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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 105 | Russian election interference: Version 2018
Target USA — Episode 105 | Russian election interference: Version 2018
Former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers tells Target USA that in the 1960s Russian intelligence used leaflets and pamphlets to try to interfere in U.S. affairs. But in 2016, the internet, bots, trolls and Americans' anger toward each other made ...
Target USA — Episode 104: Former CIA director Mike Hayden takes us inside the Russian threat to the US
Target USA — Episode 104: Former CIA director Mike Hayden takes us inside the Russian threat to the US
Having served as a four-star Air Force General and as director of the National Security Agency and the CIA , very few people know more about how Russia's new Cold War-like behavior will impact the U.S. Former CIA director Mike Hayden ...
Target USA — Episode 103: Interview with David Pekoske, administrator of the TSA
Target USA — Episode 103: Interview with David Pekoske, administrator of the TSA
Two things keep David Pekoske, head of the Transportation Security Administration, awake at night. Worrying about the 60,000-plus men and women on the front lines of the TSA is one. The other, Pekoske says, is "people that we don’t know about " ...
Target USA — Episode 102: North Korea’s Olympic motives spark suspicion
Target USA — Episode 102: North Korea’s Olympic motives spark suspicion
Grace Jo escaped from North Korea in 2006, but not before her grandmother, father and four siblings died of starvation or simply disappeared while out searching for food. Now with the start of the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea coming up ...
Target USA — Episode 101 | ‘Thrilling and terrifying’: Part 2 of interview with former CIA officer Mark Kelton
Target USA — Episode 101 | ‘Thrilling and terrifying’: Part 2 of interview with former CIA officer Mark Kelton
This is a continuation of what we started in episode 100 of Target USA. In a rare interview, retired CIA officer Mark Kelton reveals details about his days behind the Iron Curtain and why Russia is a foe that is just as ...
Target USA — Episode 100: ‘Thrilling and terrifying’
Target USA — Episode 100: ‘Thrilling and terrifying’
On our 100th episode of Target USA, we bring you a very special interview with a retired CIA officer. Mark Kelton reveals the details of a remarkable career, including a harrowing day behind the Iron Curtain in the former Czechoslovakia, the devastating ...
Target USA — Episode 99: Russian agents still meddling in US affairs
Target USA — Episode 99: Russian agents still meddling in US affairs
Nine months after the historic investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. elections, Target USA speaks with Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., Vice Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Among the stunning developments he shares are that Russia has not ...
Target USA — Episode 98: The consequences of Trump’s Pakistan ‘lying and deceit’ tweets
Target USA — Episode 98: The consequences of Trump’s Pakistan ‘lying and deceit’ tweets
During a stream of New Year's Day tweets, President Donald Trump insulted Pakistan leaders, calling them liars and deceitful while taking billions in U.S. aid over a 15-year period. Target USA spoke with Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry, Pakistan's ambassador to the U....
Episode 97: 2017 in review
Episode 97: 2017 in review
North Korea, attacks on US diplomats in Cuba, terror attacks in the U.S. and Europe were among the biggest stories of the year, but the undisputed top story of the year was Russia's meddling in the 2016 election. Target USA takes ...
Episode 96: Top TSA officials lose sleep, but gain ground as terrorists plot new attacks
Episode 96: Top TSA officials lose sleep, but gain ground as terrorists plot new attacks
As of Dec. 20, the very same instructions that Akayed Ullah used to learn how to build the bomb he detonated in the New York subway attack on Dec. 11 allegedly remains online and available to clever terrorists able to find them. ...