🕵️ Covert Foreign Policy

Explorations of the secret machinations governments undertake abroad—black budgets, back channels, and decisions made far from democratic scrutiny.

Covert Regime Change

by Lindsey A. O'Rourke • 2018

64 covert regime changes, a 39% success rate, and blowback that erased the gains.

4.14

🥶 Cold War History 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🕵️ Covert Operations

Covert Regime Change 91%

64 covert regime changes, a 39% success rate, and blowback that erased the gains.

by Lindsey A. O'Rourke 2018

4.14

85 ratings

🥶 Cold War History 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🕵️ Covert Operations

The Spymasters

by Chris Whipple • 2020

Fourteen men and one woman, one brutal job: telling presidents what they don't want to hear.

4.05

1k+

📜 Intelligence History ❄️ Cold War Espionage 🕵️ Covert Operations

The Spymasters 91%

Fourteen men and one woman, one brutal job: telling presidents what they don't want to hear.

by Chris Whipple 2020

4.05

1k+ ratings

📜 Intelligence History ❄️ Cold War Espionage 🕵️ Covert Operations

Killing Hope

by William Blum • 1995

For forty years, the CIA overthrew governments across the globe. The full ledger is in one book.

4.27

2k+

❄️ Cold War Politics 🕵️ Covert Operations 🌎 American Empire

Killing Hope 91%

For forty years, the CIA overthrew governments across the globe. The full ledger is in one book.

by William Blum 1995

4.27

2k+ ratings

❄️ Cold War Politics 🕵️ Covert Operations 🌎 American Empire

Surprise, Kill, Vanish

by Annie Jacobsen • 2019

Between peace and open war: the secret history of presidents who chose killing in the shadows.

4.31

7k+

🕵️ CIA History 🥷 Covert Operations 🎯 Targeted Killing

Surprise, Kill, Vanish 91%

Between peace and open war: the secret history of presidents who chose killing in the shadows.

by Annie Jacobsen 2019

4.31

7k+ ratings

🕵️ CIA History 🥷 Covert Operations 🎯 Targeted Killing

The Way of the Knife

by Mark Mazzetti • 2013

After 9/11, the CIA started killing. The Pentagon started spying. The boundary never returned.

3.85

4k+

📡 Intelligence Agencies 🛸 Drone Warfare 🕵️ Covert Operations

The Way of the Knife 91%

After 9/11, the CIA started killing. The Pentagon started spying. The boundary never returned.

by Mark Mazzetti 2013

3.85

4k+ ratings

📡 Intelligence Agencies 🛸 Drone Warfare 🕵️ Covert Operations

The Devil's Chessboard

by David Talbot • 2015

He built the CIA. Kennedy fired him. Then he led the cover-up of Kennedy's murder.

4.35

8k+

🕵️ Intelligence Agencies 🥶 Cold War Politics 🕶️ Covert Operations

The Devil's Chessboard 91%

He built the CIA. Kennedy fired him. Then he led the cover-up of Kennedy's murder.

by David Talbot 2015

4.35

8k+ ratings

🕵️ Intelligence Agencies 🥶 Cold War Politics 🕶️ Covert Operations

Rogue State

by William Blum • 2000

The world's leading democracy has overthrown forty governments since 1945, calling it freedom.

3.97

926

🏛️ U.S. Foreign Policy 🦅 American Imperialism 🕵️ Covert Operations

Rogue State 90%

The world's leading democracy has overthrown forty governments since 1945, calling it freedom.

by William Blum 2000

3.97

926 ratings

🏛️ U.S. Foreign Policy 🦅 American Imperialism 🕵️ Covert Operations

Target Tehran

by Yonah Jeremy Bob • 2023

Inside the Mossad heist that stole Iran's nuclear archive and exposed its secret weapons program.

4.07

450

🕵️ Israeli Intelligence ☢️ Nuclear Proliferation ⚔️ Covert Operations

Target Tehran 90%

Inside the Mossad heist that stole Iran's nuclear archive and exposed its secret weapons program.

by Yonah Jeremy Bob 2023

4.07

450 ratings

🕵️ Israeli Intelligence ☢️ Nuclear Proliferation ⚔️ Covert Operations

A Great Place To Have A War

by Joshua Kurlantzick • 2017

Laos was where the CIA learned to wage war without asking Congress. The lesson stuck.

