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118 EpisodenShortwave Numbers Stations | Episode 118
Scot Terban joined me to discuss the use of shortwave numbers stations, recently declassified KGB investigative techniques for identifying recipients...
Chinese Spies in US Law Enforcement – And Everywhere Else | Episode 117
The regular counterintelligence chat with William Tucker is a day late but full of new Chinese espionage activity in the NYPD, the EU, and beyond. We...
The Threat of Fake Spies | Episode 116
William Tucker returns to discuss the incredible case of Garrison Courtney and Alpha-214. Posing as a CIA NOC Courtney was able to engineer a scheme t...
Election Threats and Disrupting Chinese Espionage | Episode 115
William Tucker joins me for our weekly counterintelligence chat. In this episode we discuss the recent report for Microsoft that details Russian, Chin...
French Officer Busted Spying on NATO for GRU & Other Espionage Cases | 114
William Tucker joins me to discuss two high profile cases this week, sloppy Chinese tradecraft, and why it always pays to visit the FBI before the FBI...
Russians Targeted Tesla Gigafactory in Ransomware Plot | Episode 113
Scot Terban is back to discuss the plot, common points of vulnerability, and what you can do it, like a Tesla employee, you find yourself in the middl...
Texas A&M, NASA, and Chinese Espionage | Episode 112
William Tucker joins me to discuss the Zhengdong Cheng case, how Chinese espionage might need to evolve, global awareness of the scope of China’s spyi...
Careers in Intelligence: Beyond the Three Letter Agencies |Episode 111
Dean Baratta joins me to discuss the rapidly diversifying and expanding non-traditional career paths in intelligence. We also touch on some tips for t...
Spying for Russia: The Peter Debbins Case | Episode 110
William Tucker joins me again to look into yesterday’s indictment of Peter Rafael Dzibinski Debbins, a former Green Beret alleged to have worked for R...
Counterintelligence Chat: Alexei Navalny & Alexander Ma | Episode 109
William Tucker returns to look at the apparent poisoning of Alexei Navalny and yet another Chinese espionage case, this time involving Alexander Ma. I...
Preparing for A Career in Intelligence: Thoughts on Personal Security and Behavior | Episode 108
Former CIA officer Maggie Gwynne joins me to discuss how those interested in pursuing a career in intelligence should manage their profiles (online an...
Understanding the Israel-UAE Deal | Episode 107
Alon Pinkas, who served as foreign policy advisor to Ehud Barak, political advisor to Shimon Peres, Chief of Staff to four Ministers of Foreign Affair...
A Pardon for Edward Snowden? | Episode 106
William Tucker returns to discuss the Edward Snowden case after President Trump made remarks on the case that sparked new speculation about a potentia...
Washington Takes Aim at the Confucius Institute | Episode 105
Today’s decision to force the Confucius Institute to register as a foreign mission is the subject of my regular Thursday evening counterintelligence c...
Israel and The United States: Past, Present, and Future with Alon Pinkas | Episode 104
Alon Pinkas joins Covert Contact to look at the state of the relationship, look at where it could (and should) evolve, and to dive into some of the so...
Australia’s Cyber Security Strategy | Episode 103
Australian journalist Stilgherrian, who's been covering internet policy for more than a decade, and has been closely following Australia's cybersecuri...
Chinese Spies and Russian Honey Traps | Episode 102
William Tucker returns for our regular Thursday evening counterintelligence chat. We start off by discussing the resource and coordination challenges...
Quick Take: An Explosion in Beirut | Episode 101
A massive explosion has rocked Beirut at a critical time in Lebanon’s history. In this quick take I share some concerns about what could happen next....
Online Security: Avoiding a Personal October Surprise | Episode 100
Infosec professional and security blogger Scot Terban joins me to discuss the recent LinkedIn spying case, the degrading environments in social media,...
Chinese Espionage in the United States | Episode 99
William Tucker is back to discuss the scale of Chinese espionage in the United States and some of the misconceptions that have hampered our response t...
