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    <description>Each month, the International Spy Museum will offer a new SpyCast featuring interviews and programs with ex-spies, intelligence experts, and espionage scholars. The SpyCast is hosted by Peter Earnest, Executive Director of the International Spy Museum and former CIA operations officer.  The International Spy Museum (www.spymuseum.org) in Washington DC is the only public museum in the U.S. solely dedicated to espionage.</description>
    <itunes:summary>Each month, the International Spy Museum will offer a new SpyCast featuring interviews and programs with ex-spies, intelligence experts, and espionage scholars. The SpyCast is hosted by Peter Earnest, Executive Director of the International Spy Museum and former CIA operations officer.  The International Spy Museum (www.spymuseum.org) in Washington DC is the only public museum in the U.S. solely dedicated to espionage.</itunes:summary>
    <itunes:subtitle>Each month, the International Spy Museum will offer a new SpyCast featuring interviews and programs with ex-spies, intelligence experts, and espionage scholars. The SpyCast is hosted by Peter Earnest, Executive Director of the International Spy Museum and</itunes:subtitle>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:01:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>November 1, 2009: Cyber Threats: Challenges and Solutions</title>
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      <description>Melissa Hathaway served as acting senior director for cyberspace for the National Security Council, heading a 60-Day Cyberspace Policy Review for President Obama that resulted in a comprehensive report with recommendations for action. Today, she discusses the massive and growing challenges of cyberspace&#8212;such as identity theft, cyber espionage, and cyber wars&#8212;and what needs to be done to deal with this threat.</description>
      <itunes:subtitle>Melissa Hathaway served as acting senior director for cyberspace for the National Security Council, heading a 60-Day Cyberspace Policy Review for President Obama that resulted in a comprehensive report with recommendations for action. Today, she discusses the massive and growing challenges of cyberspace&#8212;such as identity theft, cyber espionage, and cyber wars&#8212;and what needs to be done to deal with this threat.</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>Melissa Hathaway served as acting senior director for cyberspace for the National Security Council, heading a 60-Day Cyberspace Policy Review for President Obama that resulted in a comprehensive report with recommendations for action. Today, she discusses the massive and growing challenges of cyberspace&#8212;such as identity theft, cyber espionage, and cyber wars&#8212;and what needs to be done to deal with this threat.</itunes:summary>
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      <title>October 1, 2009: The Changing Face of Al Qaeda</title>
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      <description>How has the sustained U.S. effort to destroy Al Qaeda affected the terrorist organization, and how important is the current struggle against the Taliban in Afghanistan for the future of Al Qaeda? A former Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism, Juan C. Zarate discusses America&#8217;s struggle with Al Qaeda and comments on the organization&#8217;s current state.</description>
      <itunes:subtitle>How has the sustained U.S. effort to destroy Al Qaeda affected the terrorist organization, and how important is the current struggle against the Taliban in Afghanistan for the future of Al Qaeda? A former Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism, Juan C. Zarate discusses America&#8217;s struggle with Al Qaeda and comments on the organization&#8217;s current state.</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>How has the sustained U.S. effort to destroy Al Qaeda affected the terrorist organization, and how important is the current struggle against the Taliban in Afghanistan for the future of Al Qaeda? A former Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism, Juan C. Zarate discusses America&#8217;s struggle with Al Qaeda and comments on the organization&#8217;s current state.</itunes:summary>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:01:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>September 11, 2009: Intelligence and 9/11</title>
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      <description>Could intelligence have prevented the terrorist attacks of 9/11, and has the Intelligence Community been sufficiently reformed to deal with current and future threats? These are the questions that Amy Zegart discusses on the eighth anniversary of 9/11. An intelligence scholar, Amy has worked on President Clinton&#8217;s National Security Council and is currently teaching intelligence and national security at UCLA.</description>
      <itunes:subtitle>Could intelligence have prevented the terrorist attacks of 9/11, and has the Intelligence Community been sufficiently reformed to deal with current and future threats? These are the questions that Amy Zegart discusses on the eighth anniversary of 9/11. An intelligence scholar, Amy has worked on President Clinton&#8217;s National Security Council and is currently teaching intelligence and national security at UCLA.</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>Could intelligence have prevented the terrorist attacks of 9/11, and has the Intelligence Community been sufficiently reformed to deal with current and future threats? These are the questions that Amy Zegart discusses on the eighth anniversary of 9/11. An intelligence scholar, Amy has worked on President Clinton&#8217;s National Security Council and is currently teaching intelligence and national security at UCLA.</itunes:summary>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:01:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>September 1, 2009: Sexpionage</title>
