Target Usa Podcast By Wtop

Mikita Mikado, CEO of Pandadoc is fighting to get four employees released from jail in Belarus. They were seized after he protested the Lukashenko regime's brutality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Natalia Arno, Founder and President of the Free Russia Foundation exposes new details about the plot to poison Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny; and pushes for an international investigation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, talks with Target USA about the dangerous threat COVID-19 poses to national security and the threats he faces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Svetlana Tikhanovskaya is the house wife, who sparked a rebellion against Belarusian dictator Aleksander Lukashenko. She had to flee to Lithuania because of it. She tells Target USA Lukashenko's days as leader of the country are coming to an end. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Va. Senator Mark Warner, Vice Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and former CIA clandestine service member Douglas London discuss the surprising and concerning findings of the years-long investigation. They also look at new troubles that lay ahead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Why did Russia interfere in the 2016 election? Why are they at it again in 2020? Marc Polymeropoulos spent the last years of his CIA career digging into why Russia is trying to destroy the U.S. He shares his thoughts with Target USA. Some of what he says may surprise you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

U.S. intelligence has shown evidence Russia is trying to interfere in the 2020 election. Former Director of National Security Jim Clapper says this time Russia, having learned from its mistakes in 2016, has become better at hiding its activities. He explains how. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Identity thieves are becoming more and more bold. Listen to this encounter; and learn how recognize them and how to stop them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

China has had a really bad week and former House Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Rogers says, this is likely the beginning of a very rough patch. Economic espionage, 5G, the Houston consulate closure, extradition treaties and trade limits are all facing China as the West shuts down its quest to dominate the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Douglas London, a retired CIA officer tells Target USA, it's "uncomfortable" watching the interaction between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, because it's "clearly a rather co-dependent, denial and deception campaign." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Former National Security Advisor John Bolton joins Target USA to reveal details about his book, working in the Trump Administration, Russian bounties to kill US troops, Venezuela, Iran and North Korea. Also former Deputy National Security Advisor Mark Pfeifle discusses what the National Security Council should be doing to deal with the Russia “bounty” situation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On June 16, North Korea destroyed the joint liaison office it operated with South Korea. Ambassador Joseph Detrani, former U. S. Special Envoy to North Korea, says that was significant and dangerous because the building was a symbol of peace between North Korea and South Korea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The US started nuclear talks with Russia this week in Vienna. They’ve concluded one round of discussions on one of the weightiest issues of our time -what to do with their weapons. Steve Andreasen, a consultant with the Nuclear Threat Initiative reminds us that Russia is still an existential threat to the US. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

American Paul Whelan, arrested and tried for what his family believes was a "set up", was sentenced to a long prison term this week. They say their only hope now is the U.S. government -which hasn't done anything to help -so far. But that may be changing now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

For decades, law enforcement and intelligence officials in the US have been trying to figure out and stop the PRC from stealing intellectual property from the U.S. Now, it may be game over for Beijing's IP thieves. Former Seal Team 6 member and CEO of Data Tribe, Mike Janke explains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

46 year old George Floyd died on a street in Minneapolis, with a police officer's knee on his neck. His brutal, gut-wrenching death was viewed around the world and may have ignited a new era of racial dialogue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It was Nov 21, 2019, when a voice that will echo in the halls of American power for decades issued a stark warning to U.S. legislators and the millions that watched on television. Dr. Fiona Hill’s distinctive voice and profound, curated knowledge of Russian intelligence activities and tactics set the record straight during President Donald Trump’s impeachment hearing. She joins Target USA to sound the alarm again –this time about ourselves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

For almost a decade, the only way for Americans to get into space was to buy a seat on a Russian rocket. That changes today. In her first broadcast interview USAF Secretary Barbara Barrett discusses the future of the US Space Force plus hostile actors in space, modernization of the Air Force and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Is it possible the COVID-19 virus was already circulating in the U.S. in November? Noted pathologist Dr. Judy Melinek says, "It's not just possible, it's likely." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The US and China are on a collision course. It’s been taking shape for decades, but COVID-19 has brought this all to a head a lot sooner than most people imagined. We investigate it on this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.