This is CBS, I on the World. I'm John Batson. That is McCarer, my colleague and friend from American

Greatness is here, as my co-host, as we discuss, a piece in the tablet by Lee Smith,

distinguished observer of these last years of turmoil in Washington.

The establishment challenged, the establishment vindicated, the establishment rejected.

All of those things happen simultaneously.

Quantum history in Washington.

This particular detail requires you to understand the Office of the Director of

National Intelligence, the U.S. Army we know, but the Charles Koch-backed defense priorities

policy shop and a man named Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Davis, U.S. Army retired.

Lee, a very good evening to you. Mr. Davis, Daniel Davis, U.S. Army retired. Lee, a very good evening to you.

Mr. Davis, Colonel Davis, was contending for the number three post at the Office of Director of National Intelligence, the D.DMI.

What does that mean?

What did he imagine himself before he was, well, he was not successful.

Good evening, too.

Good evening, John.

Thank you.

DDMI, that's the deputy director for mission integration.

And the top responsibility really of the person in that post at the Office of Director of National Intelligence

is to assemble the presidential daily briefing.

And as I note in the article, that's one of the, that is the most sensitive and most important

intelligence product done by our intelligence community because it's for America's number one

customer of intelligence and that's the president of the United States. So this person,

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