SPYCRAFT 101

Today Justin sits down with Geoff Shepard. Geoff graduated from Harvard Law with honors in 1969 and was selected as a White House fellow shortly thereafter. He then worked at the Department of the Treasury until he was hired in September 1970 to work for John Ehrlichman, assistant to the president for domestic affairs. Geoff worked at the White House for the next five years, including all of President Nixon's second term, the entire Watergate affair, and the beginning of the Ford administration. Afterwards, he went to work as an attorney in the insurance industry, where he remained until he retired in 2011. Since then, Geoff has written three books on the Nixon presidency and Watergate. He's here to discuss his third and newest book, "The Nixon Conspiracy: Watergate and the Plot to Remove the President," which was published in 2021.

Connect with Geoff: https://shepardonwatergate.com/ Check out the book, The Nixon Conspiracy, here. https://a.co/d/0frsqEdO

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Today Justin talks with Miles Hargrove. Miles has worked for more than 20 years behind the scenes in the film industry as a cinematographer, editor, and camera operator, including on major feature films such as The Last Castle and the Harry Potter series. But long before his start in films, Miles was living with his family in Cali, Colombia, where his father, Thomas Hargrove, worked as a freelance journalist for the agriculture industry. In 1994, Thomas was kidnapped by FARC rebels and held for nearly a year. His wife, children, and friends banded together to negotiate with his captors for his release. Afterwards, their ordeal became the basis for the film Proof of Life, starring Russell Crowe and Dave Morse. Miles filmed everything that year using their home video camera, which he produced as the 2020 documentary Miracle Fishing: Kidnapped in Colombia.

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Today Justin talks with Elsa Johnson. Elsa is a student at Stanford University currently in her senior year. She is majoring in International Relations and East Asian Studies and is fluent in Mandarin Chinese. She is also the former managing editor of The Stanford Review. Two years ago, Elsa was approached online by someone she thought was a fellow student at Stanford. Those contacts quickly took a surprising and even dangerous turn as she realized she'd been identified and targeted by the Chinese Communist Party, which had a firm foothold on campus at Stanford. She worked closely with the FBI, wrote about those experiences in The Stanford Review, and even testified before Congress about foreign espionage activities on university campuses. Elsa is here discuss those experiences and how China has spent years infiltrating universities across the country.

Connect with Elsa:
Twitter/X: @elsajohnson
https://stanfordreview.org/

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Today's guest is Dr. Jason Bell. Jason is a professor of philosophy at the University of New Brunswick, who has served as a Fulbright professor in Germany and taught at universities in Belgium, the United States, and Canada. He's here to discuss one of the least known and most important deception operations of World War II, when three OSS officers parachuted into Hungary with one goal in mind: to be taken prisoner and interrogated by German forces.

Connect with Jason: https://jasonbell.org/ Check out the book, Operation Sparrow: The Incredible True Story of the North American Spies Who Tricked Hitler and Won the War, here. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4WK8WY6

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Today Justin talks with Dr. Ahana Datta Fasel. Ahana graduated from University College London with a PhD and is the former cyber chief for the Financial Times media group in London. She has also held senior roles in the United Kingdom government, including with the Ministry of Justice, the Cabinet Office, and the National Cybersecurity Centre. Her editorials have been published in The Financial Times and Columbia Journalism Review. She's here to discuss her book, Full Stack Spies: Cyber Espionage in the Age of US-China Competition, which is available now from Hurst Publishers. In it, she covers the history of cyber espionage among the great powers, how it is being used right now, and what to expect in the near future.

Connect with Ahana: Check out the book, Full Stack Spies, here. https://www.amazon.com/dp/0197871380

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This week Justin talks with Tom Pecora. Tom spent 24 years as a security officer with the Central Intelligence Agency. He served in hotspots all over the world, including Somalia, Iraq, the Philippines, and Pakistan. Tom was the chief of security for CIA operations in Iraq in 2004 and 2005, and later the deputy chief of security for the Counterterrorism Center. He's been awarded the Intelligence Star and the Career Intelligence Medal. He's here to discuss his career with CIA, which he wrote about in his book.

Connect with Tom: LinkedIn: Thomas Pecora, SAS-MP Check out the book, Guardian: Life in the Crosshairs of the CIA's War on Terror, here. https://a.co/d/01FzYWf7

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Today, Justin welcomes back Tim Spicer. Tim served for 20 years in the British Army, where he rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel and saw active service in Northern Ireland, The Falklands Campaign, The Gulf War, and the Balkans, as well as serving in the Far East, Cyprus, and Germany. This is Tim's third appearance on the podcast. Today, he's back to discuss the story of Brian Franks, one of the original officers of the Special Air Service who served behind enemy lines during World War II and who continued to support British covert operations long after the war ended

Check out Tim's first appearance on ep 200: From Biffy to Bond: The Real Spy Who Inspired “From Russia, with Love” and his latest sharing the stories of his own career on ep 206: Behind the Lines from Belfast to Sierra Leone.

