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Épisodes 277
273. Hidden Heroes of Laos: The Untold Story of CIA Operative John Kearns with Mike Farris
Today's guest is Mike Farris. Mike graduated from Texas Tech University's School of Law, then went into private practice focusing on commercial litigation and entertainment law, in particular in the movie and …
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Today's guest is Mike Farris. Mike graduated from Texas Tech University's School of Law, then went into private practice focusing on commercial litigation and entertainment law, in particular in the movie and publishing industries. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Arlington in the political science department, where he teaches constitutional law and entertainment law. He's also written 19 books, both fiction and nonfiction, including historical true crime. Mike is here to discuss his new book, which he co-wrote with Paul Heckman. The book chronicles Paul's years-long search for his biological brother, who he never knew, John Wesley Kearns III. John served in the US Army before joining the CIA and was killed in action during the Secret War in Laos in December 1972.
Connect with Mike: Check out the book, Searching for Lone Star, here. https://tcupress.tcu.edu/9780875659862/Connect with Spycraft 101: Get Justin’s latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond, here. spycraft101.com IG: @spycraft101 Shop: shop.spycraft101.com Substack: spycraft101.substack.com Patreon: Spycraft 101 Find Justin’s first book, Spyshots: Volume One, here. Check out Justin’s second book, Covert Arms, here. Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative’s Sidearm of Choice, here.
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272. The Untold Stories Behind Watergate with Geoff Shepard
Today Justin sits down with Geoff Shepard. Geoff graduated from Harvard Law with honors in 1969 and was selected as a White House fellow shortly thereafter. He then worked at the Department of the Treasury …
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Today Justin sits down with Geoff Shepard. Geoff graduated from Harvard Law with honors in 1969 and was selected as a White House fellow shortly thereafter. He then worked at the Department of the Treasury until he was hired in September 1970 to work for John Ehrlichman, assistant to the president for domestic affairs. Geoff worked at the White House for the next five years, including all of President Nixon's second term, the entire Watergate affair, and the beginning of the Ford administration. Afterwards, he went to work as an attorney in the insurance industry, where he remained until he retired in 2011. Since then, Geoff has written three books on the Nixon presidency and Watergate. He's here to discuss his third and newest book, "The Nixon Conspiracy: Watergate and the Plot to Remove the President," which was published in 2021.
Connect with Geoff: shepardonwatergate.com Check out the book, The Nixon Conspiracy, here. https://a.co/d/0frsqEdOConnect with Spycraft 101: Get Justin’s latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond, here. spycraft101.com IG: @spycraft101 Shop: shop.spycraft101.com Substack: spycraft101.substack.com Patreon: Spycraft 101 Find Justin’s first book, Spyshots: Volume One, here. Check out Justin’s second book, Covert Arms, here. Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative’s Sidearm of Choice, here.
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271. Escaping FARC: A Father Held Hostage by Colombian Rebels with Miles Hargrove
Today Justin talks with Miles Hargrove. Miles has worked for more than 20 years behind the scenes in the film industry as a cinematographer, editor, and camera operator, including on major feature films such as …
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Today Justin talks with Miles Hargrove. Miles has worked for more than 20 years behind the scenes in the film industry as a cinematographer, editor, and camera operator, including on major feature films such as The Last Castle and the Harry Potter series. But long before his start in films, Miles was living with his family in Cali, Colombia, where his father, Thomas Hargrove, worked as a freelance journalist for the agriculture industry. In 1994, Thomas was kidnapped by FARC rebels and held for nearly a year. His wife, children, and friends banded together to negotiate with his captors for his release. Afterwards, their ordeal became the basis for the film Proof of Life, starring Russell Crowe and Dave Morse. Miles filmed everything that year using their home video camera, which he produced as the 2020 documentary Miracle Fishing: Kidnapped in Colombia.
Connect with Miles:
mileshargrove.com
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270. A Stanford Student Targeted by China with Elsa Johnson
Today Justin talks with Elsa Johnson. Elsa is a student at Stanford University currently in her senior year. She is majoring in International Relations and East Asian Studies and is fluent in Mandarin Chinese …
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Today Justin talks with Elsa Johnson. Elsa is a student at Stanford University currently in her senior year. She is majoring in International Relations and East Asian Studies and is fluent in Mandarin Chinese. She is also the former managing editor of The Stanford Review. Two years ago, Elsa was approached online by someone she thought was a fellow student at Stanford. Those contacts quickly took a surprising and even dangerous turn as she realized she'd been identified and targeted by the Chinese Communist Party, which had a firm foothold on campus at Stanford. She worked closely with the FBI, wrote about those experiences in The Stanford Review, and even testified before Congress about foreign espionage activities on university campuses. Elsa is here discuss those experiences and how China has spent years infiltrating universities across the country.
