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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: 138: Trump, Israel and the PLO
Target USA — Episode: 138: Trump, Israel and the PLO
The Trump administration has ordered the Palestine Liberation Organization delegation office in Washington to close on Oct. 10. Maen Areikat, former chief representative of the General Delegation of the PLO Delegation, told Target USA that the Trump administration is shortsighted. But Kenneth ...
Target USA — Episode 137: Lessons learned from Estonia about Russian meddling
Target USA — Episode 137: Lessons learned from Estonia about Russian meddling
The U.S. is struggling with the effects of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and the upcoming 2018 midterm elections. This isn't the first time such an operation has taken place. Estonia found itself the victim of a similar attack ...
Target USA — Episode 136: Update on the Senate Intelligence Committee probe into Russian election interference
Target USA — Episode 136: Update on the Senate Intelligence Committee probe into Russian election interference
Senator Mark Warner, D-Va., spoke exclusively with Target USA and confirmed that four of the five key phases of the probe are finished. The fifth and the most potentially explosive -- the question of whether there was collusion between the Trump ...
Target USA — Episode 135: Tale of a troll
Target USA — Episode 135: Tale of a troll
Marat Mindiyarov worked in the nerve center of Russia's infamous St. Petersburg troll house. He saw the plan, reluctantly participated in the plot and played a key role in the Internet Research Agency. The organization conducted an operation to trick Americans on ...
Target USA — Episode 134: Is North Korea really serious about denuclearization?
Target USA — Episode 134: Is North Korea really serious about denuclearization?
In March, Pyongyang said it would suspend its nuclear and missile testing programs if the U.S. would sit down and discuss how to improve relations. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un did just that. At that time ...
Target USA — Episode 133: Al-Baghdadi’s ‘last-ditch’ effort to save IS
Target USA — Episode 133: Al-Baghdadi’s ‘last-ditch’ effort to save IS
After almost a year of silence and three years since he was last seen in public, Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi released an audio message on Aug. 22 ostensibly admitting that the brutal terror group had been defeated by the ...
Target USA — Episode 132: Former CIA director’s security clearance revocation ignites intel community firestorm
Target USA — Episode 132: Former CIA director’s security clearance revocation ignites intel community firestorm
When President Donald Trump announced that former CIA Director John Brennan's security clearance was revoked for being too critical of the president, former intelligence community members erupted, fervently defending Brennan. While making it clear that some of them disagreed with Brennan's comments ...
Target USA — Episode 131: A conversation with Khemaies Jhinaoui, foreign minister of Tunisia
Target USA — Episode 131: A conversation with Khemaies Jhinaoui, foreign minister of Tunisia
Tunisia considers itself the U.S.' oldest friend. But in recent years, that friendship has been tested. Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui came to the U.S. in July to meet with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other U.S. officials ...
Target USA — Episode 130: Bill Browder says Kremlin tried a 6th time to kidnap him
Target USA — Episode 130: Bill Browder says Kremlin tried a 6th time to kidnap him
Bill Browder says he's Russian President Vladimir Putin No. 1 enemy. The reason is the Magnitsky Act, which punishes Russia for corruption. Browder says the Russian government has spent millions of dollars to capture him. He believes they're trying to kill him. ...
Target USA — Episode 129 | Putin’s ‘wish list’: Kyle Parker, one of 11 Americans in danger, speaks out
Target USA — Episode 129 | Putin’s ‘wish list’: Kyle Parker, one of 11 Americans in danger, speaks out
After President Donald Trump's historic summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on July 16, Putin suggested a trade of sorts. It involved the 12 people indicted in the U.S. on election interference charges and 11 Americans whom Russian authorities ...