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The spy game is a serious business, and throughout history, the tools and technologies developed for it have mattered as much as the spies themselves.
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The spy game is a serious business, and throughout history, the tools and technologies developed for it have mattered as much as the spies themselves.
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Kim Jong-unSelf
Kim Jong-ilSelf
Vladimir PutinSelf
Marina LitvinenkoSelf
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Episode 1
In the spy game, if you can listen, you can learn, and gaining that crucial ability to eavesdrop has required some deeply creative ingenuity.
Guest stars Edward Snowden, Keith Melton
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Episode 2
For some covert missions, the goal is not information, but assassination, and lethal toxins have been deployed by spy agencies to kill perceived foes.
Guest stars Siti Aisyah, Doan Thi Huong, Kim Jong-nam, Kim Jong-un, Kim Jong-il, Vladimir Putin, Marina Litvinenko, Alexander Litvinenko
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Episode 3
As long as there has been espionage, sex and the promise of it have been powerful tools of persuasion and blackmail — practices that continue today.
Guest stars Keith Melton
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Episode 4
Methods for covertly capturing sensitive data have grown infinitely more advanced as the devices used to do so have become exponentially smaller.
Guest stars Edward Snowden, Keith Melton
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Episode 5
From old-school "dead drops" to high-tech digital transfers: Learn how intelligence officers actually acquire the information collected by sources.
Guest stars Keith Melton
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Episode 6
Special ops require the very best people to execute them. But some of the most famous missions in modern history relied on elite technology as well.
Guest stars Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, Barack Obama, Keith Melton
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Episode 7
Encryption is a key tool for keeping valuable information secret — but some ingenious minds have managed to crack seemingly impenetrable codes.
Guest stars Keith Melton
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Episode 8
What leads someone to spy against their own nation? Motivations vary but tend to fall into one of four categories, as notorious cases demonstrate.
Guest stars Keith Melton
Where to watch SpycraftEpisode information updated Jul 22, 2026
