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The Shawn Ryan Show

#280 Sarah Adams - If China Isn’t the #1 Threat… Then Who Is?

The Shawn Ryan Show

Shawn Ryan Show

Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.946.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 185 minutes

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Summary

For years, Sarah Adams has worked where threat warnings begin, not where they end. She is a targeting officer and global threat advisor with deep expertise in counterterrorism, threat network analysis, and overseas intelligence operations. Sarah served in the Central Intelligence Agency’s Counterterrorism Center, as well as in the Near East and Iran Operations Divisions, working complex operations against both state and non-state adversaries. Her deployed field work spans Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia. Across those theaters, her focus has remained consistent: identifying, assessing, and disrupting terrorist networks, hostile state activity, and emerging threats to United States and allied interests. After leaving the CIA, Sarah served as a Senior Advisor to the United States House of Representatives following an executive appointment from the Agency, applying operational experience directly to national security policy, oversight, and accountability. She later led research and development initiatives for the Department of Defense, advancing innovation, tradecraft modernization, and intelligence capabilities with enterprise-level impact. She was deployed to Libya in 2012 and is the co-author of Benghazi: Know Thy Enemy, a cold-case, open-source investigation that identified the al-Qaeda operatives responsible for the attack on the U.S. Mission Compound and CIA Annex in Benghazi. Today, Sarah is the host of The Watch Floor at Vigilance Elite, a podcast focused on emerging threats, global affairs, and homeland security risks for everyday audiences. The Watch Floor delivers need-to-know insights, explaining what matters, why it matters, and what comes next. Shawn and Sarah answer the question - Will Khamenei be ousted as Supreme Leader of Iran by March 31? Follow the market here - https://polymarket.com/event/khamenei-out-as-supreme-leader-of-iran-by-march-31 Shawn Ryan Show Sponsors: Go right now to https://sundaysfordogs.com/SRS50 and get 50% off your first order. Join thousands of parents who trust Fabric to help protect their family—apply today in just minutes at https://meetfabric.com/SHAWN Get firearm security redesigned and save 10% off at StopBoxUSA with code SRS at https://www.stopboxusa.com/SRS #stopboxpod Head to https://factormeals.com/srs50off and use code srs50off to get 50% off your first Factor box plus free breakfast for 1 year (new customers only, with qualifying subscription purchase). Head to https://Superpower.com and use code SRS at checkout for $20 off your membership. Live up to your 100-Year potential. #superpowerpod https://drinkmindfulbev.com Sarah Adams Links: YT - https://www.youtube.com/@thewatchfloor IG - https://www.instagram.com/thewatchfloor X - https://x.com/The_Watch_Floor FB - https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Watch-Floor/61586054787023 TT - https://www.tiktok.com/@thewatchfloor Rumble - https://rumble.com/user/thewatchfloor Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/VigilanceElite Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5how8FZvVZvlhnv58antdG LinkTree - https://tr.ee/qFdF2gcFD_ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The Premier League is exciting.

0:04.0

It's exhilarating.

0:07.0

And sometimes it's...

0:11.0

So when you need something to help you ride the highest and loads of all that action,

0:17.0

grab a Coke to keep you in the game.

0:20.0

Time to refresh.

0:21.8

Time for a Coke.

0:23.8

Coca-Cola, official partner of the Premier League.

0:30.8

Have you seen this FBI Uncovers creepyepy Home Biolab packed with Mystery Vials in Vegas Raid?

0:42.6

Let me read. This is from Mario Knopfel's site, and then I looked, it's real.

0:47.9

FBI agents stormed Las Vegas residents discovering refrigerators stuffed with unlabeled vials of unknown liquid suggesting a clandestine

0:57.0

biological operation. The property links to J.B. Zhu, a Chinese national, already facing charges

1:05.0

for flooding the market with unapproved COVID and HIV test kits. This raid echoes his prior California fiasco where authorities

1:13.9

found pathogen labels for Ebola and tuberculosis alongside a thousand neglected mice.

1:20.5

Source futurism. Have you seen that? Yeah, I did. And they're saying the CDC has gone

1:27.4

and tested some of their stuff,

1:28.8

and they found 20 different things inside these little vials.

1:32.8

And they're saying they found HIV, TB, that there was one fridge or something

1:38.9

that had like a sticker on the outside that said Ebola.

1:41.8

So it's a little crazy.

1:43.0

Well, I mean...

1:43.6

Very concerning.

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