Connect with Elsa:
Twitter/X: @elsajohnson
stanfordreview.orgConnect with Spycraft 101: Get Justin’s latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond, here. spycraft101.com IG: @spycraft101 Shop: shop.spycraft101.com Substack: spycraft101.substack.com Patreon: Spycraft 101 Find Justin’s first book, Spyshots: Volume One, here. Check out Justin’s second book, Covert Arms, here. Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative’s Sidearm of Choice, here.
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269. Operation Sparrow: Deceiving Hitler in WWII with Dr. Jason Bell
Today's guest is Dr. Jason Bell. Jason is a professor of philosophy at the University of New Brunswick, who has served as a Fulbright professor in Germany and taught at universities in Belgium, the United …
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Today's guest is Dr. Jason Bell. Jason is a professor of philosophy at the University of New Brunswick, who has served as a Fulbright professor in Germany and taught at universities in Belgium, the United States, and Canada. He's here to discuss one of the least known and most important deception operations of World War II, when three OSS officers parachuted into Hungary with one goal in mind: to be taken prisoner and interrogated by German forces.
Connect with Jason: jasonbell.org Check out the book, Operation Sparrow: The Incredible True Story of the North American Spies Who Tricked Hitler and Won the War, here. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4WK8WY6Connect with Spycraft 101: Get Justin’s latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond, here. spycraft101.com IG: @spycraft101 Shop: shop.spycraft101.com Substack: spycraft101.substack.com Patreon: Spycraft 101 Find Justin’s first book, Spyshots: Volume One, here. Check out Justin’s second book, Covert Arms, here. Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative’s Sidearm of Choice, here.
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268. China's Cyber Spies: The Cyber Espionage Frontier with Dr. Ahana Datta Fasel
Today Justin talks with Dr. Ahana Datta Fasel. Ahana graduated from University College London with a PhD and is the former cyber chief for the Financial Times media group in London. She has also held senior …
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Today Justin talks with Dr. Ahana Datta Fasel. Ahana graduated from University College London with a PhD and is the former cyber chief for the Financial Times media group in London. She has also held senior roles in the United Kingdom government, including with the Ministry of Justice, the Cabinet Office, and the National Cybersecurity Centre. Her editorials have been published in The Financial Times and Columbia Journalism Review. She's here to discuss her book, Full Stack Spies: Cyber Espionage in the Age of US-China Competition, which is available now from Hurst Publishers. In it, she covers the history of cyber espionage among the great powers, how it is being used right now, and what to expect in the near future.
Connect with Ahana: Check out the book, Full Stack Spies, here. https://www.amazon.com/dp/0197871380Connect with Spycraft 101: Get Justin’s latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond, here. spycraft101.com IG: @spycraft101 Shop: shop.spycraft101.com Substack: spycraft101.substack.com Patreon: Spycraft 101 Find Justin’s first book, Spyshots: Volume One, here. Check out Justin’s second book, Covert Arms, here. Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative’s Sidearm of Choice, here.
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267. Guardian: Real Life in the CIA with Thomas Pecora
This week Justin talks with Tom Pecora. Tom spent 24 years as a security officer with the Central Intelligence Agency. He served in hotspots all over the world, including Somalia, Iraq, the Philippines, and …
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This week Justin talks with Tom Pecora. Tom spent 24 years as a security officer with the Central Intelligence Agency. He served in hotspots all over the world, including Somalia, Iraq, the Philippines, and Pakistan. Tom was the chief of security for CIA operations in Iraq in 2004 and 2005, and later the deputy chief of security for the Counterterrorism Center. He's been awarded the Intelligence Star and the Career Intelligence Medal. He's here to discuss his career with CIA, which he wrote about in his book.
Connect with Tom: LinkedIn: Thomas Pecora, SAS-MP Check out the book, Guardian: Life in the Crosshairs of the CIA's War on Terror, here. https://a.co/d/01FzYWf7Connect with Spycraft 101: Get Justin’s latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond, here. spycraft101.com IG: @spycraft101 Shop: shop.spycraft101.com Substack: spycraft101.substack.com Patreon: Spycraft 101 Find Justin’s first book, Spyshots: Volume One, here. Check out Justin’s second book, Covert Arms, here. Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative’s Sidearm of Choice, here.
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266. Brian Franks: The Man Who Saved the SAS with Tim Spicer
Today, Justin welcomes back Tim Spicer. Tim served for 20 years in the British Army, where he rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel and saw active service in Northern Ireland, The Falklands Campaign, The Gulf …
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Today, Justin welcomes back Tim Spicer. Tim served for 20 years in the British Army, where he rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel and saw active service in Northern Ireland, The Falklands Campaign, The Gulf War, and the Balkans, as well as serving in the Far East, Cyprus, and Germany. This is Tim's third appearance on the podcast. Today, he's back to discuss the story of Brian Franks, one of the original officers of the Special Air Service who served behind enemy lines during World War II and who continued to support British covert operations long after the war ended
Check out Tim's first appearance on ep 200: From Biffy to Bond: The Real Spy Who Inspired “From Russia, with Love” and his latest sharing the stories of his own career on ep 206: Behind the Lines from Belfast to Sierra Leone.Connect with Tim:
timspicerauthor.com
IG: @timspicerauthor
Check out the book, An Axe and Four Balloons, here.
https://amzn.eu/d/03uFZnJnConnect with Spycraft 101: Get Justin’s latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond, here. spycraft101.com IG: @spycraft101 Shop: shop.spycraft101.com Substack: spycraft101.substack.com Patreon: Spycraft 101 Find Justin’s first book, Spyshots: Volume One, here. Check out Justin’s second book, Covert Arms, here. Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative’s Sidearm of Choice, here.
