In this episode of Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell speaks with former senior CIA operations officer Marc Polymeropoulos, who retired from the agency in June after nearly three decades of service in a number of overseas posts. Polymeropoulos discusses the training he received at CIA, the art of recruiting and running assets, and the value of human spies. He discusses some of his assignments while overseas and addresses questions about politics and morale at the agency. Morell and Polymeropoulos also discuss the intelligence implications of the Trump administration’s decision to pull U.S. forces out of Syria.
Stanford Professor and Author Amy Zegart
CIA's Former Deputy Director for Science and Technology Dawn Meyerriecks
State Department Counselor Derek Chollet on Top Foreign Policy Challenges
Applying Cold War Lessons to Great Power Competition: Historian Hal Brands
Michael Morell on the Top Global Threats in 2022
"Best Of" Intelligence Matters: Clarissa Ward
"Best Of" Intelligence Matters: Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Former CIA Operations Officer Turned Novelist Jim Lawler
China's Ambitions: Graham Allison, Hal Brands and Ketian Zhang
Dealing with the Taliban: Former Afghanistan Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad
National Cyber Director Chris Inglis on Stemming Cyber Threats
Defense Intelligence Agency Director LTG Scott Berrier on Global Threats
Former Defense Secretary and CIA Director Leon Panetta on Top Security Threats
Escalating Tensions with Tehran: Iran Expert Norman Roule
Putin's Russia: Former Ambassador Michael McFaul
The Syria Conflict: Former CIA Analyst David McCloskey
CIA Chief Historian David Robarge on Pivotal Global Events
Hayden Center Panel on Intelligence and War in Afghanistan
The Insurrectionist Movement in the United States: Professor Robert Pape
Michael Morell on 9/11, the CIA and Afghanistan: Part 2
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