The Shawn Ryan Show

#280 Sarah Adams - If China Isn’t the #1 Threat… Then Who Is?

February 16, 2026·3h 4m·7-min readconversationalpolitics
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A detailed and alarming discussion unfolds between host Shawn Ryan and counterterrorism expert Sarah Adams, covering a range of national security threats including a suspected Al-Qaeda-led homeland plot, FBI inaction, U.S. funding of the Taliban, compromised intelligence dissemination, and

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Sarah Adams

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Sarah AdamsShawn RyanKhameneiJoe KentSebastian Gorka

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FBICIATalibanAl-QaedaISIS

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Criminal JusticeForeign PolicyGeopoliticsInvestigative JournalismLong Form JournalismUs Politics

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