In the spy game, if you can listen, you can learn, and gaining that crucial ability to eavesdrop has required some deeply creative ingenuity.
Guest Stars:
Edward Snowden, Keith Melton
For some covert missions, the goal is not information, but assassination, and lethal toxins have been deployed by spy agencies to kill perceived foes.
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Siti Aisyah, Doan Thi Huong, Kim Jong-nam, Kim Jong-un, Kim Jong-il
As long as there has been espionage, sex and the promise of it have been powerful tools of persuasion and blackmail — practices that continue today.
Guest Stars:
Keith Melton
Methods for covertly capturing sensitive data have grown infinitely more advanced as the devices used to do so have become exponentially smaller.
Guest Stars:
Edward Snowden, Keith Melton
From old-school "dead drops" to high-tech digital transfers: Learn how intelligence officers actually acquire the information collected by sources.
Guest Stars:
Keith Melton
Special ops require the very best people to execute them. But some of the most famous missions in modern history relied on elite technology as well.
Guest Stars:
Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, Barack Obama, Keith Melton
Encryption is a key tool for keeping valuable information secret — but some ingenious minds have managed to crack seemingly impenetrable codes.
Guest Stars:
Keith Melton