CIA Hijacking - July 9, 2026
About this episode
The episode discusses the recent escalation of U.S. military actions against Iran and features an interview with a former CIA officer about Israel's threat to the U.S.
U.S. forces have struck more than 170 Iranian military targets over the past two days, dramatically escalating the conflict. And in other news, Cenk and Ana sit down with former CIA Officer and Whistleblower to discuss how big of a threat Israel is to the United States. Thanks to today's sponsors: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial today at shopify.com/tyt Get 40% OFF the Ground News Vantage Plan when you sign up at ground.news/tyt Stay informed without the media spin at ground.news/tyt Visit www.sleep.me/tyt to get up to $255 off your Chilipad 2.0 with code TYT Use less data, get paid by switching to Noble Mobile: https://go.tyt.com/getnoble Hosts: Ana Kasparian, Cenk Uygur SUBSCRIBE on YOUTUBE ☞ https://www.youtube.com/@TheYoungTurks FOLLOW US ON: FACEBOOK ☞ https://www.facebook.com/theyoungturks TWITTER ☞ https://twitter.com/TheYoungTurks INSTAGRAM ☞ https://www.instagram.com/theyoungturks TIKTOK ☞ https://www.tiktok.com/@theyoungturks 👕MERCH ☞ https:/www.shoptyt.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
People in this episode
Hosts: Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian
Guest: former CIA Officer
Topics covered
- U.S. military action
- Iran conflict
- CIA whistleblower
- Israel threat
- political analysis
Keywords
- CIA
- Iran
- Israel
- U.S. military
- whistleblower
- politics
- conflict escalation
Sponsors
Shopify, Ground News, Sleep.me, Noble Mobile
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: CIA, Israel
Places: United States, Iran
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