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265. From Israel's Spycraft to Hollywood's Spotlight: The Arnon Milchan Saga with Joseph Gelman
This week Justin sits down with Joseph Gelman. Joe served for three years in the Israeli army as a paratrooper. He's also worked as a private consultant on political campaigns, speech writing, government …
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This week Justin sits down with Joseph Gelman. Joe served for three years in the Israeli army as a paratrooper. He's also worked as a private consultant on political campaigns, speech writing, government relations, international marketing, and as a columnist. He's here today to discuss his book: Confidential. It's the story of Arnon Milchan, who went from the owner of a struggling chemical business in Israel to a major procurer of advanced weaponry, an agent of Israel's Lakam Bureau, and later a billionaire Hollywood film producer.
Connect with Joe: Check out the book, Confidential, here. https://www.gefenpublishing.com/products/confidential
Connect with Spycraft 101: Get Justin’s latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond, here. spycraft101.com IG: @spycraft101 Shop: shop.spycraft101.com Substack: spycraft101.substack.com Patreon: Spycraft 101 Find Justin’s first book, Spyshots: Volume One, here. Check out Justin’s second book, Covert Arms, here. Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative’s Sidearm of Choice, here.
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264. CIA in Moscow: Behind Russian Lines with Gene Coyle
Today, Justin talks with Gene Coyle. Gene graduated from Indiana University in Bloomington with a Bachelor's degree in 1973, followed by a Master's degree in 1974. He then joined the Central Intelligence …
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Today, Justin talks with Gene Coyle. Gene graduated from Indiana University in Bloomington with a Bachelor's degree in 1973, followed by a Master's degree in 1974. He then joined the Central Intelligence Agency, where he served for 30 years, including in six overseas assignments. After retiring from CIA, Gene returned to Indiana University as an adjunct professor of intelligence studies. He has also written a series of spy novels in recent years. He's here to discuss his assignment to Moscow in the mid-1980s, where he took part in one of the most high-risk, high-reward operations of the entire Cold War, tapping underground communications cables in Moscow while dodging surveillance by the KGB, for which he received the CIA's Intelligence Medal of Merit.
Connect with Spycraft 101: Get Justin’s latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond, here. spycraft101.com IG: @spycraft101 Shop: shop.spycraft101.com Substack: spycraft101.substack.com Patreon: Spycraft 101 Find Justin’s first book, Spyshots: Volume One, here. Check out Justin’s second book, Covert Arms, here. Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative’s Sidearm of Choice, here.
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263. Infiltrating the Cartels with Robert Mazur
Today Justin sits down with Robert Mazur. Robert is a world-renowned authority on money laundering techniques. He spent 27 years working as a US federal agent, including five years undercover, followed by 17 …
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Today Justin sits down with Robert Mazur. Robert is a world-renowned authority on money laundering techniques. He spent 27 years working as a US federal agent, including five years undercover, followed by 17 years in the private sector working as an expert witness, consultant, and investigator for both defense counsels and governments. He's also published two books about his biggest investigations. Robert is here to discuss his first book, which tells the story of his two-year undercover operation targeting bankers, traffickers, and drug lords in the late 1980s. The Infiltrator was adapted into a 2016 feature film starring Bryan Cranston as Robert
Connect with Robert: robertmazur.com Facebook: Robert Mazur Check out the book, The Infiltrator, here. https://a.co/d/0awTlwvUConnect with Spycraft 101: Get Justin’s latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond, here. spycraft101.com IG: @spycraft101 Shop: shop.spycraft101.com Substack: spycraft101.substack.com Patreon: Spycraft 101 Find Justin’s first book, Spyshots: Volume One, here. Check out Justin’s second book, Covert Arms, here. Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative’s Sidearm of Choice, here.
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262. France's Secret Weapon Against the Nazis with Nicholas Reynolds
Today, Justin talks woth Nicholas Reynolds. Nick has had a very enviable career. After graduating from Oxford University in the 1970s, he served in the US Marine Corps as an infantry officer and later as a …
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Today, Justin talks woth Nicholas Reynolds. Nick has had a very enviable career. After graduating from Oxford University in the 1970s, he served in the US Marine Corps as an infantry officer and later as a historian. He retired from the reserves as a colonel and the officer in charge of field history. He also served with the Central Intelligence Agency, including as the historian for the agency's museum at their headquarters in Langley. You might remember Nick from his first appearance on the podcast for episode 102 when we discussed his book Need to Know. Now he's back with his newest book, Ortiz's War, which he co-wrote with Katie Sanders. It's the story of Peter Ortiz, a legendary Marine Corps officer who served with the Office of Strategic Services behind enemy lines in France during World War II.
