{"podcast":{"title":"The Lawfare Podcast","slug":"the-lawfare-podcast-745203","podcast_index_feed_id":745203,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/60518a52f69aa815d2dba41c","website_url":"http://www.lawfaremedia.org","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/60518a52f69aa815d2dba41c/1713733058272-bcd7ae96f1d1bd6b44800b014a4087b2.jpeg","author":"The Lawfare Institute","episode_count":3037,"summary":"The Lawfare Podcast features discussions with experts, policymakers, and opinion leaders at the nexus of national security, law, and policy. On issues from foreign policy, homeland security, intelligence, and cybersecurity to governance and law, we have doubled down on seriousness at a time when others are running away from it. Visit us at www.lawfaremedia.org. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-02T08:20:37.599183+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-lawfare-podcast-745203"},"episode":{"title":"Lawfare Daily: Russia’s ‘Tradecraft, Tactics, and Dirty Tricks,’ with Sean Wiswesser","slug":"lawfare-daily-russia-s-tradecraft-tactics-and-dirty-tricks-with-sean-wiswesser","published_at":"2026-05-28T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-lawfare-podcast-745203/lawfare-daily-russia-s-tradecraft-tactics-and-dirty-tricks-with-sean-wiswesser","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-lawfare-podcast-745203","url":"https://shows.acast.com/lawfare/episodes/lawfare-daily-russias-tradecraft-tactics-and-dirty-tricks-wi","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/60518a52f69aa815d2dba41c/e/6a17095e942fd18754b63a4f/media.mp3","summary":"Sean Wiswesser, author of the new book, “ Tradecraft, Tactics, and Dirty Tricks: Russian Intelligence and Putin’s Secret War ,” and a former senior operations officer with the CIA, joins Lawfare ’s Justin Sherman to discuss the major Russian security organs and their training, characteristics of Russian “sticks-and-bricks” surveillance and counter-surveillance tradecraft, and the Russians’ use of coercion, kompromat , and sex (often dubbed “sexpionage”) to recruit and pressure people. They also discuss corruption in the Russian intelligence services, illegals and assassination programs, brazenness and sloppiness in Russian operations, and the future of the Russian intelligence threat to the United States and the West. To receive ad-free podcasts, become a  Lawfare  Material Supporter at  www.patreon.com/lawfare . You can also support  Lawfare  by making a one-time donation at  https://givebutter.com/lawfare-institute . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Sean Wiswesser, author of the new book, “ Tradecraft, Tactics, and Dirty Tricks: Russian Intelligence and Putin’s Secret War ,” and a former senior operat…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2197,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-lawfare-podcast-745203/episodes/lawfare-daily-russia-s-tradecraft-tactics-and-dirty-tricks-with-sean-wiswesser/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-lawfare-podcast-745203/lawfare-daily-russia-s-tradecraft-tactics-and-dirty-tricks-with-sean-wiswesser.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}