Intelligence & CIA

Spies, covert operations and the agencies that run them, told by people who were on the inside or spent years reporting on them. The show’s interest is in how intelligence actually works and what it gets wrong.

Andrew Bustamante, a former covert CIA officer, returns to the show to talk about the agency, Israel and Epstein. Joby Warrick covers the same ground from the national security desk at The Washington Post, including Iran and the IRGC. Ed Calderon describes CIA involvement in Mexico from the other side of the border, from covert US operations in Mexico to CIA-backed presidents. Zach Foust brings his own Army years in Afghanistan, John Kiriakou and the doubts around the Bin Laden story. And Matan, the comedian, has an episode that opens on joining Mossad and is played in character rather than for the record.