Check out Nick's first appearance on Ep 102: The Rise of American Intelligence with Nicholas Reynolds here. https://bleav.com/shows/spycraft-101/episodes/102-the-rise-of-american-intelligence-with-nicholas-reynolds/Connect with Nick:
nicholasreynoldsauthor.comConnect with Spycraft 101: Get Justin’s latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond, here. spycraft101.com IG: @spycraft101 Shop: shop.spycraft101.com Substack: spycraft101.substack.com Patreon: Spycraft 101 Find Justin’s first book, Spyshots: Volume One, here. Check out Justin’s second book, Covert Arms, here. Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative’s Sidearm of Choice, here.
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261. Inside the Minds of Soviet Defectors with Kevin Riehle
Today Justin sits down with Kevin Riehle. Kevin earned his Bachelor's degree in Russian and Political Science at Brigham Young University, his Master's degree in Strategic Intelligence at the Joint Military …
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Today Justin sits down with Kevin Riehle. Kevin earned his Bachelor's degree in Russian and Political Science at Brigham Young University, his Master's degree in Strategic Intelligence at the Joint Military Intelligence College, and his PhD in War Studies from King's College London. Kevin worked for more than 30 years in the US National Security Community, including for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the National Counterintelligence Center, and other organizations. He also served in the US Navy Reserve, retiring at the rank of commander. He's currently a lecturer in intelligence and security studies at Brunel University in London. He's here today to discuss his book, which tells the story of the earliest wave of Soviet defectors, how they were handled and mishandled by Western intelligence agencies, and the reprisals they faced from Stalin's government
Connect with Kevin: kevinriehle.com Check out the book, Soviet Defectors: Revelations of Renegade Intelligence Officers, 1924-1954, here. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1474467237?ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_EA66JST8SRZGKEC4YTZD&bestFormat=trueConnect with Spycraft 101: Get Justin’s latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond, here. spycraft101.com IG: @spycraft101 Shop: shop.spycraft101.com Substack: spycraft101.substack.com Patreon: Spycraft 101 Find Justin’s first book, Spyshots: Volume One, here. Check out Justin’s second book, Covert Arms, here. Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative’s Sidearm of Choice, here.
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260. Al Qaeda's Second Wave Plot: A Deep Dive into Post-9/11 Investigations with Michael Lebowitz
Today, Justin is joined by Michael Lebowitz. Michael served as a paratrooper in the Army's 101st Airborne Division and later as a judge advocate in the US Army Reserve, currently at the rank of lieutenant …
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Today, Justin is joined by Michael Lebowitz. Michael served as a paratrooper in the Army's 101st Airborne Division and later as a judge advocate in the US Army Reserve, currently at the rank of lieutenant colonel. As a civilian, he's worked as a trial attorney in private practice and as a prosecutor for the Department of Justice's National Security Division. Michael is here to discuss the investigations, arrests, and trials of terror suspects following the 9/11 attacks, which he wrote about in his new book, available this week from Diversion Books.
Connect with Mike: lebowitzbooks.com LinkedIn: Mike Lebowitz Check out the book, Second Wave: Inside Al Qaeda's Post-9/11 Attack Plan and America's Secret Effort to Stop It, here. https://a.co/d/0buuFYIKConnect with Spycraft 101: Get Justin’s latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond, here. spycraft101.com IG: @spycraft101 Shop: shop.spycraft101.com Substack: spycraft101.substack.com Patreon: Spycraft 101 Find Justin’s first book, Spyshots: Volume One, here. Check out Justin’s second book, Covert Arms, here. Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative’s Sidearm of Choice, here.
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259. Superbills: The Secret Service's Global Counterfeiting Odyssey with William Gage
Today Justin sits down with William Gage. Bill graduated from the Virginia Military Institute with a Bachelor's Degree in History and received his Master's Degree in Criminal Justice from Boston University. He …
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Today Justin sits down with William Gage. Bill graduated from the Virginia Military Institute with a Bachelor's Degree in History and received his Master's Degree in Criminal Justice from Boston University. He worked for more than 11 years as a special agent in the US Secret Service, where he performed a wide variety of roles related to protecting US government senior leaders and counterfeiting investigations. Bill is here to discuss his career and, in particular, his work on investigating ultra-high quality counterfeit $100 notes, known as Superbills, that originated in North Korea and which have circulated worldwide for nearly four decades.
Connect with Bill: safehavensecuritygroup.com LinkedIn: William G.Connect with Spycraft 101: Get Justin’s latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond, here. spycraft101.com IG: @spycraft101 Shop: shop.spycraft101.com Substack: spycraft101.substack.com Patreon: Spycraft 101 Find Justin’s first book, Spyshots: Volume One, here. Check out Justin’s second book, Covert Arms, here. Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative’s Sidearm of Choice, here.
