Podcasts about Nada Bakos

Episode: 00080 Release Date: November 8, 2021 Description: Open source intelligence expert and professional problem preventer, Glen Mills, joins us this week in a jam-packed show full of past investigations and guidance on how to navigate in an ever changing and advancing technological world, especially with increasingly sophisticated deepfake technology. Glen shares how he first discovered the law enforcement profession as a sworn officer, and how he continuously promoted and advanced the analytical profession through accurately identifying when and where crime was going to happen next; he helped prove analysts were more than report generators. Glen's efforts towards promoting and advancing the law enforcement analysis profession goes beyond his agency; he is an active member in multiple associations and uses his experience and training to help better others. Glen is currently a lieutenant with the Burlington (MA) Police Department, Chair of the Regional Association Committee for the International Association of Crime Analysts (IACA), President of the Massachusetts Association of Crime Analysts (MACA), and President of Police Futurists International (PFI). MACA Guest Speakers:  Some of our previous keynote speakers have included many names that you might be familiar with including Nada Bakos, Bill Bratton, Ed Davis, Dr. Peter Blaire, John Miller, Charles Ramsey, George Kelling, William Gavin, Bob Paudert, and Louis Anemone. Name Drops: Eric Piza (00:08:43), Rob Sterling/Christopher Bruce/Deb Phiel (00:33:53), Albert Mesa (01:11:49) Public Service Announcements: Related Links:  www.macrimeanalysts.org,  policefuturists.org, https://groups.google.com/g/masspolice, https://www.police1.com/chiefs-sheriffs/articles/why-le-needs-to-prepare-for-the-disinformation-era-8AgmShfpEXwW1RrK/,   http://opensourcepolicing.org/,  Cover Photo from BCAT TV:  https://images.app.goo.gl/75JP6ix4s47CBgTi7, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NDfiwzRDXo, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PbxVez6fLY Association(s) Mentioned: IACA, MACA, PFI Vendor(s) Mentioned: Esri Contact: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ospolicing/ , Twitter:  @pspolicing Podcast Writer: Mindy Duong Podcast Researcher:  Theme Song: Written and Recorded by The Rough & Tumble. Find more of their music at www.theroughandtumble.com. Logo: Designed by Kyle McMullen. Please visit www.moderntype.com for any printable business forms and planners.  Podcast Email: leapodcasts@gmail.com   Podcast Webpage: www.leapodcasts.com   Podcast Twitter: @leapodcasts YouTube Version: https://youtu.be/4Mn7NYlNEGw  00:00:31 – Introducing Glen 00:02:52 – Hand Drawn Map 00:13:25 – Problem Solving 00:26:52 – Wish Sworn Knew About Analysis 00:29:20 – Wish Analysts Knew About Sworn 00:33:06 – MACA 00:44:54 – Police Futurists International 00:51:15 – Misinformation in Law Enforcement 01:00:40 – IACA's Regional Associations Committee 01:11:56 – Quick Queries 01:15:50 – Words to the World 

Nada Bakos is a former CIA analyst and Chief Targeting Officer, Mark Fallon was an NCIS Special Agent and Director of the Criminal Investigative Task Force at Guantanamo, Frank Snepp is a former chief analyst of North Vietnamese Strategy for the CIA during the Vietnam War. What do they have in common? They all wanted to tell their story, they all wanted to write a book, and they all came together via one man: Mark S. Zaid, Esq., one of the nation's top national security lawyers. Indeed, as the National Law Journal once wrote: “if Agent Mulder ever needed a lawyer, Zaid would be his man.” This week's guests discuss their motivations, frustrations, victories and defeats in publishing, “The Targeter: My Life in the CIA Hunting Terrorists and Challenging the White House”; “Unjustifiable Means: The Inside Story of How the CIA, Pentagon and US Government Conspired to Torture”; and, “Decent Interval: An Insider's Account of Saigon's End Told by the CIA's Chief Strategy Analyst in Vietnam.”

Former CIA targeting officer Nada Bakos takes Vanessa Kirby on the controversial hunt for one of the Iraq War's deadliest terrorists. Abu Musab Al-Zaqarwi was a two-bit criminal until the US government named him as one the world's most dangerous insurgents. His presence in Iraq was part of the justification for the invasion - but did the facts stack up? It was Nada's job to find out. Could YOU find out the truth? From SPYSCAPE, the home of secrets and skills. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Gemma Newby. Produced by Joe Foley. Music by Nick Ryan.