3.90

788

🔍 Cia History 🕵️ Covert Operations 🧊 Cold War History

A Great Place To Have A War 90%

Laos was where the CIA learned to wage war without asking Congress. The lesson stuck.

by Joshua Kurlantzick 2017

3.90

788 ratings

🔍 Cia History 🕵️ Covert Operations 🧊 Cold War History

The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy

by John J. Mearsheimer • 2006

How a single interest group has reshaped U.S. Middle East policy, often against American interests.

4.12

4k+

🌍 Foreign Policy 🤝 Political Lobbying ⚔️ Middle East Conflict

The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy Summary

The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy 90%

How a single interest group has reshaped U.S. Middle East policy, often against American interests.

by John J. Mearsheimer 2006

4.12

4k+ ratings

🌍 Foreign Policy 🤝 Political Lobbying ⚔️ Middle East Conflict

Spy Schools

by Daniel Golden • 2017

China, Cuba, and the CIA recruit on American campuses. The schools look the other way.

3.57

315

🔍 Academic Espionage 🇨🇳 Chinese Espionage 🕵️ Covert Operations

Spy Schools 90%

China, Cuba, and the CIA recruit on American campuses. The schools look the other way.

by Daniel Golden 2017

3.57

315 ratings

🔍 Academic Espionage 🇨🇳 Chinese Espionage 🕵️ Covert Operations

Nemesis

by Chalmers Johnson • 2007

Empire and democracy cannot coexist. America chose empire; the bill is coming due.

4.07

968

🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy ⚙️ Military-Industrial Complex 🕵️ Covert Operations

Nemesis 90%

Empire and democracy cannot coexist. America chose empire; the bill is coming due.

by Chalmers Johnson 2007

4.07

968 ratings

🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy ⚙️ Military-Industrial Complex 🕵️ Covert Operations

Ghost Wars

by Steve Coll • 2004

The CIA's Afghan victory armed the men who attacked America on 9/11.

4.32

19k+

🌐 Cold War Proxy Wars 🕵️ Covert Operations 🚨 Intelligence Failures

Ghost Wars 90%

The CIA's Afghan victory armed the men who attacked America on 9/11.

by Steve Coll 2004

4.32

19k+ ratings

🌐 Cold War Proxy Wars 🕵️ Covert Operations 🚨 Intelligence Failures

One Nation Under Blackmail

by Whitney Alyse Webb • 2022

Seventeen White House visits. The blackmail machine that protected Jeffrey Epstein for decades.

4.42

712

🏛️ Political Corruption 🕵️ Intelligence History 🔫 Organized Crime

One Nation Under Blackmail 90%

Seventeen White House visits. The blackmail machine that protected Jeffrey Epstein for decades.

by Whitney Alyse Webb 2022

4.42

712 ratings

🏛️ Political Corruption 🕵️ Intelligence History 🔫 Organized Crime

The Brothers

by Stephen Kinzer • 2013

The Secretary of State and CIA director were brothers. They ran the Cold War as a family crusade.

4.15

5k+

📜 Cold War 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🕵️ Covert Operations

The Brothers 90%

The Secretary of State and CIA director were brothers. They ran the Cold War as a family crusade.

by Stephen Kinzer 2013

4.15

5k+ ratings

📜 Cold War 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🕵️ Covert Operations

Enough Already

by Scott Horton • 2021

9/11 was a trap, and the War on Terror was the overreaction al Qaeda had counted on.

4.61

699

🧨 Blowback 🏛️ Us Interventionism 💣 War On Terror

Enough Already 90%

9/11 was a trap, and the War on Terror was the overreaction al Qaeda had counted on.

by Scott Horton 2021

4.61

699 ratings

🧨 Blowback 🏛️ Us Interventionism 💣 War On Terror

Imperial Hubris

by Michael Scheuer • 2004

Al-Qaeda is not a terror group but an insurgency, and American policy is its top recruiter.

