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The DSR Network

The Peanut Butter Spies, CIA’s China Initiative & Secret Service Burnout

The DSR Network

Chris Cotnoir

Government

4.51.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Washington Post intelligence reporter Shane Harris discusses odd happenings in the spook world with Jeff Stein, and former Secret Service Special Agent Jonathan Wackrow analyses a new report on tanking morale in the uniformed division with Jeanne Meserve. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/deepstateradio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Spy Talk, a podcast at the intersection of intelligence,

0:20.0

foreign policy, national security,

0:23.0

and military operations with Jeff Stein and Jean Miserov.

0:30.0

Hi there, I'm Jeff Stein.

0:32.0

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

0:36.0

And what a week in the spy world,

0:38.0

we had the so-called peanut butter spies,

0:40.0

the Annapolis couple,

0:42.0

who allegedly tried to sell US nuclear submarine secrets

0:46.0

to an unidentified foreign power

0:49.0

by hiding a computer chip in a peanut butter sandwich.

0:53.0

Too many spy novels for them, I think.

0:55.0

And the CIA announces a new initiatives

0:58.0

to spy on China, more on that in a bit.

1:01.0

But speaking of stopping threats, Jean,

1:03.0

you've got something on problems in the secret service.

1:06.0

Yeah, if you were ever interested in joining the US secret service,

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