Former CIA targeting officer Nada Bakos takes Vanessa Kirby on the controversial hunt for one of the Iraq War's deadliest terrorists. Abu Musab Al-Zaqarwi was a two-bit criminal until the US government named him as one the world's most dangerous insurgents. His presence in Iraq was part of the justification for the invasion - but did the facts stack up? It was Nada's job to find out. Could YOU find out the truth? From SPYSCAPE, the home of secrets and skills. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Gemma Newby. Produced by Joe Foley. Music by Nick Ryan.

Former CIA targeting officer Nada Bakos takes Vanessa Kirby on the controversial hunt for one of the Iraq War's deadliest terrorists. Abu Musab Al-Zaqarwi was a two-bit criminal until the US government named him as one the world's most dangerous insurgents. His presence in Iraq was part of the justification for the invasion - but did the facts stack up? It was Nada's job to find out. Could YOU find out the truth? From SPYSCAPE, the home of secrets and skills. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Gemma Newby. Produced by Joe Foley. Music by Nick Ryan.

On this episode, CIA targeting officer Nada Bakos leads a two-year hunt for one of the most dangerous militants in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. This season, there’s more I Spy with I Spy Plus. Get ad-free I Spy episodes and access to weekly bonus episodes right in your favorite podcast app, plus more exclusive espionage content. Subscribe to I Spy Plus today at foreignpolicy.com/ispy.

In this episode of Battle Rhythm, Steve and Stef start by discussing the highlights of their summer and the start of the semester. They move on to a discussion of the recent G7 meeting in Biarritz. In particular, they explore Trump's approach to such meetings and Macron's efforts at diplomacy with Iran. In a bonus segment, fitness expert Veronique Malo offers some tips on adopting good habits at the start of the semester. The Emerging Scholar interview is with Tanya Irwin who talks about her fascinating research on rebel group taxation. In the feature interview, Steve speaks with Nada Bakos about her new book, The Targeter, which chronicles her experiences at the CIA. Finally, in Steve's Peeves, some commentary from Steve on former Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis's new book tour. Battle Rhythm is part of the CGAI Podcast Network, © 2019, all rights reserved. Subscribe to the CGAI Podcast Network on SoundCloud, iTunes, or wherever else you can find Podcasts! Bios: - Stéfanie von Hlatky: Associate Professor of political studies at Queen's University and the former Director of the Queen's Centre for International and Defence Policy (CIDP). Her research focuses on NATO, armed forces, military interventions, and defence policy. Fellow with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. - Stephen M. Saideman: Paterson Chair in International Affairs, as well as Director of the Canadian Defence and Security Network – Réseau Canadien Sur La Défense et la Sécurité, and Professor of International Affairs at Carleton University. Fellow with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. - Tanya Irwin: pursuing doctoral studies at the University of Toronto. She holds an MA in International Affairs from the Norman Patterson School, specializing in Conflict Analysis and Resolution in August 2017. She also holds a BA in Politics (International Relations) from Queen's University. She is interested in state-building and the relationship between revenues (natural resources, taxes, foreign aid, industry, agriculture, etc.) and accountability in governance, usually in the Horn of Africa or sub-Saharan Africa. - Nada Bakos: a highly-regarded national security expert with 20 years of in-depth knowledge base in global intelligence. As a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analyst, she was a key member of the team charged with analyzing the relationship between Iraq, al-Qaeda and the 9/11 attacks. Subsequently, during the war in Iraq, Ms. Bakos was asked to serve as the Chief Targeting officer tracking the world's most wanted terrorist, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. She has appeared as a guest commentator on CNN, ABC, FOX, MSNBC, BBC, CBC and as a resource for journalists at the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and other major international and national media outlets.  Ms. Bakos' book, The Targeter, was released in June 2019. Related Links: - CDSN-RCDS (www.cdsn-rcds.com/)