3.81

2k+

🎯 Counterterrorism ⚔️ Counterinsurgency 🔥 Blowback Politics

Imperial Hubris 90%

Al-Qaeda is not a terror group but an insurgency, and American policy is its top recruiter.

by Michael Scheuer 2004

3.81

2k+ ratings

🎯 Counterterrorism ⚔️ Counterinsurgency 🔥 Blowback Politics

Legacy of Ashes

by Tim Weiner • 2007

Born to inform presidents, the CIA chose covert action instead, and its failures are fatal.

3.96

16k+

🕵️ Intelligence Agencies 🕶️ Covert Operations 🚨 Institutional Failure

Legacy of Ashes 90%

Born to inform presidents, the CIA chose covert action instead, and its failures are fatal.

by Tim Weiner 2007

3.96

16k+ ratings

🕵️ Intelligence Agencies 🕶️ Covert Operations 🚨 Institutional Failure

Treacherous Alliance

by Trita Parsi • 2007

Israel and Iran wage a cold war for regional dominance, not an ancient religious feud.

4.12

555

🕌 Middle East Politics 🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy 🌍 Geopolitical Realism

Treacherous Alliance 90%

Israel and Iran wage a cold war for regional dominance, not an ancient religious feud.

by Trita Parsi 2007

4.12

555 ratings

🕌 Middle East Politics 🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy 🌍 Geopolitical Realism

The Management of Savagery

by Max Blumenthal • 2019

Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Trump: three products of the same American national security machine.

4.29

807

🏛️ American Empire ↩️ Blowback 🔄 Regime Change

The Management of Savagery 90%

Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Trump: three products of the same American national security machine.

by Max Blumenthal 2019

4.29

807 ratings

🏛️ American Empire ↩️ Blowback 🔄 Regime Change

Area 51

by Annie Jacobsen • 2011

The UFO at Roswell was real. The bodies were human. The secret was darker than aliens.

3.86

11k+

🔍 Cold War Espionage 👽 Ufo Mythology 📰 Investigative Journalism

Area 51 90%

The UFO at Roswell was real. The bodies were human. The secret was darker than aliens.

by Annie Jacobsen 2011

3.86

11k+ ratings

🔍 Cold War Espionage 👽 Ufo Mythology 📰 Investigative Journalism

NATO's Secret Armies

by Daniele Ganser • 2004

NATO's hidden armies were built for the Soviets. They turned on Western democracy instead.

4.01

421

🥶 Cold War History 🕵️ Covert Operations 💣 State-Sponsored Terror

NATO's Secret Armies 90%

NATO's hidden armies were built for the Soviets. They turned on Western democracy instead.

by Daniele Ganser 2004

4.01

421 ratings

🥶 Cold War History 🕵️ Covert Operations 💣 State-Sponsored Terror

The Art of Intelligence

by Henry A. Crumpton • 2012

Recruiting a spy means navigating greed, ideology, and revenge, and why it still beats technology.

3.84

3k+

🕵️ Intelligence Tradecraft 🤝 Human Intelligence 🤫 Spy Recruitment

The Art of Intelligence 90%

Recruiting a spy means navigating greed, ideology, and revenge, and why it still beats technology.

by Henry A. Crumpton 2012

3.84

3k+ ratings

🕵️ Intelligence Tradecraft 🤝 Human Intelligence 🤫 Spy Recruitment

War on Peace

by Ronan Farrow • 2018

Before Trump, before forever war, Washington gutted the one tool that could prevent them: diplomacy.

4.14

9k+

📜 Us Foreign Policy 🕊️ American Diplomacy 🛡️ National Security State

War on Peace 90%

Before Trump, before forever war, Washington gutted the one tool that could prevent them: diplomacy.

by Ronan Farrow 2018

4.14

9k+ ratings

📜 Us Foreign Policy 🕊️ American Diplomacy 🛡️ National Security State

The Shadows of Power

by James Perloff • 1988

A single network picks presidents and plans depressions. The Constitution is their last obstacle.

4.04

162

🕵️ Conspiracy Theories 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🌐 Global Governance

The Shadows of Power 90%

A single network picks presidents and plans depressions. The Constitution is their last obstacle.

by James Perloff 1988

4.04

162 ratings

🕵️ Conspiracy Theories 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🌐 Global Governance

Den of Spies

by Craig Unger • 2024

The Reagan campaign's secret pact with Iran: keep the hostages captive and win the White House.

