Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
Passersby near The Uptown Theater in Northwest Washington, D.C., a location in Robert Wallace's "Spy Sites."
American espionage is as old as the republic itself. President George Washington was not just a founder of our nation, he was a founder of the country’s first spy rings. Author and former CIA official Robert Wallace introduces us to the hundreds of spies who’ve plied their trade in the nation’s capital and the many seemingly-ordinary sites throughout D.C., Maryland and Virgina shaped by espionage.
Guests
- Robert Wallace Co-author, Spy Sites of Washington, DC and former director of the CIA's Office of Technical Services.
A Photo Tour Of Washington's 'Spy Sites'
The Mansion House Hotel in Alexandria, Va. - where Union spy Emma Edmonds once worked as a nurse.
Martin's Tavern in Georgetown - where Elizabeth Bentley and other spies once practiced their craft.
Foxstone Park in Fairfax County, Va. - where double agent Robert Hanssen once conducted dead drops with his Russian handler.
A public memorial for the CIA officers killed by Mir Amal Kansi - just outside of CIA headquarters in Virginia.
The World Center Building in Washington - once the headquarters of CIA proprietary Air America.
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