In 1999, 30-year-old Nada Bakos moved from her lifelong home in Montana to Washington, DC, to join the CIA. Through determination and an affinity for intelligence work, she rose through the ranks of the CIA as an analyst and Targeting Officer and found herself on the front lines of America’s war against Islamic extremists. Nada brought her story to Town Hall, drawing from her book The Targeter: My Life in the CIA, Hunting Terrorists and Challenging the White House. She described how she was charged with determining if Iraq had a relationship with 9/11 and Al-Qaeda—and with finding the mastermind behind this terrorist activity: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Bakos chronicled the struggles of the determined men and women who worked in the heart of the CIA to ensure our nation’s safety at home and abroad. Through on-the-ground insights and poignant personal anecdotes, Bakos showed us the great personal sacrifice that comes with intelligence work. Sit in for a tight, tension-packed narrative that reveals the inner workings of the Agency and the largely hidden world of post 9/11 intelligence gathering. Nada Bakos is a former Central Intelligence Agency analyst and senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. Bakos served as one of the key members of the team charged with analyzing the relationship between Iraq, al-Qaeda and the 9/11 attacks, and for her role as the Chief Targeting officer tracking one of the world’s most-wanted terrorists, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Bakos is also known for her interview in the documentary, Manhunt:The Hunt for Bin Laden and “PBS Frontline: The Secret History of ISIS.” Recorded live in The Forum at Town Hall Seattle on June 30, 2019. 

Erin, Radha and Loren reunite with author and general badass Nada Bakos to talk about her new book, The Targeter. Foreign relations are pretty lit these days: possible Russian funding of far-right politics in Italy, tiny steps of progress in Afghan govt-Taliban negotiations, and an unexpected political agreement in post-coup Sudan.  The music hasn’t stopped in the latest round of DOD musical chairs and the UK ambassador to the US was defenestrated by tweet. All in all stranger than fiction - so do read more fiction! Links Sudan Nadine Awadalla, Eltayeb Siddig, and Khalid Abdelaziz, "Thousands Demonstrate in Sudan to Mark 40 Days Since Deadly Crackdown," Reuters, July 13, 2019 Richmond Danso, "After Another Attempted Coup, What's Next for Sudan?" Washington Post, July 13, 2019 Italy/Russia Silvia Sciorilli Borrelli, "Italian Prosecutors Investigate Report That League South Russian Funding," Politico, July 11, 2019 Iran Tanker David D. Kirkpatrick, "U.K Offers to Return Seized Iranian Oil Tanker," New York Times, July 13, 2019 Erin Cunningham, "Britain to 'Facilitate' Release of Seized Iranian Tanker – As Long As it Doesn't Go to Syria," Washington Post, July 14, 2019 Afghanistan David Zucchino and Farooq Jan Mangal, "Seeking Revenge Taliban Target Afghan Soldiers' Family," New York Times, July 9, 2019   Produced by Tre Hester

Erin, Radha and Loren reunite with author and general badass Nada Bakos to talk about her new book, The Targeter. Foreign relations are pretty lit these days: possible Russian funding of far-right politics in Italy, tiny steps of progress in Afghan govt-Taliban negotiations, and an unexpected political agreement in post-coup Sudan.  The music hasn’t stopped in the latest round of DOD musical chairs and the UK ambassador to the US was defenestrated by tweet. All in all stranger than fiction - so do read more fiction! Links Sudan Nadine Awadalla, Eltayeb Siddig, and Khalid Abdelaziz, "Thousands Demonstrate in Sudan to Mark 40 Days Since Deadly Crackdown," Reuters, July 13, 2019 Richmond Danso, "After Another Attempted Coup, What's Next for Sudan?" Washington Post, July 13, 2019 Italy/Russia Silvia Sciorilli Borrelli, "Italian Prosecutors Investigate Report That League South Russian Funding," Politico, July 11, 2019 Iran Tanker David D. Kirkpatrick, "U.K Offers to Return Seized Iranian Oil Tanker," New York Times, July 13, 2019 Erin Cunningham, "Britain to 'Facilitate' Release of Seized Iranian Tanker – As Long As it Doesn't Go to Syria," Washington Post, July 14, 2019 Afghanistan David Zucchino and Farooq Jan Mangal, "Seeking Revenge Taliban Target Afghan Soldiers' Family," New York Times, July 9, 2019   Produced by Tre Hester

Thane Rosenbaum live on the SCOTUS Census ruling // Margaret Brennan on the Democratic presidential debate // Dose of Kindness -- Steve Hartman on the smallest graduating class // Sports Insider Danny O'Neil on the Brewers sausage race/ All-Star voting // Nada Bakos on her career in the CIA // Feliks Banel, All Over the Map -- Oak Point WA and OR // Rachel Belle on the slow death of the phone conversation

Dave Ross talks with Nada Bakos, who worked as a "targeter" in the CIA tracking terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. They discuss the escalating tension with Iran, why she considers climate change one of our biggest national security threats, and how Trump's tweets are giving volatile foreign leaders like Putin and Kim Jong Un a dangerously intimate view into our nation's psyche. Nada Bakos will discuss her new book The Targeter: My Life in the CIA, Hunting Terrorists and Challenging the White House at Seattle's Town Hall on Sunday, June 30th.