3.84

264

🇺🇸 American Political History 🇮🇷 Iran-Us Relations 🗳️ Election Manipulation

Den of Spies 89%

The Reagan campaign's secret pact with Iran: keep the hostages captive and win the White House.

by Craig Unger 2024

3.84

264 ratings

🇺🇸 American Political History 🇮🇷 Iran-Us Relations 🗳️ Election Manipulation

The Jakarta Method

by Vincent Bevins • 2020

Washington's greatest Cold War win killed a million Indonesians. Then the method went global.

4.61

18k+

📚 Cold War History 🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy 🔴 Anticommunism

The Jakarta Method 89%

Washington's greatest Cold War win killed a million Indonesians. Then the method went global.

by Vincent Bevins 2020

4.61

18k+ ratings

📚 Cold War History 🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy 🔴 Anticommunism

All the Shah's Men

by Stephen Kinzer • 2003

The 1953 CIA coup in Iran: how a quick win for oil created decades of blowback.

4.29

12k+

🏛️ Iranian History 🕵️ Covert Operations 🛢️ Oil Geopolitics

All the Shah's Men 89%

The 1953 CIA coup in Iran: how a quick win for oil created decades of blowback.

by Stephen Kinzer 2003

4.29

12k+ ratings

🏛️ Iranian History 🕵️ Covert Operations 🛢️ Oil Geopolitics

Phenomena

by Annie Jacobsen • 2017

How the CIA spent decades training psychic spies to fight the Cold War.

3.94

2k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🔭 Remote Viewing 🧠 Psychic Warfare

Phenomena 89%

How the CIA spent decades training psychic spies to fight the Cold War.

by Annie Jacobsen 2017

3.94

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🔭 Remote Viewing 🧠 Psychic Warfare

Power, Terror, Peace, and War

by Walter Russell Mead • 2004

America's soft power will not recover via Hollywood, but via microfinance in Khayelitsa.

3.67

108

🗽 American Foreign Policy 🧭 Grand Strategy 💡 Soft Power

Power, Terror, Peace, and War 89%

America's soft power will not recover via Hollywood, but via microfinance in Khayelitsa.

by Walter Russell Mead 2004

3.67

108 ratings

🗽 American Foreign Policy 🧭 Grand Strategy 💡 Soft Power

Overthrow

by Stephen Kinzer • 2006

America has toppled 14 governments since 1893; the reasons it gave were almost never real.

4.18

5k+

🌎 American Foreign Policy 🔄 Regime Change 💰 Economic Imperialism

Overthrow 89%

America has toppled 14 governments since 1893; the reasons it gave were almost never real.

by Stephen Kinzer 2006

4.18

5k+ ratings

🌎 American Foreign Policy 🔄 Regime Change 💰 Economic Imperialism

The Hell of Good Intentions

by Stephen M. Walt • 2018

After the Cold War, America tried to lead the world. It overreached, failed, and learned nothing.

4.01

735

🗺️ Grand Strategy 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy ⚔️ Military Overreach

The Hell of Good Intentions 89%

After the Cold War, America tried to lead the world. It overreached, failed, and learned nothing.

by Stephen M. Walt 2018

4.01

735 ratings

🗺️ Grand Strategy 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy ⚔️ Military Overreach

Big Boys' Rules

by mark-urban • 1992

Britain's covert war on the IRA: informers, bugged weapons, ambushes the state called self-defense.

3.87

326

🇮🇪 The Troubles 🪖 Counterinsurgency 🕶️ Covert Warfare

Big Boys' Rules 89%

Britain's covert war on the IRA: informers, bugged weapons, ambushes the state called self-defense.

by mark-urban 1992

3.87

326 ratings

🇮🇪 The Troubles 🪖 Counterinsurgency 🕶️ Covert Warfare

Science of Coercion

by Christopher Simpson • 1994

Communication studies was secretly built by the Pentagon as a weapon, not a discipline.