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258. Lawless Agent Running: Britains Biggest Informants in Northern Ireland with John Ware
This week's guest is John Ware. John is an award-winning investigative journalist with over four decades experience reporting on security, intelligence, and public accountability. He's a former BBC Panorama …
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This week's guest is John Ware. John is an award-winning investigative journalist with over four decades experience reporting on security, intelligence, and public accountability. He's a former BBC Panorama correspondent who has led major investigations into policing, national security, and state power, including extensive reporting on Northern Ireland. He's here to share the story of two of the most significant informants working for British intelligence during The Troubles in Northern Ireland
Connect with John:
Check out the book, Neither Confirm Nor Deny, here.
https://a.co/d/03hklpTnConnect with Spycraft 101: Get Justin’s latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond, here. spycraft101.com IG: @spycraft101 Shop: shop.spycraft101.com Substack: spycraft101.substack.com Patreon: Spycraft 101 Find Justin’s first book, Spyshots: Volume One, here. Check out Justin’s second book, Covert Arms, here. Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative’s Sidearm of Choice, here.
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257. [ARCHIVE] Solving the Murder of a CIA Case Officer with Michael Pullara
This week, Justin revisits episode 61 with trial lawyer Michael Pullara. Michael is a practicing trial lawyer from Texas who has spent more than 40 years representing an incredibly wide variety of clients. In …
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This week, Justin revisits episode 61 with trial lawyer Michael Pullara. Michael is a practicing trial lawyer from Texas who has spent more than 40 years representing an incredibly wide variety of clients. In the courtroom, he squared off against Italian mobsters, the U.S. Department of Defense, and giant telecom companies, among many others. He's here to talk about one of his most incredible endeavors: when he represented the family of Freddie Woodruff, a CIA case officer who was shot to death while on assignment in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia in 1993.
This became a personal crusade for Michael as he was embroiled in the search for the truth behind Freddie's death for more than 10 years. As he dug further and further into the shooting, the capture of the alleged murderer, and his subsequent prosecution and conviction, Michael found that almost every single thing reported by Georgian authorities about what happened to Freddie was false. Michael's work eventually led him to personally confront the president of Georgia about Freddie's death in order to shed light on the event and try to bring the perpetrators to justice. In 2018, he published a book about his investigation into what really happened that day.
Connect with Michael:
simonandschuster.com/authors/Michael-Pullara
By his book, The Spy Who Was Left Behind, here.
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256. The Operational Life of a SEAL from Vietnam to Central America with Michael Walsh
Today, Justin sits down with Michael Walsh. Mike served in the US Navy for more than twenty-six years, most of it spent as a SEAL. He completed five tours of duty in Vietnam, including working on the Phoenix …
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Today, Justin sits down with Michael Walsh. Mike served in the US Navy for more than twenty-six years, most of it spent as a SEAL. He completed five tours of duty in Vietnam, including working on the Phoenix Program, running agents and targeting Viet Cong infrastructure. He also participated in the invasion of Grenada and was involved in Panama during the rein of Manuel Noriega. Mike spent years operating throughout Central and South America, Europe, and the Middle East. He's here discuss his career and the lessons he learned along the way, which he wrote about in his autobiography, first published in 1994.
Connect with Mike: Check out the book, SEAL!: From Vietnam's Phoenix Program to Central America's Drug Wars, here. https://a.co/d/05Al9E8gConnect with Spycraft 101: Get Justin’s latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond, here. spycraft101.com IG: @spycraft101 Shop: shop.spycraft101.com Substack: spycraft101.substack.com Patreon: Spycraft 101 Find Justin’s first book, Spyshots: Volume One, here. Check out Justin’s second book, Covert Arms, here. Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative’s Sidearm of Choice, here.
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255. CIA Case Officer to Tesla's Security Innovator with Charles Finfrock
Today's guest is Charles Finfrock. Charles served in the Navy for four years as a military policeman and investigator. He then joined the Central Intelligence Agency in the summer of 2001 and was in training …
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Today's guest is Charles Finfrock. Charles served in the Navy for four years as a military policeman and investigator. He then joined the Central Intelligence Agency in the summer of 2001 and was in training when the September 11th attacks took place. He spent the next 18 years with the agency as a case officer working primarily overseas. After leaving the agency, he worked as a senior manager at Tesla's insider threat program for three years before he founded his own company in 2021, Vigilance. Charles join the podcast to discuss his career as a CIA officer and what it's like to transition from government service into private business.
Connect with Charles:
vcci.io
charlesfinfrock.com
myprivacylife.comConnect with Spycraft 101: Get Justin’s latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond, here. spycraft101.com IG: @spycraft101 Shop: shop.spycraft101.com Substack: spycraft101.substack.com Patreon: Spycraft 101 Find Justin’s first book, Spyshots: Volume One, here. Check out Justin’s second book, Covert Arms, here. Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative’s Sidearm of Choice, here.
