cover of episode Me and the Mullah | DIA

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Shawnee Delaney, a DIA case officer, recounts her mission to recruit an Islamic scholar with ties to Al Qaeda, focusing on the challenges and strategies involved in building a rapport with a culturally and ideologically distant asset.

Shownotes Transcript

It's 2011, and the hunt for Osama Bin Laden is intensifying. Shawnee Delaney, a case officer for the Defense Intelligence Agency, is determined to be the one to bring him in. But her source on the ground - an Islamic scholar with ties to Al Qaeda - proves to be a difficult man to recruit. To succeed, she needs to figure out what motivates him - and fast. Could YOU make the killer pitch? From SPYSCAPE, the home of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producers: Gemma Newby, Joe Foley. Produced by Joe Foley. Music by Nick Ryan.

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