On this week's Middle East Brief, Aaron speaks with Nada Bakos, an FPRI Senior Fellow and former CIA analyst, about her book, The Targeter, and what lessons can be learned from the effort to target Zarqawi and applied to dealing with Islamic State after the territorial defeat of the caliphate in Iraq and Syria.

Former CIA intelligence analyst Nada Bakos offers insight into the inner workings of the agency and her work in tracking terrorists. She's interviewed by the Intelligence Committee's Rep. Andre Carson (D-IN). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell speaks with former CIA analyst and targeting officer Nada Bakos about the post-9/11 hunt for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the low-level jihadist and eventual head of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, ISIS's predecessor organization. Morell and Bakos discuss the intense political pressure some analysts felt as they worked to identify links between Iraq and Al Qaeda in the immediate aftermath of the attacks. Bakos also describes how targeting officers employed tactical analysis in an effort to dismantle terror networks and the human intelligence that led to Zarqawi's demise.

In movies and TV shows like Zero Dark Thirty and Homeland, Hollywood has fictionalized the roles of intelligence officers in tracking down terrorists. But the truth is often filled with personal and political challenges beyond those that screenwriters imagine. Nada Bakos worked in several jobs at the CIA, including as a targeting officer focusing on the founder of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. In her new book, 'The Targeter,' she describes the experiences and challenges she faced along the way. Last week, David Priess got on the phone with Nada to talk about what a CIA targeting officer does, what it was like interrogating detainees in Iraq, and the difficulties she encountered in getting her book to print.

The CIA is the subject of the 139th episode. Our guest is Nada Bakos, former CIA analyst and author of “The Targeter: My Life in the CIA, Hunting Terrorists and Challenging the White House”. In this conversation, we discuss how she overcame confidentiality process delays to get the book published, the importance of having women in CIA leadership, her role analyzing Iraq and 9/11, her role writing the President’s Daily Brief, the Bin Laden manhunt, her role as the targeting officer for al-Zarqawi, the current threat from ISIS and al Qaeda, and her favorite depiction of the intel community in popular culture.

Nada Bakos was a CIA targeter during the height of the War on Terror. She has just completed a compelling new book on her experiences on the ground in the Middle East, at the Agency and coping with the White House and other political leaders in Washington. It is not only a great read but it offers valuable insights that are relevant today re: Iran, terrorism, and how we view intelligence in the wake of Russia's attack on our democracy and the President's regular attacks on the intelligence community. Join host David Rothkopf, Ryan Goodman of NYU Law School and "Just Security" and Nada Bakos for an urgent, compelling discussion. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/deepstateradio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Nada Bakos was a CIA targeter during the height of the War on Terror. She has just completed a compelling new book on her experiences on the ground in the Middle East, at the Agency and coping with the White House and other political leaders in Washington. It is not only a great read but it offers valuable insights that are relevant today re: Iran, terrorism, and how we view intelligence in the wake of Russia's attack on our democracy and the President's regular attacks on the intelligence community. Join host David Rothkopf, Ryan Goodman of NYU Law School and "Just Security" and Nada Bakos for an urgent, compelling discussion. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Nate was joined by former CIA agent and author of The Targeter: My Life in the CIA, Hunting Terrorists and Challenging the White House, Nada Bakos. This episode a follow-up to episode 56,...

