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Podcast: True Spies: Espionage | Investigation | Crime | Murder | Detective | Politics
Episode: Team Alpha, Part 2/2: First Casualty | CIA
Description: October 17, 2001. The dust of 9/11 has barely settled. America and the world are reeling.In Afghanistan, 8 CIA officers - a crack team of linguists, tribal experts and paramilitaries - are the first Americans to infiltrate Taliban territory after the attacks. Their mission is to ensure that Al Qaeda does not strike again. They are Team Alpha.In Part 2, Vanessa Kirby joins CIA linguist David Tyson and author Toby Harnden for the gripping conclusion to the first act of the War on Terror.Could YOU adapt to a new reality? From SPYSCAPE, the home of...