In this episode of Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell speaks with Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), the current chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. Rep. Smith, who has served on the committee for over two decades, discusses the work of overseeing the U.S. military and the late-stage negotiations of the annual National Defense Authorization Act. He and Morell also discuss near- and long-term strategic challenges for the Pentagon, including threats from Russia, China, Iran and North Korea, as well as those stemming from artificial intelligence, quantum computing and hypersonic weapons.
Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) on Biden's National Security Team
Ambassador Ronald Neumann on Reducing Troops in Afghanistan
DECLASSIFIED: Former CIA Officer on the Anniversary of the First American Casualty in Afghanistan
North Korea's Impending Threat of Provocation: Korea Expert Sue Mi Terry
The State of the U.S.-China Rivalry: Harvard Professor Graham Allison
Lieutenant General (Ret.) H.R. McMaster on Post-Election Foreign Policy
Foreign Interference in the 2020 Election: Former FBI Special Agent Clint Watts
DECLASSIFIED: Former CIA Analyst Kristin Wood on Post 9/11 Briefings
MBS and the Future of Saudi Arabia: Journalists Bradley Hope and Justin Scheck
Former CIA Director John Brennan on the Ethics of Intelligence & Challenges to Democracy
Former Daily Intelligence Briefer David Priess on the Past and Future of the PDB
Biden Foreign Policy Advisor Antony Blinken on Top Global Challenges
DECLASSIFIED: Ret. Adm. Bill McRaven and Michael Morell on the Raid on Osama bin Laden's Compound
Historian Hal Brands on COVID-19's Effect on World Order
Former CIA Analyst Rodney Faraon on Transferring Skills Beyond Government
DECLASSIFIED: Former CIA Officer Daniel Hoffman on the Hunt for the "Russian Ten"
Senior NSA Official Anne Neuberger on Cyber and Election Threats
The National Security Implications of Climate Change: Environmentalist Bill McKibben
DECLASSIFIED: Former FBI Agent Bradley Garrett on the Global Manhunt for Mir Aimal Kansi
Author Robert Draper on What Led the U.S. to War in Iraq
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