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      <description>Since biblical times, spies and intelligence services have used sexual entrapment and emotional blackmail to recruit agents and gather secret information. International Spy Museum advisory board member and espionage author H. Keith Melton discusses the means, methods, and effectiveness of &#8220;sexpionage,&#8221; and elaborates on specific examples, such as the Russian honeytrap and the East German Romeo agent.</description>
      <itunes:subtitle>Since biblical times, spies and intelligence services have used sexual entrapment and emotional blackmail to recruit agents and gather secret information. International Spy Museum advisory board member and espionage author H. Keith Melton discusses the means, methods, and effectiveness of &#8220;sexpionage,&#8221; and elaborates on specific examples, such as the Russian honeytrap and the East German Romeo agent.</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>Since biblical times, spies and intelligence services have used sexual entrapment and emotional blackmail to recruit agents and gather secret information. International Spy Museum advisory board member and espionage author H. Keith Melton discusses the means, methods, and effectiveness of &#8220;sexpionage,&#8221; and elaborates on specific examples, such as the Russian honeytrap and the East German Romeo agent.</itunes:summary>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:01:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>August 15, 2009: The Cambridge Five</title>
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      <description>In the 1930s, five young Cambridge University students were recruited by Soviet intelligence to penetrate the British intelligence community. In the course of their decade-long espionage career, the Five did enormous damage to Western security. British intelligence author Nigel West examines their motivations and activities, and reveals new evidence he has unearthed in Soviet intelligence archives.</description>
      <itunes:subtitle>In the 1930s, five young Cambridge University students were recruited by Soviet intelligence to penetrate the British intelligence community. In the course of their decade-long espionage career, the Five did enormous damage to Western security. British intelligence author Nigel West examines their motivations and activities, and reveals new evidence he has unearthed in Soviet intelligence archives.</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>In the 1930s, five young Cambridge University students were recruited by Soviet intelligence to penetrate the British intelligence community. In the course of their decade-long espionage career, the Five did enormous damage to Western security. British intelligence author Nigel West examines their motivations and activities, and reveals new evidence he has unearthed in Soviet intelligence archives.</itunes:summary>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:01:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>August 1, 2009: Cold War Radio</title>
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      <description>Richard H. Cummings served for fifteen years as Director of Security for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). He reviews the propaganda activities of RFE/RL during the Cold War and describes Soviet bloc operations against the stations, including the 1978 murder of RFE scriptwriter Georgi Markov in London, and the 1981 bombing of RFE/RL headquarters in Munich by the terrorist Carlos the Jackal.</description>
      <itunes:subtitle>Richard H. Cummings served for fifteen years as Director of Security for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). He reviews the propaganda activities of RFE/RL during the Cold War and describes Soviet bloc operations against the stations, including the 1978 murder of RFE scriptwriter Georgi Markov in London, and the 1981 bombing of RFE/RL headquarters in Munich by the terrorist Carlos the Jackal.</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>Richard H. Cummings served for fifteen years as Director of Security for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). He reviews the propaganda activities of RFE/RL during the Cold War and describes Soviet bloc operations against the stations, including the 1978 murder of RFE scriptwriter Georgi Markov in London, and the 1981 bombing of RFE/RL headquarters in Munich by the terrorist Carlos the Jackal.</itunes:summary>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:01:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>July 1, 2009: Intelligence on Pakistan</title>
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      <description>"Pakistan is the most dangerous country in the world today," asserts Bruce Riedel, a 30-year CIA veteran and currently a senior fellow at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution. Bruce discusses the various threats emanating from Pakistan, including the rise of the Taliban, the security of the country&#8217;s nuclear weapons, the murky role of its Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI), and the precarious relationship with neighboring India.</description>
