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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 23 – Blame-and-Claim Terror Cycle Drives New Attacks
Target USA – Ep 23 – Blame-and-Claim Terror Cycle Drives New Attacks
What's behind ISIL's wave of attacks in Europe? Is the U.S. next? The attacks are mostly conducted by radicalized individuals. Where are they finding these people? Why is ISIL's call being answered by so many people that are not followers of ...
Target USA – Ep 22 – Police in the US Under Fire
Target USA – Ep 22 – Police in the US Under Fire
As of July 20, 31 law enforcement officers have been shot to death in the U.S. this year, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. That's a 72 percent increase over last year at this time. Former policeman and ...
Target USA – Ep 21 – Secret Service Prepares for Trouble at Political Conventions
Target USA – Ep 21 – Secret Service Prepares for Trouble at Political Conventions
The 2016 U.S. presidential campaign has been a tense and sometimes dangerous string of events. On June 18, the Secret Service and Las Vegas police thwarted an attempt to assassinate Donald Trump. The Secret Service is bracing for the possibility of ...
Target USA – Ep 20 – Security Implications of Brexit
Target USA – Ep 20 – Security Implications of Brexit
David O'Sullivan, European Union Ambassador to the U.S., says Britain's exit from the European Union will complicate the fight against terrorism. Patrick Skinner, a former CIA case officer, tells Target USA why this is the worst possible time for the ...
Target USA – Ep 19 – Blueprint for Defeating ISIL
Target USA – Ep 19 – Blueprint for Defeating ISIL
Former FBI agent and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers says, "Al Qaida got the snot kicked out of 'em," and ISIL needs to get the same treatment. But, he says, it's not happening. In this episode of Target USA, he details ...
Target USA – Ep 18 – A Terrorism Wake-Up Call for the US
Target USA – Ep 18 – A Terrorism Wake-Up Call for the US
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson says the massacre at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando on June 12 reflects a new direction for terror attacks on the U.S. Former House Intelligence Chairman Mike Rogers says the attack was done exactly as ISIL ...
Target USA – Ep 17 – Orlando Massacre: An Interview with DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson
Target USA – Ep 17 – Orlando Massacre: An Interview with DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson
On Sunday morning, June 12, a delegation of Department of Homeland Security staffers and other U.S. government officials were waiting at Joint Base Andrews for Secretary Jeh Johnson, for a trip to China. But he never showed. The Orlando night club ...
Target USA – Ep 16 – Quiet Killer: Secrets of a US Military Drone Pilot
Target USA – Ep 16 – Quiet Killer: Secrets of a US Military Drone Pilot
The U.S. has launched more than 400 drone strikes since 2004. More than 3,100 people have been killed - most of them terrorists. The U.S. military announced more than 120 ISIL leaders, operatives and other so-called, high-value individuals have been ...
Target USA – Ep 15 – Trouble in the Skies Part 2
Target USA – Ep 15 – Trouble in the Skies Part 2
What would happen if a person walked into a U.S. airport strapped with explosives? Would there be time to stop what would be almost certain death and destruction? WTOP National Security Correspondent JJ Green put that question, called "The Scenario" in ...
Target USA – Ep 14 – Trouble in the Skies Part 1
Target USA – Ep 14 – Trouble in the Skies Part 1
A half dozen aviation incidents in the last year, bribes of airport security personnel overseas and long security screening lines in the U.S. are keeping Transportation Security Administration Chief Peter Neffenger up at night. But when he sat down with WTOP ...