4.11

📜 Cold War History 📢 Propaganda Studies 🕵️ Covert Operations

Science of Coercion 89%

Communication studies was secretly built by the Pentagon as a weapon, not a discipline.

by Christopher Simpson 1994

4.11

89 ratings

📜 Cold War History 📢 Propaganda Studies 🕵️ Covert Operations

Why Leaders Lie

by John J. Mearsheimer • 2010

Leaders don't often lie to foreign enemies. Their most dangerous deceptions target their own public.

3.47

882

🌍 Foreign Policy 📜 Realist Theory 🗣️ Political Deception

Why Leaders Lie 89%

Leaders don't often lie to foreign enemies. Their most dangerous deceptions target their own public.

by John J. Mearsheimer 2010

3.47

882 ratings

🌍 Foreign Policy 📜 Realist Theory 🗣️ Political Deception

Order to Kill

by Kyle Mills • 2016

A plan to irradiate Saudi oil fields pits a CIA agent against Russia's most lethal assassin.

4.35

24k+

🗡️ Rival Assassins ☢️ Nuclear Threat 🕵️ Covert Ops

Order to Kill 89%

A plan to irradiate Saudi oil fields pits a CIA agent against Russia's most lethal assassin.

by Kyle Mills 2016

4.35

24k+ ratings

🗡️ Rival Assassins ☢️ Nuclear Threat 🕵️ Covert Ops

Blowback

by Chalmers Johnson • 2000

Covert empire: why policies hidden from the American public keep producing violent retaliation.

4.06

3k+

🏛️ Foreign Policy 🇺🇸 American Empire 🕵️ Covert Operations

Blowback 89%

Covert empire: why policies hidden from the American public keep producing violent retaliation.

by Chalmers Johnson 2000

4.06

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Foreign Policy 🇺🇸 American Empire 🕵️ Covert Operations

A New Foreign Policy

by Jeffrey D. Sachs • 2018

The world became multipolar. America didn't notice. Here is the cost and the way out.

3.88

337

🦅 American Exceptionalism 🏛️ Us Foreign Policy 🌐 Multipolarity

A New Foreign Policy 89%

The world became multipolar. America didn't notice. Here is the cost and the way out.

by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2018

3.88

337 ratings

🦅 American Exceptionalism 🏛️ Us Foreign Policy 🌐 Multipolarity

Spycatcher

by Peter Wright • 1987

MI5's first scientist built secret listening devices, then spent his career hunting a Soviet mole.

3.73

3k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🇬🇧 British Intelligence 📡 Technical Surveillance

Spycatcher 89%

MI5's first scientist built secret listening devices, then spent his career hunting a Soviet mole.

by Peter Wright 1987

3.73

3k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🇬🇧 British Intelligence 📡 Technical Surveillance

Code of Conduct

by Brad Thor • 2015

A Congo massacre leads a covert operative to a global conspiracy to unleash a weaponized plague.

4.23

17k+

🦠 Bioweapon Thriller 🌐 Global Conspiracy 🔫 Covert Operative

Code of Conduct 89%

A Congo massacre leads a covert operative to a global conspiracy to unleash a weaponized plague.

by Brad Thor 2015

4.23

17k+ ratings

🦠 Bioweapon Thriller 🌐 Global Conspiracy 🔫 Covert Operative

Shopping for Bombs

by Gordon Corera • 2006

Pakistan's bomb architect ran a global nuclear black market that armed Iran, Libya, and North Korea.

3.80

123

☢️ Nuclear Proliferation 🌍 International Security 🕸️ Global Crime Networks

Shopping for Bombs 89%

Pakistan's bomb architect ran a global nuclear black market that armed Iran, Libya, and North Korea.

by Gordon Corera 2006

3.80

123 ratings

☢️ Nuclear Proliferation 🌍 International Security 🕸️ Global Crime Networks

Kashmir

by A.S. Dulat • 2015

A spy chief's discovery: talking to Kashmiri militants worked. The politicians wasted it.

3.81

948

🏔️ Kashmir Conflict 🤝 Backchannel Diplomacy 🕵️ Proxy Warfare

Kashmir 89%

A spy chief's discovery: talking to Kashmiri militants worked. The politicians wasted it.

by A.S. Dulat 2015

3.81

948 ratings

🏔️ Kashmir Conflict 🤝 Backchannel Diplomacy 🕵️ Proxy Warfare

The Envoy

by Zalmay Khalilzad • 2016

An Afghan immigrant becomes America's envoy in the Muslim world, finding a crisis wars cannot solve.