While the intelligence and law enforcement communities reel from the president's attacks, Donald Trump has sent further signals that he expects personal loyalty above loyalty to the nation from all of his team across the whole of government. He has even go so far as to trash the once hallowed concept of independence of the Fed. But it may be that the biggest problem affecting the government is not the president's impulse to suppress dissenting views but rather is his lack of intellectual curiosity and his professed skepticism of expertise. It's not that he wants political loyal intelligence analysts, for example, it is that he wouldn't read what they wrote no matter what their political views were. On this episode, veteran CIA analyst Nada Bakos, Georgetown's Rosa Brooks and the Financial Times Ed Luce, discuss--and Rosa follow's in the footsteps of a giant pre-historic chicken!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/deepstateradio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

While the intelligence and law enforcement communities reel from the president's attacks, Donald Trump has sent further signals that he expects personal loyalty above loyalty to the nation from all of his team across the whole of government. He has even go so far as to trash the once hallowed concept of independence of the Fed. But it may be that the biggest problem affecting the government is not the president's impulse to suppress dissenting views but rather is his lack of intellectual curiosity and his professed skepticism of expertise. It's not that he wants political loyal intelligence analysts, for example, it is that he wouldn't read what they wrote no matter what their political views were. On this episode, veteran CIA analyst Nada Bakos, Georgetown's Rosa Brooks and the Financial Times Ed Luce, discuss--and Rosa follow's in the footsteps of a giant pre-historic chicken! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the latest episode of FPRI’s Back Channel, Host Ron Granieri welcomes Templeton Fellows Dominic Tierney and Nada Bakos along with special guests Trudy Rubin of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Chris Miller, Professor of Tufts University and the Director of FPRI’s Eurasia Program, to discuss the Helsinki summit and its impact on contemporary geopolitics. Continuing in the FPRI tradition of analyzing developments through the lens of history, geography, and culture, Granieri guides a conversation that views the Trump-Putin meeting within the context of President Trump’s loudly proclaimed if vaguely defined effort to reshape American relations with Russia and Europe. The meeting itself, which included a long tête-à-tête between the Presidents with no other officials present, courted controversy; the post-meeting press conference, where President Trump appeared to side with Putin against his own intelligence agencies, stoked the fires of controversy even further. How do we make sense of the meeting? What led to it? What did the principals accomplish? What comes next?

In the latest episode of FPRI’s Back Channel, Host Ron Granieri welcomes Templeton Fellows Dominic Tierney and Nada Bakos along with special guests Trudy Rubin of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Chris Miller, Professor of Tufts University and the Director of FPRI’s Eurasia Program, to discuss the Helsinki summit and its impact on contemporary geopolitics. Continuing in the FPRI tradition of analyzing developments through the lens of history, geography, and culture, Granieri guides a conversation that views the Trump-Putin meeting within the context of President Trump’s loudly proclaimed if vaguely defined effort to reshape American relations with Russia and Europe. The meeting itself, which included a long tête-à-tête between the Presidents with no other officials present, courted controversy; the post-meeting press conference, where President Trump appeared to side with Putin against his own intelligence agencies, stoked the fires of controversy even further. How do we make sense of the meeting? What led to it? What did the principals accomplish? What comes next?

In the latest episode of FPRI’s new podcast, The BackChannel, host Ron Granieri welcomes Templeton Fellows Dominic Tierney and Nada Bakos along with special guest, Professor Michael Horowitz of the University of Pennsylvania to discuss the latest developments in artificial intelligence and their impact on contemporary geopolitics. The global technological environment is changing rapidly, but perennial questions remain.  What do we want our machines to do for us?  How will those new machines change the way we interact with them or with each other? Continuing in the FPRI tradition of analyzing developments through the lens of history, geography, and culture, Granieri guides a conversation that contextualizes the current state of technology, the role that this “fourth industrial revolution” is playing in both American policymaking and the broader international system, and the challenges that lie ahead. 

In the latest episode of FPRI’s new podcast, The BackChannel, host Ron Granieri welcomes Templeton Fellows Dominic Tierney and Nada Bakos along with special guest, Professor Michael Horowitz of the University of Pennsylvania to discuss the latest developments in artificial intelligence and their impact on contemporary geopolitics. The global technological environment is changing rapidly, but perennial questions remain.  What do we want our machines to do for us?  How will those new machines change the way we interact with them or with each other? Continuing in the FPRI tradition of analyzing developments through the lens of history, geography, and culture, Granieri guides a conversation that contextualizes the current state of technology, the role that this “fourth industrial revolution” is playing in both American policymaking and the broader international system, and the challenges that lie ahead. 

