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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

Target USA — Episode 158: The Trump-Kim Summit in Hanoi, Vietnam
Target USA — Episode 158: The Trump-Kim Summit in Hanoi, Vietnam
President Donald Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un are meeting for the second time to try to put an end to North Korea's nuclear weapons program. Former Special Envoy Joseph Detrani and the Nuclear Threat Initiative's Richard Johnson -- who've ...
Target USA — Episode 157 | Munich Security Conference: Global discord highlighted at critical security gathering
Target USA — Episode 157 | Munich Security Conference: Global discord highlighted at critical security gathering
More than 600 high-level international decision makers from politics, business, academia and civil society along with throngs of media gathered in Munich for what was arguably the most important gathering in the 55-year history of the Munich Security Conference. But instead of ...
Target USA — Episode 156: Robert Cardillo’s last interview as National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency director
Target USA — Episode 156: Robert Cardillo’s last interview as National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency director
On Feb. 7 Robert Cardillo retired as director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. But, the day before he did that, he sat down with Target USA for a final time. And something he said was quite troubling -- true, but troubling.
Target USA — Episode 155: The impact of the US withdrawal from the INF Treaty
Target USA — Episode 155: The impact of the US withdrawal from the INF Treaty
On Feb. 1, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the U.S. was going to withdraw from the historic Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), negotiated in 1987 by former U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. This came after ...
Target USA — Episode 154: Russia denies jailed American access to US assistance
Target USA — Episode 154: Russia denies jailed American access to US assistance
Paul Whelan is an American who was arrested on Dec. 28 in Moscow. The Russian government says he was caught red-handed committing espionage. But they've never said what he was doing -- except that he received a USB flash drive from someone ...
Target USA — Episode 153: The FBI and the impact of the government shutdown
Target USA — Episode 153: The FBI and the impact of the government shutdown
Nancy McNamara is assistant director in charge of the FBI Washington Field Office. We continue the conversation we started with her in Episode 150. But in addition to the challenging work the FBI faces, its employees now have to face it all ...
Target USA — Episode 151: David Whelan speaks out about his brother’s arrest on espionage charges in Russia
Target USA — Episode 151: David Whelan speaks out about his brother’s arrest on espionage charges in Russia
On Dec. 28, former U.S. Marine and citizen of the U.S. citizen Paul Whelan disappeared in Russia. Since then, his story has captivated the world. Three days later he turned up in a Russian prison, arrested for allegedly committing espionage. ...
Target USA — Episode 150: Interview with Nancy McNamara, assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office
Target USA — Episode 150: Interview with Nancy McNamara, assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office
Russian and Chinese espionage operations are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the international headaches the FBI has to deal with. The Washington Field Office of the FBI is in the eye of those storms and many others, ...
Target USA — Episode 149: The best of Target USA 2018
Target USA — Episode 149: The best of Target USA 2018
Russia's trolls, Kremlin linked assassinations, spies in the U.S., North Korea's missiles, the Skripal poisonings and the 25th anniversary of the World Trade Center bombing were all stories that dominated our coverage in 2018. And as we look back, we’ll ...
Target USA — Episode 148: Ambassador Melvyn Levitsky discusses the disturbing evolution of Russia
Target USA — Episode 148: Ambassador Melvyn Levitsky discusses the disturbing evolution of Russia
Melvyn Levitsky is a retired State Department foreign service officer. He served, among other posts, as the U.S. ambassador to Bulgaria from 1984 to 1987, and as the political officer at the US Embassy in Moscow from 1972 to 1975. During ...