48. CIA, Afghanistan, and The Rest Is Classif...

Whose side is Trump really on? What could Trump give Putin? What is the Minnesota social aid fraud scandal about? Join Katty Kay and Anthony Scaramucci as they answer all these questions and more. Make someone a Founding Member this Christmas – a year of ad-free listening, member ...  Afficher plus

What was the biggest political blowout of the year? Who was the worst performing politician? And, what big secrets went under the radar? Join Katty and Anthony Scaramucci as they answer all these questions and more. Make someone a Founding Member this Christmas – a year of ad-fre ...  Afficher plus

It has been thirteen years since Bashar al-Assad triggered a civil war which would kill hundreds of thousands of people and devastate Syria. Recent events have shown just how far his rule has shattered the nation. Today Alastair and Rory are joined by former CIA Syria Analyst Dav ...  Afficher plus

America knew Al-Qaeda were behind the 9/11 attacks before the day was out. They knew they were being sheltered by the Taliban in Afghanistan and so the CIA went after them. Small teams were dropped behind enemy lines with bags of cash and very little else, instructed to link up w ...  Afficher plus

They were scenes of utter desperation and chaos: thousands of Afghans crowded outside Kabul’s airport, as American troops withdrew and the Taliban swept the country in August 2021. In a congressional hearing last month, former Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley blamed the ...  Afficher plus

Twenty years after 9/11, the US withdrawal from Afghanistan is moving faster than expected, and so is the Taliban’s takeover. The Taliban have already taken more than 50 of the country’s 400 districts since May, with the US intelligence community predicting that the Afghan govern ...  Afficher plus