Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage | Global Issues | Current Affairs S7 Ep34: Espresso Martini: A Farewell to Robert Hanssen & No 10 Blacklisting with Dan Kaszeta
Jun 10, 2023
56:41
On this episode of Espresso Martini, Chris and Matt look at the death of the Russian spy who was deep in the FBI, Robert Hanssen.
Later in the episode, they are joined by Chemical, Biological and Radiological expert Dan Kaszeta who the UK Government Blacklisting has blacklisted for being critical of the government on Twitter. Dan discusses what that experience has been like and what he has since discovered.
And lastly, they look at the destruction of the Kakhovka dam and discuss who may be responsible.
On Extra Shot (Patreon Exclusive show)
Chris & Matt look at the sinking of a boat in Italy with Mossad and Italian intelligence officers aboard. Was it foul play or an accident?
Dan joins us to discuss his thoughts on the recent poisonings of Kremlin critics in Berlin & Prague. He also gives us some good cheese recommendations.
The final story Chris & Matt look at whether Vladimir Putin was involved with Red Army Faction terrorists during his time in Germany in the 1980s.
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Links to articles discussed in Espresso Martini
Robert Hanssen's death
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65820220
Kakhovka dam
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/06/06/world/russia-ukraine-news
Articles discussed in Extra Shot
Mossad boat party deaths in Italy
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/01/world/europe/spy-deaths-boat-italy.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur
Putin and his alleged connections to the Red Army Faction
https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/were-vladimir-putin-s-years-in-germany-less-thrilling-than-the-stories-a-178de140-b799-472d-83bc-5e3b1adf65b2
With Dan, we discuss
Blacklisted by the UK government
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65675247
Kremlin Critics believe they were victims of poisonings
https://www.agents.media/a-former-us-ambassador-two-journalists-writing-about-russia-and-an-activist-experienced-symptoms-of-poisoning-and-surveillance-two-cases-are-investigated-by-the-fbi/
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