David Ignatius on his new spy novel, The Director

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Guests: Matthew Chingos and Janet Lorin

Journalist DAVID IGNATIUS has just published his ninth spy novel, The Director. It’s a thrilling tale involving the CIA, hackers, cyber-terrorism and counterespionage and in its telling, Ignatius draws on his extensive experience as a foreign affairs columnist for the Washington Post and as a reporter covering the CIA and State Department. Ignatius joins Marty in the studio in this hour of Radio Times to talk about this book, his career as a fiction writer and journalist, and his perspectives on current events in the U.S. and abroad.

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