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Goalhanger 207 - 187. 9/11: The Rise of Osama bin Laden (Ep 1)

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187. 9/11: The Rise of Osama bin Laden (Ep 1)

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185. The Secret Spy Network: How Snowden Nearly Destroyed Everything (Ep 3)

184. The Secret Spy Network: Kim Philby Threatens the Alliance (Ep 2)

183. The Secret Spy Network: How The US and UK Spy Together (Ep 1)

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179. Did Israel Spy on Trump’s Iran Negotiations? (Ep 1)

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177. Who Blew Up the Nord Stream Pipeline? (Ep 1)

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173. The Murder of Litvinenko: The Killers Escape (Ep 5)

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171. The Murder of Litvinenko: Killed in Plain Sight (Ep 3)

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160. Argo: The Secret Iranian Hostage Crisis (Ep 1)

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157. The Road to Iraq: What the Spies Got Wrong (Ep 5)

156. The Road to Iraq: Tony Blair's Campaign for War (Ep 4)

155. The Road to Iraq: How 9/11 Changed Everything (Ep 3)

154. The Road to Iraq: Saddam Hussein's Fatal Error (Ep 2)

153. The Road to Iraq: Weapons of Mass Destruction (Ep 1)

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151. Britain’s Man Inside the IRA: From Spy to Executioner (Ep 3)

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149. Britain’s Man Inside the IRA: The Truth Behind Stakeknife (Ep 1)

148. Can Europe Salvage its Relationship with Trump?

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146. How the CIA Rescued a Pilot Inside Iran (Ep 1)

145. Black Hawk Down: What Osama bin Laden Learnt from Somalia (Ep 4)

144. Black Hawk Down: The Bloodiest US Battle Since Vietnam (Ep 3)

143. Black Hawk Down: Chaos in Mogadishu (Ep 2)

142. Black Hawk Down: The True Story (Ep 1)

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