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SpyTalk, a podcast at the intersection of intelligence, foreign policy,

national security, and military operations with Jeff Stein and Jean Miserov.

Hello, I'm Jeff Stein.

And I'm Jean Miserov, welcome to another episode of SpyTalk.

Anne Hoffman spent decades in the CIA as a senior human officer, a spy.

In the ashes of the Kabul catastrophe, I asked him what's next for the agency in that part of the world?

The terrorists that we've been fighting against the past 20 years are still there.

We might have thought we concluded the vote on vote endless war,

but Al Qaeda and ISIS are still at war with us.

And the Taliban in spite of what they're saying on social media

and in a fifth through their official spokesman,

they're providing safe haven to Al Qaeda.

That's retired CIA officer Dan Hoffman.

I'll be talking with him later in the show, Jean.

But first, Washington DC is bracing.

On Saturday, September 18th, the rally is scheduled in support of those arrested and charged

for storming the Capitol on January 6th.

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