<p>In 2017, two Hezbollah operatives were arrested on the same day for conducting independent surveillance operations on U.S. targets across the country. A third was arrested in July 2019 for taking pictures of a number of high-profile U.S. landmarks and communicating this information back to Beirut through his Hezbollah handlers. These three cases received a lot of media attention. A fourth didn’t, despite one operative’s efforts to stockpile bomb-making materials…in Houston, Texas.</p><br><p>Guests:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Russell Rosenthal, former FBI special agent and former FBI Legal Attaché and senior representative to Israel</li><li>Seamus Hughes, senior research faculty member, National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center (NCITE) at the University of Nebraska</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Breaking Hezbollah’s Golden Rule is hosted by Dr. Matthew Levitt from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.</p><p> </p><p>It is produced by Anouk Millet from Earshot Strategies, and written by Dr. Levitt, Lauren von Thaden, Camille Jablonski, and Delaney Soliday, research assistants at The Washington Institute.</p><p> </p><p>Explore my map and timeline of <a href="https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/hezbollahinteractivemap/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hezbollah’s Worldwide activities</a>.</p><p> </p><p>For a full transcript of the episode, a list of sources, recommended reading, and information on our guests, visit our <a href="https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/podcast-breaking-hezbollahs-golden-rule-season-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">website</a>.</p><br><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