      <itunes:subtitle>"Pakistan is the most dangerous country in the world today," asserts Bruce Riedel, a 30-year CIA veteran and currently a senior fellow at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution. Bruce discusses the various threats emanating from Pakistan, including the rise of the Taliban, the security of the country&#8217;s nuclear weapons, the murky role of its Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI), and the precarious relationship with neighboring India.</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>"Pakistan is the most dangerous country in the world today," asserts Bruce Riedel, a 30-year CIA veteran and currently a senior fellow at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution. Bruce discusses the various threats emanating from Pakistan, including the rise of the Taliban, the security of the country&#8217;s nuclear weapons, the murky role of its Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI), and the precarious relationship with neighboring India.</itunes:summary>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:01:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>June 15, 2009: Intelligence in Cyberspace</title>
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      <description>Cyber threats, information warfare, and internet espionage are growing challenges for business companies, private individuals, and the intelligence community alike. A former CIA operations officer and current president of the cyber intelligence company Cyveillance, Dr. Terry Gudaitis discusses specific examples of cyber threats as well as techniques to counter them.</description>
      <itunes:subtitle>Cyber threats, information warfare, and internet espionage are growing challenges for business companies, private individuals, and the intelligence community alike. A former CIA operations officer and current president of the cyber intelligence company Cyveillance, Dr. Terry Gudaitis discusses specific examples of cyber threats as well as techniques to counter them.</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>Cyber threats, information warfare, and internet espionage are growing challenges for business companies, private individuals, and the intelligence community alike. A former CIA operations officer and current president of the cyber intelligence company Cyveillance, Dr. Terry Gudaitis discusses specific examples of cyber threats as well as techniques to counter them.</itunes:summary>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:01:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>June 1, 2009: Inside the National Security Agency</title>
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      <description>The National Security Agency (NSA), America&#8217;s premier cryptanalytic organization, is the largest and most secretive member of the American intelligence community. Discussing NSA&#8217;s mission, capabilities, and past exploits, former NSA Chief of Information Policy Mike Levin reveals some of the mysterious agency&#8217;s secrets.</description>
      <itunes:subtitle>The National Security Agency (NSA), America&#8217;s premier cryptanalytic organization, is the largest and most secretive member of the American intelligence community. Discussing NSA&#8217;s mission, capabilities, and past exploits, former NSA Chief of Information Policy Mike Levin reveals some of the mysterious agency&#8217;s secrets.</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>The National Security Agency (NSA), America&#8217;s premier cryptanalytic organization, is the largest and most secretive member of the American intelligence community. Discussing NSA&#8217;s mission, capabilities, and past exploits, former NSA Chief of Information Policy Mike Levin reveals some of the mysterious agency&#8217;s secrets.</itunes:summary>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 22:01:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>May 1, 2009: U.S. Military Intelligence&#8212;Past and Present</title>
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      <description>A West Point graduate, Brian G. Shellum was U.S. Army attach&#233; in Germany, served in the armed forces during the first Gulf War, and worked for over a decade as historian for the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Today, Brian discusses the history and purpose of American military intelligence, describing the DIA and the role of the military attach&#233;s posted abroad.</description>
      <itunes:subtitle>A West Point graduate, Brian G. Shellum was U.S. Army attach&#233; in Germany, served in the armed forces during the first Gulf War, and worked for over a decade as historian for the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Today, Brian discusses the history and purpose of American military intelligence, describing the DIA and the role of the military attach&#233;s posted abroad.</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>A West Point graduate, Brian G. Shellum was U.S. Army attach&#233; in Germany, served in the armed forces during the first Gulf War, and worked for over a decade as historian for the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Today, Brian discusses the history and purpose of American military intelligence, describing the DIA and the role of the military attach&#233;s posted abroad.</itunes:summary>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:01:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>April 14, 2009: U.S. Naval Intelligence in World War II</title>
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      <description>Rear-Admiral Donald Mac Showers joined the U.S. Navy&#8217;s codebreakers at Pearl Harbor in 1942 and went on to serve three decades in the American intelligence community. Today, he talks about the contribution of codebreaking to the defeat of Japanese naval forces at Midway in 1942, and he reveals how cryptanalysts helped U.S. forces locate and kill Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the mastermind of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.</description>