Connect with Tim:
https://timspicerauthor.com/
IG: @timspicerauthor
Check out the book, An Axe and Four Balloons, here.
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This week Justin sits down with Joseph Gelman. Joe served for three years in the Israeli army as a paratrooper. He's also worked as a private consultant on political campaigns, speech writing, government relations, international marketing, and as a columnist. He's here today to discuss his book: Confidential. It's the story of Arnon Milchan, who went from the owner of a struggling chemical business in Israel to a major procurer of advanced weaponry, an agent of Israel's Lakam Bureau, and later a billionaire Hollywood film producer.

Connect with Joe: Check out the book, Confidential, here. https://www.gefenpublishing.com/products/confidential

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Today, Justin talks with Gene Coyle. Gene graduated from Indiana University in Bloomington with a Bachelor's degree in 1973, followed by a Master's degree in 1974. He then joined the Central Intelligence Agency, where he served for 30 years, including in six overseas assignments. After retiring from CIA, Gene returned to Indiana University as an adjunct professor of intelligence studies. He has also written a series of spy novels in recent years. He's here to discuss his assignment to Moscow in the mid-1980s, where he took part in one of the most high-risk, high-reward operations of the entire Cold War, tapping underground communications cables in Moscow while dodging surveillance by the KGB, for which he received the CIA's Intelligence Medal of Merit.

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Today Justin sits down with Robert Mazur. Robert is a world-renowned authority on money laundering techniques. He spent 27 years working as a US federal agent, including five years undercover, followed by 17 years in the private sector working as an expert witness, consultant, and investigator for both defense counsels and governments. He's also published two books about his biggest investigations. Robert is here to discuss his first book, which tells the story of his two-year undercover operation targeting bankers, traffickers, and drug lords in the late 1980s. The Infiltrator was adapted into a 2016 feature film starring Bryan Cranston as Robert

Connect with Robert: https://www.robertmazur.com/ Facebook: Robert Mazur Check out the book, The Infiltrator, here. https://a.co/d/0awTlwvU

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Today, Justin talks woth Nicholas Reynolds. Nick has had a very enviable career. After graduating from Oxford University in the 1970s, he served in the US Marine Corps as an infantry officer and later as a historian. He retired from the reserves as a colonel and the officer in charge of field history. He also served with the Central Intelligence Agency, including as the historian for the agency's museum at their headquarters in Langley. You might remember Nick from his first appearance on the podcast for episode 102 when we discussed his book Need to Know. Now he's back with his newest book, Ortiz's War, which he co-wrote with Katie Sanders. It's the story of Peter Ortiz, a legendary Marine Corps officer who served with the Office of Strategic Services behind enemy lines in France during World War II.

Check out Nick's first appearance on Ep 102: The Rise of American Intelligence with Nicholas Reynolds here. https://bleav.com/shows/spycraft-101/episodes/102-the-rise-of-american-intelligence-with-nicholas-reynolds/

Connect with Nick:
https://www.nicholasreynoldsauthor.com/

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Today Justin sits down with Kevin Riehle. Kevin earned his Bachelor's degree in Russian and Political Science at Brigham Young University, his Master's degree in Strategic Intelligence at the Joint Military Intelligence College, and his PhD in War Studies from King's College London. Kevin worked for more than 30 years in the US National Security Community, including for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the National Counterintelligence Center, and other organizations. He also served in the US Navy Reserve, retiring at the rank of commander. He's currently a lecturer in intelligence and security studies at Brunel University in London. He's here today to discuss his book, which tells the story of the earliest wave of Soviet defectors, how they were handled and mishandled by Western intelligence agencies, and the reprisals they faced from Stalin's government

Connect with Kevin: https://kevinriehle.com/ Check out the book, Soviet Defectors: Revelations of Renegade Intelligence Officers, 1924-1954, here. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1474467237?ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_EA66JST8SRZGKEC4YTZD&bestFormat=true

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Today, Justin is joined by Michael Lebowitz. Michael served as a paratrooper in the Army's 101st Airborne Division and later as a judge advocate in the US Army Reserve, currently at the rank of lieutenant colonel. As a civilian, he's worked as a trial attorney in private practice and as a prosecutor for the Department of Justice's National Security Division. Michael is here to discuss the investigations, arrests, and trials of terror suspects following the 9/11 attacks, which he wrote about in his new book, available this week from Diversion Books.

Connect with Mike: https://lebowitzbooks.com/ LinkedIn: Mike Lebowitz Check out the book, Second Wave: Inside Al Qaeda's Post-9/11 Attack Plan and America's Secret Effort to Stop It, here. https://a.co/d/0buuFYIK

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Today Justin sits down with William Gage. Bill graduated from the Virginia Military Institute with a Bachelor's Degree in History and received his Master's Degree in Criminal Justice from Boston University. He worked for more than 11 years as a special agent in the US Secret Service, where he performed a wide variety of roles related to protecting US government senior leaders and counterfeiting investigations. Bill is here to discuss his career and, in particular, his work on investigating ultra-high quality counterfeit $100 notes, known as Superbills, that originated in North Korea and which have circulated worldwide for nearly four decades.

