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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 118: The Cipher Brief
Target USA — Episode 118: The Cipher Brief
Two-and-a-half years ago, Suzanne Kelly, one of the top intelligence reporters in the U.S., took a leap. She started an online national security, intelligence publication to offer news consumers in-depth news, analysis and well-qualified experts on those topics. What she ...
Target USA — Episode 117: US-Pakistan relations hit a rough patch
Target USA — Episode 117: US-Pakistan relations hit a rough patch
The United States and Pakistan have had a steady relationship for 70 years. But in that period, the affiliation has been beset by ups and downs, including the Osama bin Laden saga. Now, yet another “misunderstanding,” as characterized on this episode by ...
Target USA — Episode 116 | Trump meets Kim: Planning the US-North Korea summit
Target USA — Episode 116 | Trump meets Kim: Planning the US-North Korea summit
The U.S. and North Korea are moving ahead with plans for President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to meet. But what happens after the meeting? Is there enough trust between the two to facilitate a nuclear deal? ...
Target USA — Episode 115: Deepening distrust between US and Russia
Target USA — Episode 115: Deepening distrust between US and Russia
On the previous episode, retired U.S. spy John Sipher told Target USA that Russia possibly has as many as 225 spies inside the U.S. -- even after 60 were kicked out in March. Bitterly complaining about it, Russia's ambassador grumbled ...
Target USA — Episode 114: Former CIA officer John Sipher discusses Russian spy strength in the US
Target USA — Episode 114: Former CIA officer John Sipher discusses Russian spy strength in the US
Russia has more spies in the U.S. than it did during the Cold War. The man who knows all about Russian espionage joins Target USA to break down exactly what the spies are doing and how many are likely at work ...
Target USA — Episode 110: American businessman Bill Browder says the Kremlin is trying to kill him, too
Target USA — Episode 110: American businessman Bill Browder says the Kremlin is trying to kill him, too
In the wake of the poisoning of a former Russian double agent in the United Kingdom, Hermitage Capital Management CEO Bill Browder tells Target USA, "The Russians are doing everything they can try to get me, to try to kill me, to ...
Target USA — Episode 109: Poisoning of former double agent in Britain triggers new Cold War
Target USA — Episode 109: Poisoning of former double agent in Britain triggers new Cold War
A new and bitter schism between Russia and the west over the poisoning of a former double agent has opened up, and it could have lethal consequences. On this episode, British Prime Minister Theresa May, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations ...
Target USA — Episode 108: The next generation of terrorism, it’s coming. So, how is the State Department preparing?
Target USA — Episode 108: The next generation of terrorism, it’s coming. So, how is the State Department preparing?
Terrorism is shifting into a new phase. U.S. Department of State Counterterrorism Coordinator Nathan Sales says terrorists are getting smarter -- using previous attacks as blueprints. But with the Islamic State group waning, al-Qaida- and Iran-backed terrorism are in resurgent trajectories. ...
Target USA — Episode 107: 25 years after the first World Trade Center attack, why soft targets are still a problem?
Target USA — Episode 107: 25 years after the first World Trade Center attack, why soft targets are still a problem?
On this episode, we hear the survival stories from the day in 1993 when "the earth shook" and thick black smoke filled New York's iconic World Trade Center. Six people died and more than a thousand were injured during an attack that ...
Target USA — Episode 106: Putin’s motivation for election meddling
Target USA — Episode 106: Putin’s motivation for election meddling
What's Russian President Vladimir Putin’s motivation for interfering in U.S. elections? U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., a senior member of the Senate foreign relations committee, tells Target USA that Putin is, perhaps, the richest man in the world and ...