This week Nate was joined by former CIA agent and author of The Targeter: My Life in the CIA, Hunting Terrorists and Challenging the White House, Nada Bakos. This episode a follow-up to episode 56, when we talked to Washington Post Reporter, Joby Warrick, the author of Black Flags. Nada discussed her work with the CIA, leading the hunt for the leadership of ISIS.
Rundown
12:00 What is a “Targeter” and how Nada got into intelligence work?
20:00 Nada discusses trailblazing a path for women in the CIA. What did it look like to seek Abu Musab al-Zarqawi?
24:00 Discussion about policymakers and intelligence.
29:00 Life after the CIA and the transition to civilian life
32:00 What are the similarities between foreign terrorist organizations and white nationalists?
34:00 Nada discussed the fight against ISIS in 2019 and how the Trump Administration is managing the fight.
The 5-ish
What to watch? Killing Eve
What to read? Madame Fourcade’s Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France’s Largest Spy Network Against Hitler
What to listen to? Fresh Air
What is something everybody loves that you think is awful?
Bonus watch from Doug: The Prisoner
Read On
The Targeter: My Life in the CIA, Hunting Terrorists and Challenging the White House
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