Oct 30, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min · 13 segments
National security reporter for the Washington Post Zachary Dorfman discusses the Pentagon’s plan for a deep-cover spy program. More from our guest…
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But first, looks like we're going to have another chapter of the war on and with Iran.
Yeah, well, look, I mean, a lot of, you know, pretty eyebrow-raising reporting over the last few days that the U.S. is moving Patriot missile systems from the continental U.S. to the Middle East.
It's warning allies that there could be – strikes, military strikes next week that would prompt Iranian retaliation.
So both our air bases and in various Persian Gulf countries where we have assets are now on guard.
And the thinking is that after the election, Next Tuesday, Trump will believe he's got now the opportunity to do what he's been threatening to do for some time, which is massive new strikes on Iran.
And, you know, we know the results of the Israeli election, completely muddled.
We don't know who's going to be able to form a new government, but a lot of talk that baby Netanyahu might is eager to join in on military strikes against Iran with the US as early as next week.
I guess the big question that will hang over this is, is there any reason to believe new strikes are going to make a difference, be any more effective than all the strikes we had back when Trump launched his war in late February.
But I think, you know, this idea that that war now means a never ending war, war never now means a forever war.
And so these threats, whether they come from Israel or the United States, are just taken as, yes, we're at war and war goes on.
There's a lot of Israeli commentary that this is, you know, and Netanyahu loves the idea of attacking again because it sort of staves off, you know, there'll be unity in the government, staves off any election defeat, et cetera, et cetera.
To the Middle East, it comes at a time when Zelensky is complaining that he's not been getting shipments of air defense missiles himself.
But first, looks like we're going to have another chapter of the war on and with Iran.
Yeah, well, look, I mean, a lot of, you know, pretty eyebrow-raising reporting over the last few days that the U.S. is moving Patriot missile systems from the continental U.S. to the Middle East.
It's warning allies that there could be – strikes, military strikes next week that would prompt Iranian retaliation.
So both our air bases and in various Persian Gulf countries where we have assets are now on guard.
And the thinking is that after the election, Next Tuesday, Trump will believe he's got now the opportunity to do what he's been threatening to do for some time, which is massive new strikes on Iran.
And, you know, we know the results of the Israeli election, completely muddled.
We don't know who's going to be able to form a new government, but a lot of talk that baby Netanyahu might is eager to join in on military strikes against Iran with the US as early as next week.
I guess the big question that will hang over this is, is there any reason to believe new strikes are going to make a difference, be any more effective than all the strikes we had back when Trump launched his war in late February.
But I think, you know, this idea that that war now means a never ending war, war never now means a forever war.
And so these threats, whether they come from Israel or the United States, are just taken as, yes, we're at war and war goes on.
There's a lot of Israeli commentary that this is, you know, and Netanyahu loves the idea of attacking again because it sort of staves off, you know, there'll be unity in the government, staves off any election defeat, et cetera, et cetera.
To the Middle East, it comes at a time when Zelensky is complaining that he's not been getting shipments of air defense missiles himself.
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