authoritarianism’

I recently spoke with Barton Gellman, former Washington Post reporter and author of “Dark Mirror: Edward...

Raazi: RAW Agent Penetrates Pakistan Military

May 31, 2020September 23, 2020

Raazi: RAW Agent Penetrates Pakistan Military

This Indian spy thriller, said to be based on a true story, is the story of...

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