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254. Code Name Puritan: The Legacy of Norman Holmes Pearson with Dr. Greg Barnhisel
Today's guest is today is Dr. Greg Barnhisel. Greg is a graduate of Reed College, New York University, and the University of Texas at Austin. He is now a professor of English at Duquesne University in …
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Today's guest is
today is Dr. Greg Barnhisel. Greg is a graduate of Reed College, New York University, and the University of Texas at Austin. He is now a professor of English at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is the editor of The Bloomsbury Handbook to Cold War Literary Cultures, Pressing the Fight: Print, Propaganda, and the Cold War, and the scholarly journal Book History. Greg has written three books as well, including Cold War Modernists: Art, Literature, and American Cultural Diplomacy, and James Laughlin: New Directions and the Remaking of Ezra Pound. He's here discuss his newest book, Code Name Puritan, which is available now from the University of Chicago Press. It's about the life of Norman Pearson, an author, poet, professor, and member of the Office of Strategic Services during World War II.
Connect with Greg: Bluekky: @gbarnhisel.bsky.app Instagram: @gbarnhisel Check out the book, Code Name Puritan, here. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo233208318.htmlConnect with Spycraft 101: Get Justin’s latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond, here. spycraft101.com IG: @spycraft101 Shop: shop.spycraft101.com Substack: spycraft101.substack.com Patreon: Spycraft 101 Find Justin’s first book, Spyshots: Volume One, here. Check out Justin’s second book, Covert Arms, here. Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative’s Sidearm of Choice, here.
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253. The Plot Against Trotsky with Josh Ireland
Today Justin talks with Josh Ireland. Josh has a master's degree in history from the University of York. After graduating, he worked as an editor at Headline and Quercus, two of Great Britain's leading …
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Today Justin talks with Josh Ireland. Josh has a master's degree in history from the University of York. After graduating, he worked as an editor at Headline and Quercus, two of Great Britain's leading publishing companies. Josh has ghostwritten numerous books for A-list celebrities, sports stars, politicians, oligarchs, and adventurers, including five Sunday Times bestsellers. He's also the author of two previous nonfiction titles under his own name. Josh is here todY to discuss his third and newest book,The Death of Trotsky: The True Story of the Plot to Kill Stalin's Greatest Enemy which is available now from Penguin Random House.
Connect with Josh: joshireland.co.uk Twitter/X: @JoshJohnIreland Check out the book, The Death of Trotsky, here. https://a.co/d/08n7PeB3Connect with Spycraft 101: Get Justin’s latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond, here. spycraft101.com IG: @spycraft101 Shop: shop.spycraft101.com Substack: spycraft101.substack.com Patreon: Spycraft 101 Find Justin’s first book, Spyshots: Volume One, here. Check out Justin’s second book, Covert Arms, here. Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative’s Sidearm of Choice, here.
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252. Unearthing War Crimes and Mass Graves Through Geospatial Intelligence with Sam McKnight
Today Justin sits down with Sam McKnight. Sam is a graduate student at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. He's also the founder and director of Khthon, a non-governmental organization that uses open …
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Today Justin sits down with Sam McKnight. Sam is a graduate student at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. He's also the founder and director of Khthon, a non-governmental organization that uses open source intelligence, satellite imagery, and digital analysis to document war crimes and locate mass graves in conflict zones. Sam founded Khthon in 2022, and since then, it has grown to include more than 100 volunteers dedicated to uncovering and reporting mass graves. He's here to discuss Khthon’s work worldwide, their successes, and their plans for the future.
Connect with Sam and Khthon: khthon.org Substack: McKnight Reports IG: @khthonorg IG: @mcknight.reportsConnect with Spycraft 101:
Get Justin’s latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond, here.
spycraft101.com
IG: @spycraft101
Shop: shop.spycraft101.com
Substack: spycraft101.substack.com
Patreon: Spycraft 101
Find Justin’s first book, Spyshots: Volume One, here.
Check out Justin’s second book, Covert Arms, here.
Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative’s Sidearm of Choice, here.Kruschiki
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251. Unveiling Gladio: Cold War Secrets and Italian Intelligence with Niccolò Petrelli
Today Justin sits down with Dr. Niccolò Petrelli. Niccolò is a research scholar at the Center for International and Strategic Studies at LUISS in Rome, Italy. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Political …
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Today Justin sits down with Dr. Niccolò Petrelli. Niccolò is a research scholar at the Center for International and Strategic Studies at LUISS in Rome, Italy. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Political Science, his Master's degree in International Relations, and his PhD in Political Science, all from Roma Tre University. He has also published many papers and journal articles on counterterrorism, counterinsurgency, and intelligence matters. He's here to discuss the relationship between US and Italian intelligence during the Cold War, and in particular, the Gladio operation, which armed, trained, and funded personnel intended to operate behind enemy lines in the event that World War III broke out in Europe. The Gladio teams were also suspected of being employed to suppress communism in Italy.
