Radio War Nerd EP 377 — Cloak & Dumber: Spyfail, feat. James Bamford

Guest: James Bamford, author Recorded: May 9, 2023 We talk to national security investigative reporter James Bamford about US counterintelligence calamities over the past decade, with near apocalyptic consequences, in the larger context of US ruling class incompetence & corruption, all captured in Bamford's new book Spyfail: Foreign Spies, Moles, Saboteurs, and the Collapse of America’s Counterintelligence. Buy Bamford's books, including The Puzzle Palace, Body of Secrets, and his newest Spyfail.-Read his latest articles in The Nation on the Nord Stream bombings, and on the US spy planethat was nearly shot down last year by a Russian fighter over the Black Sea.-Follow him on twitter. Total time: 1:50:35 Direct link to this episode's mp3 here