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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 – Ep 54: Russian trolls ‘harass’ American scholar after comments at conference
Target USA – Ep 54: Russian trolls ‘harass’ American scholar after comments at conference
Annoyed by a Russian scholar's derogatory comments during a security conference, David Pollock, a Kaufman Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, took the podium to set the record straight about the U.S. role in the war against terrorism. ...
Target USA – Ep 53: U.S.-Russia showdown in North Africa
Target USA – Ep 53: U.S.-Russia showdown in North Africa
In February, at a security conference in Morocco dealing with terrorism, a Russian scholar took to the podium and launched into a blistering critique of the U.S. war on terror, calling it a fiasco and blaming the U.S. for an ...
Target USA – Ep 52: The Council of Europe’s Plan to Deal with Terrorism
Target USA – Ep 52: The Council of Europe’s Plan to Deal with Terrorism
Terror groups are utilizing gang tactics as they try to extend their influence, and prisons are a "hotbed" for recruiting. Kristian Bartholin, Deputy Head of Counter Terrorism at the Council of Europe, explains how ISIS is recruiting and surviving, and what must ...
Target USA – Ep 51: Why the US Might Lose the Messaging War with Terrorists
Target USA – Ep 51: Why the US Might Lose the Messaging War with Terrorists
In this week's Target USA, J.J. Green talks to Martha Crenshaw, Senior Fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University and co-author of the new book "Countering Terrorism." Crenshaw says part of the country's messaging problem ...
Target USA – Ep 50: Should the US Torture Terrorists?
Target USA – Ep 50: Should the US Torture Terrorists?
The U.S. government is considering a return to torturing terrorists and using black sites abroad to house those operations. U.S. law says it is illegal, but some argue that terrorists do much worse. Former CIA analyst Philip Mudd explains why ...
Target USA – Ep 49: Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman – ISIL recruiting children in attempt to save group
Target USA – Ep 49: Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman – ISIL recruiting children in attempt to save group
There are 200,000 buildings in Mosul. ISIL fighters are using rooftops, internal spaces and subterranean elements of those buildings to launch attacks against Iraqi forces. U.S. Air Force Col. John Dorrian, spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve, says the effort is designed ...
Target USA – Ep 48: Inauguration Security – Unprecedented Threats
Target USA – Ep 48: Inauguration Security – Unprecedented Threats
The Inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States may be a significant security challenge for the Secret Service and its partners. Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy sits down with Target USA to talk about the threats and ...
Target USA – Ep 47: North Korea’s Threat to Test Launch an ICBM is Credible
Target USA – Ep 47: North Korea’s Threat to Test Launch an ICBM is Credible
The reclusive regime of Kim Jong Un is close to test-launching an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. Multiple sources tell Target USA the KNO8, as it is known, can reach the whole of the United States. Our sources and many other credible international observers ...
Target USA – Ep 46: The Terrorism Picture for 2017
Target USA – Ep 46: The Terrorism Picture for 2017
The Berlin Christmas market attack and the Istanbul nightclub attack on New Year's Eve have established that 2017 will be no less dangerous than the previous year. Dr. Tricia Bacon, a counterterrorism expert with American University in D.C., tells Target ...
Target USA – Ep 45: The Best of Target USA 2016
Target USA – Ep 45: The Best of Target USA 2016
Whether it was ISIL, Russia or North Korea, Target USA interviewed some of the most influential national security and international affairs figures from around the world about key issues in 2016. This week's episode is a round-up of those conversations and more.