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Target USA

Whether its terrorists, anarchists, cyber criminals or nation states, America has a target on its back. WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green investigates the threats facing the U.S., the people behind them, the agencies fighting them and their impact on Americans.

Latest Episodes

Title: Target USA –Ep. 276| Americans allegedly attacked by foreign agents on U.S. soil
Title: Target USA –Ep. 276| Americans allegedly attacked by foreign agents on U.S. soil
Former CIA covert operative Robert Baer and current and former intelligence officials suspect Russian intelligence agents are attacking U.S. government officials with directed energy weapons inside the U.S.
Title: Target USA –Ep. 275| The Kremlin/Trump connection
Title: Target USA –Ep. 275| The Kremlin/Trump connection
There is a story about an event in Paris in 2016, a payment and a message that may have shaped the course of the Trump administration and U.S. history. Craig Unger, author of American Kompromat discusses the details.
Title: Target USA -Ep. 274 | How the KGB approached Donald Trump
Title: Target USA -Ep. 274 | How the KGB approached Donald Trump
Former KGB agent, Yuriy Shvets, who defected to the U.S., says a strange deal on television sets in the late 1970s started what's been a decades-long connection between Trump and Russian intelligence.
Title: Target USA –Ep. 273 | Russian Spies, the Presidency, U.S. Politics and the new Cold War
Title: Target USA –Ep. 273 | Russian Spies, the Presidency, U.S. Politics and the new Cold War
Part two of our look at "American Kompromat: How the KGB Cultivated Donald Trump, and Related Tales of Sex, Greed and Power". Author Craig Unger, former KGB agent Yuri Shvets and Atlantic Council Sr. Fellow Anders Asland paint a stark picture of ...
Title: Target USA –Ep. 272 | Is Donald Trump a Russian intelligence asset?
Title: Target USA –Ep. 272 | Is Donald Trump a Russian intelligence asset?
Yuri Shvets, former KGB agent and subject of Craig Unger's new book, American Kompromat: How the KGB Cultivated Donald Trump, and Related Tales of Sex, Greed, Power, and Treachery, says yes! They discuss never before know details of Russian activity directed at ...
Title: Target USA –Ep. 271 | Washington Post Reporter Joby Warrick discusses his new book, “Red Line”.
Title: Target USA –Ep. 271 | Washington Post Reporter Joby Warrick discusses his new book, “Red Line”.
The Obama administration's warning not to Syria not use chemical weapons went unheeded. How close did we come to a global disaster? Joby Warrick details how Syria fell apart and ISIS almost got all of their weapons.
Title: Target USA –Ep. 270 | North Korea launching missiles and new threats
Title: Target USA –Ep. 270 | North Korea launching missiles and new threats
Ambassador Joe Detrani, former Director of the National Counterproliferation Center, says there is a serious concern that North Korea could make a mistake when it launches missiles. That, he says, could lead to a disaster.
Title: Target USA –Ep. 269 | Electronic Surveillance: Looking beyond the cyber threat
Title: Target USA –Ep. 269 | Electronic Surveillance: Looking beyond the cyber threat
Scott Stewart of Torchstone Global and Bruce Alexander of Security One Solutions break down the threat from electronic surveillance and social engineering in 2021.
Title: Target USA –Ep. 268 | Bill Evanina Speaks
Title: Target USA –Ep. 268 | Bill Evanina Speaks
The recently retired Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center goes into detail about the threats, challenges and capabilities of the hostile nation states facing the U.S. We've waited several years for this, unrestrained interview. He doesn't disappoint.
Title: Target USA –Ep. 267 | The man whose team discovered the Microsoft Exchange hack drops the details on what happened.
Title: Target USA –Ep. 267 | The man whose team discovered the Microsoft Exchange hack drops the details on what happened.
Careful with your email. Steven Adair, President of Volexity says "this is literally as serious as it gets. There is no one who is really immune from it." And it's not over yet!