Covert Contact: The Blogs of War Podcast
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Covert Contact covers the key national security, intelligence, and technology stories that are shaping our world.
Covert Contact is hosted by Blogs of War creator John W. Little. His work and analysis has been featured on the BBC, CNN, CBC, ABC (Australia), PBS Newshour, Fast Company, CBS, and other international media outlets. The Blogs of War Twitter feed, @Blogsofwar, was selected as one of the top Twitter accounts of 2014 by Time magazine.
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- http://covertcontact.com
- Description
- Covert Contact is a podcast hosted by John W. Little of Blogs of War which covers the key national security, intelligence, and technology events that are shaping our world.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2020-10-02 00:54
- last episode published
- 2020-10-01 15:55
- publication frequency
- 18.69 days
- Contributors
- John W. Little
- Owner Author
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- Number of Episodes
- 118
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Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
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| 2020-10-01 | Scot Terban joined me to discuss the use of shortwave numbers stations, recently declassified KGB investigative techniques for identifying recipients of those broadcasts, how shortwave has changed with the introduction of the internet, and technologies... |
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| 2020-09-26 |
Chinese Spies in US Law Enforcement – And Everywhere Else | Episode 117 The regular counterintelligence chat with William Tucker is a day late but full of new Chinese espionage activity in the NYPD, the EU, and beyond. We also touch on intelligence history and why literature from the Middle Ages or beyond is not only fasci... |
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| 2020-09-18 | William Tucker returns to discuss the incredible case of Garrison Courtney and Alpha-214. Posing as a CIA NOC Courtney was able to engineer a scheme that duped numerous beltway contractors, intelligence officials, former military officers and many othe... |
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| 2020-09-11 |
Election Threats and Disrupting Chinese Espionage | Episode 115 William Tucker joins me for our weekly counterintelligence chat. In this episode we discuss the recent report for Microsoft that details Russian, Chinese, and Iranian attacks on individuals and organizations tied to our presidential campaigns and the r... |
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| 2020-09-04 |
French Officer Busted Spying on NATO for GRU & Other Espionage Cases | 114 William Tucker joins me to discuss two high profile cases this week, sloppy Chinese tradecraft, and why it always pays to visit the FBI before the FBI visits you. |
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| 2020-09-02 |
Russians Targeted Tesla Gigafactory in Ransomware Plot | Episode 113 Scot Terban is back to discuss the plot, common points of vulnerability, and what you can do it, like a Tesla employee, you find yourself in the middle of a Russian criminal plot. |
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| 2020-08-28 | William Tucker joins me to discuss the Zhengdong Cheng case, how Chinese espionage might need to evolve, global awareness of the scope of China’s spying, and how organizations can protect themselves if they haven’t started evaluating their own risk. |
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| 2020-08-23 |
Careers in Intelligence: Beyond the Three Letter Agencies | Episode 111 Dean Baratta joins me to discuss the rapidly diversifying and expanding non-traditional career paths in intelligence. We also touch on some tips for those looking to enter the field. |
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| 2020-08-22 | William Tucker joins me again to look into yesterday’s indictment of Peter Rafael Dzibinski Debbins, a former Green Beret alleged to have worked for Russian intelligence for over a decade. |
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| 2020-08-21 |
Counterintelligence Chat: Alexei Navalny & Alexander Ma | Episode 109 William Tucker returns to look at the apparent poisoning of Alexei Navalny and yet another Chinese espionage case, this time involving Alexander Ma. It’s a classic case, with a Hawaii connection, and there’s likely more interesting details to come. You... |
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