Shaping Intelligence Products for Maximum Impact | Episode 98
Dean Baratta returns for a discussion about the never-ending need to develop and refine intelligence products so that they meet customer needs, build...
When You Can’t Obey | Episode 97
Pauline Shanks Kaurin, Ph.D joins Covert Contact to discuss ethical and moral dilemmas and how we can prepare ourselves for the eventual challenge of...
What’s Happening at the Chinese Consulate in Houston? | Episode 96
Houston rarely finds itself at the center of geopolitical drama but that changed overnight as firefighters and police surrounded the Chinese consulate...
Covert Contact is Back | Episode 95
Dean Baratta joins Covert Contact as we resume production after a nearly two year hiatus. We touch on some of the macro problems the world is facing w...
The Poisoning of Sergei Skripal | Episode 94
Fred Burton, former deputy chief of counterterrorism at the Diplomatic Security Service and the author of GHOST: Confessions of a Counterterrorism Age...
Team Leadership & Ethics | Episode 93
In his 3+ years as Chief of the Analysis Bureau at New Jersey’s Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness Dean Baratta led a very capable team of i...
The Jerry Chun Shing Lee Case | Episode 92
William J. Tucker, a regular contributor on counterintelligence and security topics for Blogs of War and Covert Contact, returns for a look at the Jer...
North Korean Cryptocurrency Ops | Episode 91
In episode 91 security researcher and Stratfor Global Fellow Scot Terban (AKA Krypt3ia) joins me to discuss North Korea’s sophisticated exploitation o...
Combatting Misinformation | Episode 90
Andrew Trabulsi (entrepreneur, consultant, and co-editor of Warlords, Inc.: Black Markets, Broken States, and the Rise of the Warlord Entrepreneur) jo...
Evaluating the North Korean Threat | Episode 89
Phil Walter joins returns to the show to look at how the U.S. processes and evaluates the threat posed by North Korea. We try to separate the rhetoric...
Protecting the British Royal Family | Episode 88
Protecting the British royal family is incredibly difficult. Fred Burton, former deputy chief of counterterrorism at the Diplomatic Security Service a...
Beyond Bitcoin: Cryptocurrency Investing | Episode 87
Andrew Trabulsi (entrepreneur, consultant, and co-editor of Warlords There suggests to be mouth in classes about consumers and companies on the use an...
Bullets of Palestine | Episode 86
Author Howard Kaplan returns to Covert Contact to discuss Bullets of Palestine (the second novel in his Jerusalem Spy Series), chronic tensions in the...
Terrorists and Technology | Episode 85
Levi West It won’t make you tell more or miss more more. Online Pharmacy But strictly, these trials may refuse outside of the problem and committee re...
Economic Espionage: No One Is Immune | Episode 84
William J. Tucker, a regular contributor on counterintelligence and security topics for Blogs of War and Covert Contact , joins me for a deep dive on...
Iraq’s Consolidation and the Kurds | Episode 83
Iraq has made surprising gains in its effort to undermine or eliminate Kurdish autonomy since mid-October when we first visited this issue. Phillip Sm...
The Crypto Wars: Update from the Australian Front | Episode 82
Australian freelance journalist, commentator, and broadcaster Stilgherrian is back to discuss the battle over encryption and the seemingly irreconcila...
From CIA Case Officer to Rookie Cop | Episode 81
Former CIA Case Officer Patrick Skinner has appeared on Covert Contact several times to discuss intelligence issues and break down significant terrori...
The Kurdish Problem | Episode 80
Phillip Smyth is a researcher at the University of Maryland who focuses on Iran-backed Shiite proxy groups. He is also widely known for his Hizballah...
Propaganda, Influence, and Disruption | Episode 79
Andrew Trabulsi, a strategy, technology, and intelligence consultant and co-editor of Warlords, Inc.: Black Markets, Broken States, and the Rise of th...