      <itunes:subtitle>Rear-Admiral Donald Mac Showers joined the U.S. Navy&#8217;s codebreakers at Pearl Harbor in 1942 and went on to serve three decades in the American intelligence community. Today, he talks about the contribution of codebreaking to the defeat of Japanese naval forces at Midway in 1942, and he reveals how cryptanalysts helped U.S. forces locate and kill Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the mastermind of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>Rear-Admiral Donald Mac Showers joined the U.S. Navy&#8217;s codebreakers at Pearl Harbor in 1942 and went on to serve three decades in the American intelligence community. Today, he talks about the contribution of codebreaking to the defeat of Japanese naval forces at Midway in 1942, and he reveals how cryptanalysts helped U.S. forces locate and kill Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the mastermind of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.</itunes:summary>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:01:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>April 14, 2009: U.S. Naval Intelligence in World War II</title>
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      <description>Rear-Admiral Donald Mac Showers joined the U.S. Navy&#8217;s codebreakers at Pearl Harbor in 1941 and went on to serve three decades in the American intelligence community. Today, he talks about the contribution of codebreaking to the defeat of Japanese naval forces at Midway in 1942, and he reveals how cryptanalysts helped U.S. forces locate and kill Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the mastermind of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.</description>
      <itunes:subtitle>Rear-Admiral Donald Mac Showers joined the U.S. Navy&#8217;s codebreakers at Pearl Harbor in 1941 and went on to serve three decades in the American intelligence community. Today, he talks about the contribution of codebreaking to the defeat of Japanese naval forces at Midway in 1942, and he reveals how cryptanalysts helped U.S. forces locate and kill Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the mastermind of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>Rear-Admiral Donald Mac Showers joined the U.S. Navy&#8217;s codebreakers at Pearl Harbor in 1941 and went on to serve three decades in the American intelligence community. Today, he talks about the contribution of codebreaking to the defeat of Japanese naval forces at Midway in 1942, and he reveals how cryptanalysts helped U.S. forces locate and kill Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the mastermind of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.</itunes:summary>
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      <title>April 14, 2009: U.S. Naval Intelligence in World War II</title>
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      <description>Rear-Admiral Donald Mac Showers joined the U.S. Navy&#8217;s codebreakers at Pearl Harbor in 1941 and went on to serve three decades in the American intelligence community. Today, he talks about the contribution of codebreaking to the defeat of Japanese naval forces at Midway in 1942, and he reveals how cryptanalysts helped U.S. forces locate and kill Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the mastermind of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.</description>
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      <description>During the Cold War, Soviet intelligence used disinformation to malign the United States, for example, by spreading the rumor that AIDS resulted from U.S. Army bacteriological warfare experiments. U.S. State Department Counter-Misinformation officer Todd Leventhal discusses some of the most notorious Soviet-inspired conspiracy theories and explains how the United States sought to counter them.</description>
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      <description>During the Cold War, Soviet intelligence used disinformation to malign the United States, for example, by spreading the rumor that AIDS resulted from U.S. Army bacteriological warfare experiments. U.S. State Department Counter-Misinformation officer Todd Leventhal discusses some of the most notorious Soviet-inspired conspiracy theories and explains how the United States sought to counter them.</description>
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      <title>March 4, 2009: Intelligence and Conspiracy Theories I</title>
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      <description>What makes conspiracy theories so appealing, and why have they become so prevalent in this day and age? Do some of them contain a grain of truth? And who stands to gain from spreading these ideas? To answer these questions, Peter interviews Professor Robert Alan Goldberg, author of Enemies Within, and a leading authority on conspiracy thinking.</description>
      <itunes:subtitle>What makes conspiracy theories so appealing, and why have they become so prevalent in this day and age? Do some of them contain a grain of truth? And who stands to gain from spreading these ideas? To answer these questions, Peter interviews Professor Robert Alan Goldberg, author of Enemies Within, and a leading authority on conspiracy thinking.</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>What makes conspiracy theories so appealing, and why have they become so prevalent in this day and age? Do some of them contain a grain of truth? And who stands to gain from spreading these ideas? To answer these questions, Peter interviews Professor Robert Alan Goldberg, author of Enemies Within, and a leading authority on conspiracy thinking.</itunes:summary>
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      <title>March 4, 2009: Intelligence and Conspiracy Theories I</title>
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      <description>What makes conspiracy theories so appealing, and why have they become so prevalent in this day and age? Do some of them contain a grain of truth? And who stands to gain from spreading these ideas? To answer these questions, Peter interviews Professor Robert Alan Goldberg, author of Enemies Within, and a leading authority on conspiracy thinking.</description>
