Target USA Podcast with JJ Green

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Target USA –Ep. 218 | COVID-19 Playing Catch up Apr 01, 2020

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The leaders of the White House Coronavirus Task Force say as many as 240 thousand or more people in the US could die from this outbreak. On this episode, we talk with Beth Cameron, PhD, VP of Global Biological Policy and Programs at the Nuclear Threat Initiative. She’s the former senior director for global health security and bio defense on the White House National Security Council staff. She discusses what the world needs to do get ahead of this coronavirus and what lessons have been learned.

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Target USA --Ep. 217 | COVID-19 Pandemic Mar 25, 2020

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As the corona virus, known as COVID-19 sweeps the world, Target USA speaks with Robin Simcox, from Britain, Lao Petrilli of Italy and Eeva Eek Pajuste of Estonia to hear how they are impacted, and what the U.S. should expect. We also spoke to cyber security experts Rachel Tobac of Social Proof Security and Adam Meyers of Crowdstrike about measures teleworkers can take to protect themselves and their homes.

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Target USA --Ep. 216 | EXCLUSIVE: Estonia’s President Kersti Kaljulaid Mar 18, 2020

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In 2007 Estonia was on its knees, the victim of a vicious Russian cyber-attack. Since that time Estonia has risen to its feet, dusted itself off and, in 2020, is now teaching the world how to deal with Russian aggression. Target USA sat down with the President of Estonia, Kersti Kaljulaid to hear firsthand how they do it, about the Three Seas Initiative and much more.

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Target USA --Ep. 215 | EXCLUSIVE: Family of American hostage Tomeu Vadell speaks out Mar 11, 2020

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Tomeu Vadell has been held in Venezuela -- along with four other Americans and one permanent U.S. resident -- by the government of Venezuela for 2 years and 112 days. In a sometimes emotional interview, Tomeu Vadell's wife Dennysse and his daughter Cristina opened up to Target USA about his detention, the harsh conditions and their pleas for help from the U.S. government.

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Target USA -- Episode 214 | EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Deputy Secretary of Defense David Norquist Mar 04, 2020

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From coronavirus to Russian aggression, the U.S. military is facing a lot of problems. The No. two official at the Pentagon sat down with Target USA to discuss the challenges and threat the military faces and the solutions.

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Target USA – Episode 213 | SPECIAL REPORT | Turmoil in the U.S. Intelligence Community Mar 04, 2020

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Since the sudden resignation of Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire, on February 21, 2020, the U.S. Intelligence Community has struggled to figure out what's next. This short episode provides some background on what happened, how we got here and what's next. There will be more extensive coverage.

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Target USA -- Episode 212: Disinformation contributes to Dow plunge Feb 26, 2020

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Something weird happened with the stock market this week: It dropped about 1,800 points in two days. That's not the weird part, though. What's strange is that a software company called Blackbird AI, which uses artificial intelligence to track disinformation, discovered a sinister effort to manipulate and distort information about the spread of coronavirus. Wasim Khaled, CEO of Blackbird AI, joins us to explain what they learned and why this is a serious national security risk.

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Target USA -- Episode 211: Nukes, malware and bots: US intelligence races to stay ahead of adversaries Feb 20, 2020

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Imminent nation-state threats to U.S. national security, pernicious cyberattacks and looming global health crises, like the 2019 novel coronavirus, are but a small fraction of the burgeoning front-line intelligence challenges facing the nation. On this episode, Deirdre Walsh, Chief Operating Officer in the Office of the Director National, identifies the threats and details the plan for dealing with them.

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Target USA -- Episode 210: The importance of Croatia to US national security Feb 12, 2020

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Croatia recently took over the presidency of the European Union. Croatia has its work cut out for it because the EU is facing a lot of challenges, not the least of which is the uncertainty looming because of the now-complete Brexit. Also there’s the big question of what Russia is doing in the region, something the U.S. constantly frets about. Pjer Simunovic, Croatia's ambassador to the U.S., joins Target USA to discuss the challenges that lie ahead.

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Target USA -- Episode 209: The Davos Plot Feb 05, 2020

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You might remember hearing in recent weeks about Russian intelligence agents allegedly plotting to bug the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. There also may have been an assassination plot involved. Bill Browder, a British businessman, author and the self-described public enemy No. 1 for Russian President Vladimir Putin, was the alleged target. He joins us on this episode of Target USA to tell us exactly what happened.

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