3.64

163

🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🌍 Middle East Politics 📜 Diplomatic Memoir

The Envoy 89%

An Afghan immigrant becomes America's envoy in the Muslim world, finding a crisis wars cannot solve.

by Zalmay Khalilzad 2016

3.64

163 ratings

🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🌍 Middle East Politics 📜 Diplomatic Memoir

Capture or Kill

by Don Bentley • 2024

An Iranian commander's warning pitches Mitch Rapp into a race to stop a catastrophic attack.

4.33

17k+

🕵️ Tactical Espionage 🔫 Rogue Operative 🏔️ Behind Enemy Lines

Capture or Kill 89%

An Iranian commander's warning pitches Mitch Rapp into a race to stop a catastrophic attack.

by Don Bentley 2024

4.33

17k+ ratings

🕵️ Tactical Espionage 🔫 Rogue Operative 🏔️ Behind Enemy Lines

Proof of Conspiracy

by Seth Abramson • 2019

While America voted, Trump's circle negotiated a new Middle East with Saudi Arabia and Russia.

4.28

469

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 🗳️ Election Interference 🌍 Middle East Geopolitics

Proof of Conspiracy 89%

While America voted, Trump's circle negotiated a new Middle East with Saudi Arabia and Russia.

by Seth Abramson 2019

4.28

469 ratings

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 🗳️ Election Interference 🌍 Middle East Geopolitics

Zbig

by Edward Luce • 2025

A Polish immigrant who taught a president, outsmarted Kissinger, and foresaw the Soviet collapse.

4.58

544

🥶 Cold War 🌐 Foreign Policy 🔍 Sovietology

Zbig 89%

A Polish immigrant who taught a president, outsmarted Kissinger, and foresaw the Soviet collapse.

by Edward Luce 2025

4.58

544 ratings

🥶 Cold War 🌐 Foreign Policy 🔍 Sovietology

[(The Coup

by Ervand Abrahamian • 2013

Oil, not communism, drove the 1953 Iran coup. Its buried logic still poisons US-Iran relations.

4.13

748

📜 Iranian History 🕵️ Covert Operations 🛢️ Oil Politics

[(The Coup 89%

Oil, not communism, drove the 1953 Iran coup. Its buried logic still poisons US-Iran relations.

by Ervand Abrahamian 2013

4.13

748 ratings

📜 Iranian History 🕵️ Covert Operations 🛢️ Oil Politics

Mossad

by Michael Bar-Zohar • 2010

Audacity and moral compromise: the real missions that built the Mossad legend.

4.19

16k+

🇮🇱 Israeli Intelligence 🕵️ State Espionage 🌍 Middle East Conflict

Mossad 89%

Audacity and moral compromise: the real missions that built the Mossad legend.

by Michael Bar-Zohar 2010

4.19

16k+ ratings

🇮🇱 Israeli Intelligence 🕵️ State Espionage 🌍 Middle East Conflict

The Negotiator

by Frederick Forsyth • 1989

A broken negotiator's last job: free the President's son before Cold War tensions explode.

4.03

14k+

🔴 Cold War Thriller 🕵️ Political Conspiracy 👻 Haunted Protagonist

The Negotiator 89%

A broken negotiator's last job: free the President's son before Cold War tensions explode.

by Frederick Forsyth 1989

4.03

14k+ ratings

🔴 Cold War Thriller 🕵️ Political Conspiracy 👻 Haunted Protagonist

Follow the Money

by Dan Bongino • 2020

A Cambridge dinner, a monitored phone call, and the trap that felled a national security advisor.

4.36

757

🕵️ Deep State 🏛️ Political Corruption 📰 Media Bias

Follow the Money 89%

A Cambridge dinner, a monitored phone call, and the trap that felled a national security advisor.

by Dan Bongino 2020

4.36

757 ratings

🕵️ Deep State 🏛️ Political Corruption 📰 Media Bias

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