Connect with Bill: https://www.safehavensecuritygroup.com/ LinkedIn: William G.

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This week's guest is John Ware. John is an award-winning investigative journalist with over four decades experience reporting on security, intelligence, and public accountability. He's a former BBC Panorama correspondent who has led major investigations into policing, national security, and state power, including extensive reporting on Northern Ireland. He's here to share the story of two of the most significant informants working for British intelligence during The Troubles in Northern Ireland

Connect with John:
Check out the book, Neither Confirm Nor Deny, here.
https://a.co/d/03hklpTn

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This week, Justin revisits episode 61 with trial lawyer Michael Pullara. Michael is a practicing trial lawyer from Texas who has spent more than 40 years representing an incredibly wide variety of clients. In the courtroom, he squared off against Italian mobsters, the U.S. Department of Defense, and giant telecom companies, among many others. He's here to talk about one of his most incredible endeavors: when he represented the family of Freddie Woodruff, a CIA case officer who was shot to death while on assignment in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia in 1993.

This became a personal crusade for Michael as he was embroiled in the search for the truth behind Freddie's death for more than 10 years. As he dug further and further into the shooting, the capture of the alleged murderer, and his subsequent prosecution and conviction, Michael found that almost every single thing reported by Georgian authorities about what happened to Freddie was false. Michael's work eventually led him to personally confront the president of Georgia about Freddie's death in order to shed light on the event and try to bring the perpetrators to justice. In 2018, he published a book about his investigation into what really happened that day.

Connect with Michael:
simonandschuster.com/authors/Michael-Pullara
By his book, The Spy Who Was Left Behind, here.
https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1501152149?tag=simonsayscom

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Today, Justin sits down with Michael Walsh. Mike served in the US Navy for more than twenty-six years, most of it spent as a SEAL. He completed five tours of duty in Vietnam, including working on the Phoenix Program, running agents and targeting Viet Cong infrastructure. He also participated in the invasion of Grenada and was involved in Panama during the rein of Manuel Noriega. Mike spent years operating throughout Central and South America, Europe, and the Middle East. He's here discuss his career and the lessons he learned along the way, which he wrote about in his autobiography, first published in 1994.

Connect with Mike: Check out the book, SEAL!: From Vietnam's Phoenix Program to Central America's Drug Wars, here. https://a.co/d/05Al9E8g

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Today's guest is Charles Finfrock. Charles served in the Navy for four years as a military policeman and investigator. He then joined the Central Intelligence Agency in the summer of 2001 and was in training when the September 11th attacks took place. He spent the next 18 years with the agency as a case officer working primarily overseas. After leaving the agency, he worked as a senior manager at Tesla's insider threat program for three years before he founded his own company in 2021, Vigilance. Charles join the podcast to discuss his career as a CIA officer and what it's like to transition from government service into private business.

Connect with Charles:
http://vcci.io
http://charlesfinfrock.com
http://myprivacylife.com

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Today's guest is

today is Dr. Greg Barnhisel. Greg is a graduate of Reed College, New York University, and the University of Texas at Austin. He is now a professor of English at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is the editor of The Bloomsbury Handbook to Cold War Literary Cultures, Pressing the Fight: Print, Propaganda, and the Cold War, and the scholarly journal Book History. Greg has written three books as well, including Cold War Modernists: Art, Literature, and American Cultural Diplomacy, and James Laughlin: New Directions and the Remaking of Ezra Pound. He's here discuss his newest book, Code Name Puritan, which is available now from the University of Chicago Press. It's about the life of Norman Pearson, an author, poet, professor, and member of the Office of Strategic Services during World War II.

Connect with Greg: Bluekky: @gbarnhisel.bsky.app Instagram:@gbarnhisel Check out the book, Code Name Puritan, here. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo233208318.html

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Today Justin talks with Josh Ireland. Josh has a master's degree in history from the University of York. After graduating, he worked as an editor at Headline and Quercus, two of Great Britain's leading publishing companies. Josh has ghostwritten numerous books for A-list celebrities, sports stars, politicians, oligarchs, and adventurers, including five Sunday Times bestsellers. He's also the author of two previous nonfiction titles under his own name. Josh is here todY to discuss his third and newest book,The Death of Trotsky: The True Story of the Plot to Kill Stalin's Greatest Enemy which is available now from Penguin Random House.

Connect with Josh: https://www.joshireland.co.uk/ Twitter/X: @JoshJohnIreland Check out the book, The Death of Trotsky, here. https://a.co/d/08n7PeB3

Connect with Spycraft 101: Get Justin’s latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond, here. https://spycraft101.com/ IG: @spycraft101 Shop: https://shop.spycraft101.com/ Substack: https://spycraft101.substack.com/ Patreon: Spycraft 101 Find Justin’s first book, Spyshots: Volume One, here. Check out Justin’s second book, Covert Arms,here. Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative’s Sidearm of Choice, here.

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