Target USA Podcast by WTOP

Spies tried to take advantage of the chaos created by the war in Ukraine and conflict in Israel and Gaza to recruit spies in the U.S. Russian investigative journalist Andre Soldatov, wanted by the Russian government joins us with details. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Declining Western support for Ukraine. A massacre in Israel followed by war in Gaza. The disarray in the U.S. Congress. In this new series “Crossroads of a Crisis,” we delve into the three weeks in October when the world changed dramatically. And while many have been distracted by the chaos, Russian spies have launched a secret espionage operation in the U.S. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.co...

Tal Naim Cohen, spokesperson for Israel's Embassy in Washington, D.C. discuss the conflict and what happens after Hamas is gone. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Fadi Mansour, Washington Correspondent for Al Jazeera-Arabic, said the number of civilian casualties and journalists that have died, suggest the war is no longer just about dismantling Hamas. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Pentagon Press Secretary, Brigadier General Pat Ryder details how the US military is responding to growing threats to servicemembers in the region. Also, I speak with WTOP News Anchor Dimitri Sotis about the impact of the Hamas attack on the US terrorism picture. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, Sr. Advisor at the Counter Extremist Project says "Hamas didn't suddenly grow brain cells". He says they had high-level help from outside. Also NATO's perspective from US Ambassador Julianne Smith. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Three interviews about the horrific invasion of Israel by terrorists associated with Hamas. Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus, International Spokesperson for the Israeli Defense Forces, former Diplomat Lior Weintraub, and Israeli journalist Eldad Beck paint a vivid picture of what happened, the current situation and what's to come. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy No...

After spending a week in Poland, a good amount of it on the border with Ukraine, one thing is crystal clear. The next great war in Europe has already started... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Radovan Javorčík, Slovakia's Ambassador to the U.S. discusses why this is a critical moment for NATO and E.U. unity. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Frank Aum, Senior Expert, at the U.S. Institute of Peace discusses his views on King's release. And Joe Detrani, former U.S. Special Envoy to the Six Party Talks with North Korea, talks about what's going on inside North Korea's government. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Ambassador Joe Detrani, former director of the U.S. National Counter Proliferation Center, says a formal alliance between Russia and North Korea could mean global trouble. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

This was the most serious incident in a NATO country since the war in Ukraine started. Retired, U.S. Army Colonel Ray Wojcik, Consultant with the Kosciuszko Chain in Poland discusses. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

My live radio reporting on Wednesday August 23, 2023 on the plane crash that claimed the life of Yevgeney Prigozhin. Also on this episode, Keani Rawlins-Fernandez, Maui County Councilmember describes what took place during the horrible fires on Maui. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Ambassador Kurt Volker, Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO, now a Distinguished Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis says telling Ukraine to give up territory to Russia was a "huge" mistake. Also, Retired General Ben Hodges joins us to assess the situation and Ukraine's chances of winning the war. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art...

Dr. Hans-Jacob Schindler, Sr. Director of the Counter Extremism Project, reveals a plot that was broken up in Germany, with is where the 9/11 hijackers actually starting training. Also, Retired U.S. General Ben Hodges, discusses the coup in Niger and the terrorism implications. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my...

Nikos Panagiotou, Professor of Journalism and Mass Communications at Aristotle University, discusses the message the devastating wildfires have sent. Then, Brigadier General Pat Ryder, Pentagon Press Secretary, updates us on developments in the Ukraine war, the coup in Niger, and the latest regarding an American serviceman being held in North Korea? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy...

Ambassador Kurt Volker, Distinguished Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis, says NATO's decision not to give Ukraine an immediate path to membership was the key problem. But that wasn't the only one. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Dr. Michael Taylor, Sr. Analyst at Oxford Analytica for Eastern Europe says the whole affair was strange. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Robert Baer, a retired CIA covert operative is suspicious of that plane. Brigadier General Pat Ryder, Pentagon Press Secretary, discusses the weekend "rebellion" in Russia. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Yuriy Sak, Advisor to Ukraine's Minister of Defense joins with new insight See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Yuri Sak, Advisor to Ukraine's Minister of Defense, and Ambassador Kurt Volker, Distinguished Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis join us to explain what happened and the implications. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Professor Jok Madut Jok, Anthropologist at Syracuse University explains why this could be a long drawn out conflict. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Stavros Lambrinidis, the European Union's Ambassador to the U.S., warns against western war fatigue. He says, "there is no safe distance from an autocrat sitting on nuclear who is convinced he can bend the will of our people and our leaders to his own through force." See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Yuriy Sak, Advisor to Ukraine's Minister of Defense says it was another tragic day -a 5 year old was killed. On Sudan, Samah Salmon, President of the U.S. Educated Sudanese Association says 70% of the nation's hospitals have been destroyed or are inoperable. More than a thousand people have been killed. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19....