SPY historian Vince Houghton sat down with former CIA analyst and targeting officer Nada Bakos to discuss her career, the CIA, and the current state of intelligence in America

This episode, hosted by Tally Helfont, Director of FPRI's Program on the Middle East, is the first in a four part series exploring topics related to FPRI's latest project: After the Caliphate: Reassessing the Jihadi Threat and Restoring Stability in the Fertile Crescent. Today we explore how ISIS and others are able to utilize online platforms to continue sowing global terror with Nada Bakos, a former CIA analyst who served as Chief Targeting Officer tracking one of the world's most wanted terrorists, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and Mia Bloom, professor of Communication at Georgia State University, known for her research and writings on women and terrorism, child soldiers, and suicide terrorism.

This episode, hosted by Tally Helfont, Director of FPRI's Program on the Middle East, is the first in a four part series exploring topics related to FPRI's latest project: After the Caliphate: Reassessing the Jihadi Threat and Restoring Stability in the Fertile Crescent. Today we explore how ISIS and others are able to utilize online platforms to continue sowing global terror with Nada Bakos, a former CIA analyst who served as Chief Targeting Officer tracking one of the world's most wanted terrorists, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and Mia Bloom, professor of Communication at Georgia State University, known for her research and writings on women and terrorism, child soldiers, and suicide terrorism.

According to documents that were declassified by the FBI in 2014, Adolf Hitler may have survived World War II and fled to South America following the fall of Nazi Germany. In this series a team of investigators — led by 21-year CIA veteran Bob Baer and war crimes investigator John Cencich — undertakes a definitive search with the goal of finding out whether the notorious dictator actually survived the war and pulled off one of history’s greatest disappearing acts. In Season 3 Bob Baer recruits one of the world's most foremost terrorist targeting officers, Nada Bakos. Enacting a new hunting strategy so effective it led to the capture of Osama bin Laden, the team uncovers two planned escape routes for Hitler out of Germany: one to the north and one south. Along the southern route, Tim and James discover a vast tunnel system under Hitler's home. Up north, Lenny and Gerrard investigate a massive Nazi compound hiding under the perfect cover See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

According to documents that were declassified by the FBI in 2014, Adolf Hitler may have survived World War II and fled to South America following the fall of Nazi Germany. In this series a team of investigators — led by 21-year CIA veteran Bob Baer and war crimes investigator John Cencich — undertakes a definitive search with the goal of finding out whether the notorious dictator actually survived the war and pulled off one of history’s greatest disappearing acts. In Season 3 Bob Baer recruits one of the world's most foremost terrorist targeting officers, Nada Bakos. Enacting a new hunting strategy so effective it led to the capture of Osama bin Laden, the team uncovers two planned escape routes for Hitler out of Germany: one to the north and one south. Along the southern route, Tim and James discover a vast tunnel system under Hitler's home. Up north, Lenny and Gerrard investigate a massive Nazi compound hiding under the perfect cover See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Iraq has been at the center of American foreign policy for over a quarter-century. Will it continue to dominate our attention and resources in the coming years as well? If so, how? Just as importantly, why? To answer these questions, we bring together two experts who have had some of the most unique and consequential experiences in Iraq over the past two decades.

Iraq has been at the center of American foreign policy for over a quarter-century. Will it continue to dominate our attention and resources in the coming years as well? If so, how? Just as importantly, why? To answer these questions, we bring together two experts who have had some of the most unique and consequential experiences in Iraq over the past two decades.

