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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 13 – Eyewitness to an Airport Bribe
Target USA – Ep 13 – Eyewitness to an Airport Bribe
It happened on February 14, 2016 in Casablanca, Morocco. A strange sequence of events began unfolding in the early morning hours and spanned two airports and hundreds of miles, linked by a solitary transaction that took less than 30 seconds. The impact ...
Target USA – Ep 12 – US Government Officials Hacked
Target USA – Ep 12 – US Government Officials Hacked
Millions of American citizens, dozens of U.S. companies and even top intelligence officials are victims of aggressive cyber intrusions. Target USA has learned that foreign intelligence agencies, cyber criminals and terrorists are robbing the U.S. blind - taking everything from ...
Target USA – Ep 11 – Tunisia Asks for US Help to Fight ISIL
Target USA – Ep 11 – Tunisia Asks for US Help to Fight ISIL
Faycal Gouia, Tunisia's Ambassador to the US, tells Target USA that Tunisia has built a 100-mile wall along its border with Libya. It's also installing a sophisticated, partially U.S.-funded surveillance system to keep terrorists out. Robert Baer, a former CIA ...
Target USA – Ep 10 – US Facing Urgent Challenges and Unprecedented Threats
Target USA – Ep 10 – US Facing Urgent Challenges and Unprecedented Threats
David Cohen, the deputy director of the CIA, says his agency "is working day and night to understand how ISIL's external operations network operates: who's involved, where they are, how they operate and how we can disrupt their operations." At the ...
Target USA – Ep 09 – Terrorists in Possession of NSA Secrets and Taking Action
Target USA – Ep 09 – Terrorists in Possession of NSA Secrets and Taking Action
The information that former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and others leaked has created what a top U.S. intelligence official calls a "virtual university" for terrorists, spies, hackers, smugglers and many others seeking to attack or exploit the U.S. Rick Ledgett, ...
Target USA – Ep 08 – Belgium Pushes Back After Terror Attack
Target USA – Ep 08 – Belgium Pushes Back After Terror Attack
32 people were killed in Brussels on March 22, 2016. Four Americans were among the dead. Belgian officials say they knew something was coming, but couldn't pinpoint when. For that and other shortcomings, they've been heavily criticized in the press and by ...
Target USA – Ep 07 – The Eye of the Terrorism Storm
Target USA – Ep 07 – The Eye of the Terrorism Storm
Europe has been in the eye of a terrorism storm that many say is just beginning. The Islamic State group has launched sophisticated attacks in Paris and Belgium already and is threatening more. Trying to figure out what's next has pushed Europe's ...
Target USA – Ep 06 – How many Americans are fighting for ISIL?
Target USA – Ep 06 – How many Americans are fighting for ISIL?
The world has been preoccupied with the size of the so-called Islamic State terror organization since it sprang up in 2014. But, for all of that preoccupation, there has been precious little certainty about just how big ISIL is, who's actually on ...
Target USA – Ep 05 – Growing Number of Terrorists
Target USA – Ep 05 – Growing Number of Terrorists
The growing number of stealthy terrorists roaming the planet are keeping Nicholas Rasmussen, Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, up at night. In part one of an exclusive interview, he says the agency is stretched more "thinly now than they were five ...
Target USA – Ep 04 – ISIS Attacks In Brussels
Target USA – Ep 04 – ISIS Attacks In Brussels
The surprise attack by ISIS in Brussels, again stunned the world and demonstrated how hard it is to stop them. As a result, the FBI and other U.S. intelligence officials are redoubling efforts to make sure security is air tight - ...