Radio Times in Review: Top Secret edition

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Guests: Evan Thomas, Joby Warrick, Scott Johnson

Today, we bring you a special “top secret” edition of Radio Times in Review. We’ll hear about Eisenhower’s handling of the Cold War and nuclear threats from the Soviet Union during Marty’s interview with EVAN THOMAS, author of Ike’s Bluff: President Eisenhower’s Secret Battle to Save the World. Then, how one Jordanian double agent gained the trust of the CIA. We learned more about their deadly meeting when Marty spoke with JOBY WARRICK, author of The Triple Agent: The al-Qaeda Mole who Infiltrated the CIA. Lastly, we’ll hear the story of one man’s startling discovery that his father was a former CIA special agent when we listen to Marty’s interview with author SCOTT JOHNSON about his memoir, The Wolf and the Watchman: A Father, a Son, and the CIA.

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