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The Watch Floor with Sarah Adams

by Sarah Adams
Society & Culture

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  • Undercover Jihadi: From Radicalization to Counterterrorism with Mubin Shaikh

    October 20, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min

    What makes someone embrace violent extremism? What does it take to walk away from it? And how do we prevent the next generation from being recruited? In this episode of The Watch Floor, former CIA Targeting Officer Sarah Adams sits down…

  • Canada’s Terror Threat: The Unfinished Battle with Phil Gurski

    October 18, 2026 · 56 min

    Is Canada doing enough to confront the terrorist threat, and what has the West failed to learn from more than two decades of counterterrorism operations? This week on The Watch Floor, I’m joined by Phil Gurski, a 32-year veteran of…

  • School Insecurity: The Side With the Best Plan Wins | Wayne Black

    October 15, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

    How safe are our schools, and are we doing enough to protect the children inside them? In this episode of The Watch Floor, I sit down with Wayne Black, a veteran security expert and author of School Insecurity, to discuss what effective…

  • From Baghdad to the Green Berets | Steven Al Ebadi

    October 12, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min

    In this episode of The Watch Floor, I sit down with Steven Al Ebadi, a U.S. Army veteran, former intelligence officer, combat linguist, and journalist whose career includes supporting U.S. Army Special Operations Forces, the Defense…

  • Protecting the Congregation: What to Do When a Threat Comes to Church

    October 9, 2026 · 30 min

    What would you do if someone opened fire outside your church? Would you recognize signs of a potential threat? And if your children were in Sunday school when an emergency started, would you know how they were being protected? In this…

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  • October 7th: The Enemy You Think You Know

    October 7, 2026 · 24 min

    October 7th was not simply an intelligence failure. Israel had warning, surveillance, military power, and years of experience watching Hamas. What it lost was enough doubt about whether its own assumptions could be wrong. In this episode…

  • What’s on My Reading List

    October 6, 2026 · 12 min

    I’m doing something a little different on The Watch Floor and sharing what is currently on my reading list. I’m reading Rooftop Korean by Tony Moon now, a firsthand account of the 1992 Los Angeles riots and what happened when communities…

  • The Expert Is the Target

    October 2, 2026 · 15 min

    On September 17, the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency released its annual report on foreign efforts to acquire sensitive U.S. technology from the cleared defense industrial base. DCSA received more than 22,000…

  • U.S. Commandos Join the Raid in Ecuador

    September 30, 2026 · 8 min

    Before dawn on September 24, Ecuadorian police launched a major counter-narcotics operation against a cocaine-trafficking network. More than 320 Ecuadorian police took part, but this raid was different. About 50 personnel from U.S…

  • The FBI Breach Is a Counterintelligence Problem

    September 29, 2026 · 16 min

    The FBI is investigating a breach tied to FBIJobs.gov and the possible exposure of employee personally identifiable information. Hackers connected to ShinyHunters claim they stole terabytes of data covering current and former FBI…

  • The UVU After-Action Report: Lessons in Protective Security

    September 28, 2026 · 16 min

    Utah Valley University released its independent after-action report on September 25, 2026, examining the September 10, 2025 assassination of Charlie Kirk. The report identifies a number of security failures, but the biggest lesson is…

  • See Something, Say Something: What to Look For

    September 25, 2026 · 25 min

    Writing “See something, say something” leaves out the hardest part: what are you actually looking for? In this episode of The Watch Floor, Sarah Adams explains the behaviors that can appear before an attack, from repeated surveillance and…

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About the show

She hunted the world’s most dangerous terrorists. Now, former CIA Targeter Sarah Adams breaks down global news and emerging threats, helping everyday people stay informed. prepared, and ready.