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      <title>February 19, 2009: Intelligence Lessons from Vietnam</title>
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      <description>Working for the Saigon Military Mission and the CIA, Rufus Phillips spent ten years in South East Asia during the Vietnam War. Drawing on this experience, Rufus talks about psychological warfare and counter-insurgency tactics in Vietnam, and lessons for America&#8217;s present engagement in Iraq and Afghanistan.</description>
      <itunes:subtitle>Working for the Saigon Military Mission and the CIA, Rufus Phillips spent ten years in South East Asia during the Vietnam War. Drawing on this experience, Rufus talks about psychological warfare and counter-insurgency tactics in Vietnam, and lessons for America&#8217;s present engagement in Iraq and Afghanistan.</itunes:subtitle>
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      <description>Working for the Saigon Military Mission and the CIA, Rufus Phillips spent ten years in South East Asia during the Vietnam War. Drawing on this experience, Rufus talks about psychological warfare and counter-insurgency tactics in Vietnam, and lessons for America&#8217;s present engagement in Iraq and Afghanistan.</description>
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      <title>February 2, 2009: Robert De Niro on Intelligence</title>
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      <description>Today, Peter chats with actor and film producer Robert De Niro. De Niro talks about his long-standing interest in the world of intelligence and discusses his latest espionage movie The Good Shepherd about the early history of the CIA. He also provides an insider look at the making of the humorous polygraph scene in Meet the Parents.</description>
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      <description>Today, Peter chats with actor and film producer Robert De Niro. De Niro talks about his long-standing interest in the world of intelligence and discusses his latest espionage movie The Good Shepherd about the early history of the CIA. He also provides an insider look at the making of the humorous polygraph scene in Meet the Parents.</description>
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      <link>http://odeo.com/episodes/24025812-February-2-2009-Robert-De-Niro-on-Intelligence</link>
      <description>Today, Peter chats with actor and film producer Robert De Niro. De Niro talks about his long-standing interest in the world of intelligence and discusses his latest espionage movie The Good Shepherd about the early history of the CIA. He also provides an insider look at the making of the humorous polygraph scene in Meet the Parents.</description>
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      <title>January 2, 2009: U.S. Intelligence in Decline?</title>
      <link>http://odeo.com/episodes/24232223-January-2-2009-U-S-Intelligence-in-Decline</link>
      <description>A senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, Melvin A. Goodman served many years as an analyst at the CIA and the State Department&#8217;s Bureau of Intelligence and Research. A critical observer of the intelligence community, he elaborates on his thesis about the decline of U.S. intelligence, specifically its militarization, privatization, and deteriorating analysis capacities.</description>
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      <link>http://odeo.com/episodes/24569974-January-2-2009-U-S-Intelligence-in-Decline</link>
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      <title>January 2, 2009: U.S. Intelligence in Decline?</title>
      <link>http://odeo.com/episodes/23821046-January-2-2009-U-S-Intelligence-in-Decline</link>
      <description>A senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, Melvin A. Goodman served many years as an analyst at the CIA and the State Department&#8217;s Bureau of Intelligence and Research. A critical observer of the intelligence community, he elaborates on his thesis about the decline of U.S. intelligence, specifically its militarization, privatization, and deteriorating analysis capacities.</description>
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      <title>December 5, 2008: The CIA and the End of the Cold War</title>
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      <description>As CIA station chief in Pakistan, Nigeria, Sudan, and Germany in the 1980s and early &#8216;90s, Milt Bearden observed&#8212;and influenced&#8212;the end of the Cold War from a unique vantage point. Today, he talks with Peter about U.S. support of Afghani mujahideen against the Soviet invaders, intelligence community reforms, and his work as a consultant on spycraft in Hollywood.</description>
      <itunes:subtitle>As CIA station chief in Pakistan, Nigeria, Sudan, and Germany in the 1980s and early &#8216;90s, Milt Bearden observed&#8212;and influenced&#8212;the end of the Cold War from a unique vantage point. Today, he talks with Peter about U.S. support of Afghani mujahideen against the Soviet invaders, intelligence community reforms, and his work as a consultant on spycraft in Hollywood.</itunes:subtitle>
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      <description>In November 1979, radical Iranian students overran the U.S. embassy in Tehran, capturing most of the embassy staff&#8212;except for six diplomats who found refuge with the Canadian embassy. Today, Peter talks with retired CIA officer Tony Mendez who, in an elaborate deception and disguise operation, managed to exfiltrate the six Americans from Tehran before the Iranians were able to track them down.</description>
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