Om spionernas, hemligheternas och förvirringens tidevarv. Varför spelar underrättelsetjänster plötsligt så stor roll i världspolitiken? Vad gör det med politiken - och vad gör det med oss? Information är makt, enligt en rekryteringsfilm från USA:s intelligence community de amerikanska underrättelsetjänsterna. Makt i krig, makt i diplomati, makt för presidenten att fatta rätt beslut och, kanske också, makt att förvirra. Dagens Konflikt tar avstamp i det faktum att det på sistone varit mycket prat om underrättelsetjänster och deras inblandning i politiken framförallt i USA och i Ryssland. Programmet börjar i Ryssland. Att president Vladimir Putin har en bakgrund som officer i den sovjetiska underrättelsetjänsten KGB är allmänt känt men på senare år har den här kopplingen blivit allt starkare. Har spioner tagit över rysk politik? Konflikts Anja Sahlberg ringde ett par av världens ledande experter i det här till sin natur svårtfångade ämnet, Mark Galeotti, verksam vid Institutet för Internationella Relationer i Prag och Michael Rochlitz vid Higher School of Economics i Moskva. USA är det land där det på sistone ju varit mest prat om underrättelsetjänster, mystiska kontakter, hackningar, och läckor - i relation till just Ryssland. Det har nu gått så långt att vissa i USA varnar för att rysk underrättelseverksamhet undergräver den amerikanska presidentens hela legitimitet samtidigt som andra varnar för att den amerikanska underrättelsestjänsten är på väg att utvecklas till en djup stat en mäktig, intern byråkratisk opposition, av turkisk modell. Konflikts Ivar Ekman ringde upp tre personer som alla har direkt erfarenhet av hur den här skuggvärlden fungerar; den tidigare CIA-analytikern Nada Bakos, Bryan Wright, som också jobbat inom CIA och idag ofta kommenterar i den konservativa tv-kanalen Fox News, och John Schindler, som jobbat som analytiker inom kontraspionaget på USA:s enorma signalspaningsmyndighet NSA. I år står Europa inför ett "supervalår" och många politiker är på helspänn, inte minst i Frankrike, där den oberoende kandidaten Emmanuel Macrons kampanjstab redan slagit larm om det de menar är ryska hackerattacker och desinformation som lett till negativ ryktesspridning om deras politiska rörelse. Anja Sahlberg ringde upp Macrons internetstrateg, Mounir Mahjoubi. Gäster i Konflikts studio är Wilhelm Agrell, professor i Underrättelseanalys vid Lunds universitet och Sveriges Radios Moskvakorrespondent Maria Persson Löfgren. Programledare: Ivar Ekman ivar.ekman@sverigesradio.se Producent: Anja Sahlberg anja.sahlberg@sverigesradio.se

Ex-CIA analyst Nada Bakos and former FBI agent Clint Watts explain how Trump’s administration could use “alternative intelligence” to justify dangerous military actions. Shane Bauer of Mother Jones breaks down the connections between immigration raids and soaring private prison profits. Plus the world premiere of a song by the Iraqi-Canadian hip hop artist Narcy. We bet you never thought you’d hear Steve Bannon’s name rapped in autotune.

Nada Bakos was a CIA analyst and the Chief Targeting officer charged with finding the godfather of ISIS and mastermind of al Qaida in Iraq - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. She’s also (according to some) the inspiration for the character of “Maya,” the CIA analyst in the Oscar-winning film Zero Dark Thirty. Today, Nada Bakos will talk about how she rose up through the predominantly male world of the CIA to become one of the agencies top analysts and the chief targeter of the most wanted man in the world. She reveals how CIA trackers finally found Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, how communications intercepts gave her a unique window on the power struggle between Bin Laden’s Al Qaeda and Zarqawi’s Al Qaeda in Iraq, and how those communications eventually led to the whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden himself. Special thanks to the Milken Institute for hosting this interview during the 2016 Milken Global Conference. Visit www.milkeninstitute.org to learn more about their work to improve global stability and prosperity. You can visit Nada Bakos’s website at www.NadaBakos.com and read more of her work as a Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute at www.fpri.org. Follow Nada Bakos on twitter at @NadaBakos and pre-order her book The Targeter: My Life in the CIA, on the Hunt for the Godfather of ISIS which hits book shelves in June 2017. Today's podcast is sponsored by Reuters TV, video news that's personalized, always up to date, and ready when you are. Visit www.reuters.tv/kickass to check out their cool new free news app and show your support for the podcast. Please subscribe to Kickass News on iTunes and take a moment to take our listener survey at www.podsurvey.com/KICK. And support the show by donating at www.gofundme.com/kickassnews. Visit www.kickassnews.com for more fun stuff.

Nada Bakos, Amanda Kadlec, and Michael Pregent assess U.S. strategy against ISIS and the terror group's capacity to transform.

Nada Bakos, Amanda Kadlec, and Michael Pregent assess U.S. strategy against ISIS and the terror group's capacity to transform.

Robin reflects on the Zimmerman verdict, and violence against black women. Guests: A former CIA agent now combating trafficking; an online activist fighting everyday sexism; musical comic Katie Goodman keeps us in stitches; and Katrina vanden Heuvel weighs in on headline news.