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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. 256 | Democracy Under Duress
Title: Target USA –Ep. 256 | Democracy Under Duress
The U.S. is in the grips of Russian disinformation, dark money and "our own dishonest politics". Fiona Hill, Douglas London, Anders Asland, Senator Mark Warner, and others top national security experts put the threat into context.
Title: Target USA –Ep. 255 | America caught in the grips of Russian disinformation
Title: Target USA –Ep. 255 | America caught in the grips of Russian disinformation
Dr. Christopher Paul, a senior social scientist at the Rand Corporation, explains how Russia's disinformation game has put the U.S. in a very tough spot.
Title: Target USA –Ep. 254 | A look at the new Far Right in America
Title: Target USA –Ep. 254 | A look at the new Far Right in America
Author Cynthia Miller-Idriss discusses her new book "Hate in the Homeland: The New Global Far Right."
Title: Target USA –Ep. 253 | From Trump to Biden: National Security at a Crossroads
Title: Target USA –Ep. 253 | From Trump to Biden: National Security at a Crossroads
Senator Mark Warner, Former DIA Deputy Director Douglas Wise and former presidential briefer David Priess discuss the transition, the challenges ahead and what the intelligence is saying about the future.
Title: Target USA –Ep. 252| DARPA’s role in rapid COVID vaccine development
Title: Target USA –Ep. 252| DARPA’s role in rapid COVID vaccine development
Victoria Coleman, DARPA's new director, talks about the agency's role in the historically rapid development of a COVID-19 vaccine. She says that's a part of what the agency was built to do, 62 years ago.
Title: Target USA –Ep. 251 | Al Qaida’s No. 2 is killed
Title: Target USA –Ep. 251 | Al Qaida’s No. 2 is killed
Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah was the mastermind behind the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. He was killed on the streets of Tehran, Iran recently. Dr. Hans Jakob-Schindler, Sr. Director of the Counter Extremism Project details how it happened and ...
Title: Target USA –Ep. 250 | Trump, Debt and the Many Secrets He Knows
Title: Target USA –Ep. 250 | Trump, Debt and the Many Secrets He Knows
Larry Pfeiffer, former CIA Chief of Staff and White House Situation Room Director, worries that President Donald Trump's massive debt will make him a target for espionage after he leaves office. He also is concerned about people around Trump who may find ...
Title: Target USA –Ep. 249 | Former DNI concerned about Russia’s next move
Title: Target USA –Ep. 249 | Former DNI concerned about Russia’s next move
Even though the votes are all in, former DNI Jim Clapper says he's concerned that Russia still has another 2020 Election play left. 50 plus years of intelligence knowledge shouldn't be ignored.
Title: Target USA –Ep. 248 | C.I.A. officer targeted with sonic attack
Title: Target USA –Ep. 248 | C.I.A. officer targeted with sonic attack
Marc Polymeropoulos was in Moscow in 2017 when he was hit, twice, with a debilitating sonic attack, just like American diplomats in Cuba and China. Guess who was behind it? Guess what the C.I.A. did? Listen and find out.
Title: Target USA –Ep. 247 | H.R. McMaster speaks out
Title: Target USA –Ep. 247 | H.R. McMaster speaks out
The retired Army General and former National Security Advisor is blunt about his rocky tenure at the White House and insightful about the ecosystem of Russia's disinformation efforts as he discusses his new book "Battlegrounds".