Connect with Niccolò:
LinkedIn: Niccolò PetrelliConnect with Spycraft 101:
Get Justin’s latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond, here.
spycraft101.com
IG: @spycraft101
Shop: shop.spycraft101.com
Substack: spycraft101.substack.com
Patreon: Spycraft 101
Find Justin’s first book, Spyshots: Volume One, here.
Check out Justin’s second book, Covert Arms, here.
Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative’s Sidearm of Choice, here.Kruschiki
The best surplus military goods delivered right to your door. Use code SPYCRAFT101 for 10% off!
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250. CIA and MI6 in Post-War Albania with Dr. Stephen Long
Today’s guest is Dr. Stephen Long. Stephen earned a PhD in US foreign policy and intelligence from the University of Birmingham and is an assistant professor of international relations at Shan Xiaotong …
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Today’s guest is Dr. Stephen Long. Stephen earned a PhD in US foreign policy and intelligence from the University of Birmingham and is an assistant professor of international relations at Shan Xiaotong Liverpool University. He's published articles in many professional journals, including Intelligence and National Security, International History Review, Cold War History, H-Diplo, and American History. He was also a lead contributor to the BBC Radio 4 program, "The Albania Operation," for the BBC's Document series. He's here today discuss the story of one of the CIA's first covert action operations performed jointly with MI6 in the late 1940s and the lessons they learned from it, often at great cost to the operatives themselves.
Connect with Steven: [email protected] Check out the book, A Rich Harvest of Bitter Fruit, here. https://amzn.eu/d/01R8Udo1Connect with Spycraft 101:
Get Justin’s latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond, here.
spycraft101.com
IG: @spycraft101
Shop: shop.spycraft101.com
Substack: spycraft101.substack.com
Patreon: Spycraft 101
Find Justin’s first book, Spyshots: Volume One, here.
Check out Justin’s second book, Covert Arms, here.
Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative’s Sidearm of Choice, here.Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
249. From the Brazilian Navy to Strategic Intelligence with Luis Fernando Baptistella
Today Justin speaks with Luis Baptistella. Luis is a specialist in intelligence and counterintelligence, and a retired officer of the Brazilian Navy, where he attained the rank of captain during a distinguished …
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Today Justin speaks with Luis Baptistella. Luis is a specialist in intelligence and counterintelligence, and a retired officer of the Brazilian Navy, where he attained the rank of captain during a distinguished 35-year career. He also served on a US Navy ship in the late 1990s during the conflict in the Balkans, studied at the National Defense University in China, and served as a military attaché in West Africa.
In November 2020, he founded Bravus Consultoria, a consulting firm focused on business intelligence and corporate counter intelligence for the Brazilian market. He’s here to discuss his career in the Navy and his later work as a private intelligence consultant. He has also written about intelligence threats, history, and strategies in his book, which is available now.
Connect with Luis: IG:@luisfernandobaptistella LinkedIn: Luis Fernando Baptistella Check out the book, Counter & Intelligence 4.0, here. https://a.co/d/06Pk1jObConnect with Spycraft 101:
Get Justin’s latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond, here.
spycraft101.com
IG: @spycraft101
Shop: shop.spycraft101.com
Substack: spycraft101.substack.com
Patreon: Spycraft 101
Find Justin’s first book, Spyshots: Volume One, here.
Check out Justin’s second book, Covert Arms, here.
Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative’s Sidearm of Choice, here.Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
248. The Secrets of British Black Propaganda with Rory Cormac
This week Justin talks with Rory Cormac. Rory is a professor of International Relations at the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom, specializing in covert action and secret statecraft. He's also …
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This week Justin talks with Rory Cormac. Rory is a professor of International Relations at the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom, specializing in covert action and secret statecraft. He's also given presentations at Number 10 Downing Street, the UK Ministry of Defense, the US State Department, and the Pentagon. Besides his teaching career, he has authored or co-authored many books focusing on British history, covert action, and statecraft. You might remember Rory from his first appearance here on the podcast when we discussed his book Disrupt and Deny. Now, Rory is back to talk about his newest book, Fakers, which covers the British government's Information Research Department, a Cold War era organization dedicated to producing and disseminating black propaganda worldwide.
Check out Rory's first appearance in Ep 107: British Covert Action.
Connect with Rory:
LinkedIn: Rory Cormac
Check out his book, Fakers, here.
https://a.co/d/08lUc74vConnect with Spycraft 101:
Get Justin’s latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond, here.
spycraft101.com
IG: @spycraft101
Shop: shop.spycraft101.com
Substack: spycraft101.substack.com
Patreon: Spycraft 101
Find Justin’s first book, Spyshots: Volume One, here.
Check out Justin’s second book, Covert Arms, here.
Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative’s Sidearm of Choice, here.Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
247. Captured by Russians in Ukraine with Kirillo Alexandrov
Today Justin sits down with Kirillo Alexandrov. Kirillo grew up in the United States, but moved to Kherson, Ukraine in 2018. In April 2022, following the Russian invasion and occupation of eastern Ukraine …
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Today Justin sits down with Kirillo Alexandrov. Kirillo grew up in the United States, but moved to Kherson, Ukraine in 2018. In April 2022, following the Russian invasion and occupation of eastern Ukraine, Kirillo was taken prisoner. He was held for 37 days on charges of espionage, but was rescued by a small privately funded team led by Brian Stern. After a harrowing 20-hour journey across Ukraine, Kirillo crossed into Poland before safely returning to the United States. He’s here to discuss his capture, detention, and rescue, which resulted in indictments of four Russian service members by the Department of Justice on charges of war crimes.
Connect with Kirillo: Instagram: @thecactuswatch Substack: @thecactuswatchConnect with Spycraft 101:
Get Justin’s latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond, here.
spycraft101.com
IG: @spycraft101
Shop: shop.spycraft101.com
Substack: spycraft101.substack.com
Patreon: Spycraft 101
Find Justin’s first book, Spyshots: Volume One, here.
Check out Justin’s second book, Covert Arms, here.
Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative’s Sidearm of Choice, here.Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
246. The Ottoman Empire’s Cloak and Dagger with Dr. Emrah Safa Gürkan
Today’s guest is Dr. Emrah Safa Gürkan. Emrah received his bachelor's and Master's degree from Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey, and graduated with a PhD from Georgetown University in 2012. He's worked as a …
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Today’s guest is Dr. Emrah Safa Gürkan. Emrah received his bachelor's and Master's degree from Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey, and graduated with a PhD from Georgetown University in 2012. He's worked as a consultant for historical television series and co-hosted the Ottoman History Podcast with Chris Gian beginning in 2011. He also hosts the YouTube History Channel, Omnibus Live, which currently has nearly half a million subscribers. He's here today to discuss Ottoman intelligence operations throughout the Mediterranean.
Connect with Emrah: ottomanhistorypodcast.com YouTube: @OMNIBUSLIVE Check out the book, Spies for the Sultan, here. https://a.co/d/06c9iIqRConnect with Spycraft 101:
Get Justin’s latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond, here.
spycraft101.com
IG: @spycraft101
Shop: shop.spycraft101.com
Patreon: Spycraft 101
Find Justin’s first book, Spyshots: Volume One, here.
Check out Justin’s second book, Covert Arms, here.
Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative’s Sidearm of Choice, here.Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
245. Tales of A Cuban Exile: The Story of Angel Benitez with Eduardo Barreto
Today Justin sits down with Eduardo Barreto. Eduardo is a high school teacher at Gulliver Prep School and an adjunct professor of English composition at Miami-Dade College. He's married with five children and …
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Today Justin sits down with Eduardo Barreto. Eduardo is a high school teacher at Gulliver Prep School and an adjunct professor of English composition at Miami-Dade College. He's married with five children and lives in Miami, Florida. Eduardo has published several books and various subjects, including both fiction and non-fiction. He's here to discuss the life and wars of his "uncle" Angel Benitez, who he has written about in his book. Eduardo was also joined during this interview by Mercedes Benitez, Angel's wife of more than 60 years. You may hear her contribute to the conversation here and there.
Connect with Eduardo:
theteacherwriter.net
Check out the book, Rebel with a Cause: A Cuban in the Congo, here.
https://a.co/d/0cwKm2hTConnect with Spycraft 101:
Get Justin’s latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond, here.
spycraft101.com
IG: @spycraft101
Shop: shop.spycraft101.com
Substack: spycraft101.substack.com
Patreon: Spycraft 101
Find Justin’s first book, Spyshots: Volume One, here.
Check out Justin’s second book, Covert Arms, here.
Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative’s Sidearm of Choice, here.Kruschiki
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244. Fighting Russian Intelligence with Sean Wiswesser
Justin's guest for today is Sean Wiswesser. Sean is a graduate of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, where he earned a Bachelor's degree in History and Russian and Slavic Linguistics. He also has a …
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Justin's guest for today is Sean Wiswesser. Sean is a graduate of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, where he earned a Bachelor's degree in History and Russian and Slavic Linguistics. He also has a Master of Strategic Studies degree from the Air War College. Sean is a former senior operations officer and former Chief of Station with the Central Intelligence Agency and has served multiple overseas tours, including in war zones during his career. He's here to discuss his career with CIA, working inside and against the Russian Intelligence Services, which he has written about in his new book. In it, he details lessons learned from more than 30 years in the intelligence community, working up close with Russian spies, dissidents, and defectors.
Connect with Sean:
LinkedIn: Sean Wiswesser
Check out the book, Tradecraft, Tactics, and Dirty Tricks: Russian Intelligence and Putin's Secret War, here.
https://a.co/d/0ckwvi9mConnect with Spycraft 101:
Get Justin's latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond, here.
spycraft101.com
IG: @spycraft101
Shop: shop.spycraft101.com
Patreon: Spycraft 101
Find Justin's first book, Spyshots: Volume One, here.
Check out Justin's second book, Covert Arms, here.
Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative's Sidearm of Choice, here.Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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