#63: Intelligence Failures
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2017
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
News about the FBI has been accelerating over the last week, but there’s still so much we don’t know. Who is responsible for the intelligence failures, the Trump administration, the FBI, or someone else entirely? And how should we judge the last few weeks stand when considering the history of the FBI? Hosts Maria Hinojosa and Julio Ricardo Varela lead a discussion with former FBI agent Mike German.
Plus, a check-in with Wajahat Ali about the terror attack in Manchester and President Trump’s Middle East trip.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of In Thethick is brought to you by 1,800 Flowers. |
| 0:04.0 | If somebody complained, they would say, okay, you come out of there. |
| 0:08.0 | But if an agent didn't complain, they were allowed to stay and participate in the abuse. |
| 0:13.0 | Hey, welcome to In Thethick. |
| 0:17.0 | This is a podcast about politics, race and culture from a POC perspective. |
| 0:21.0 | I'm Maria Injosa. And I I'm Julio Rico-Doberella. |
| 0:24.6 | And joining us here in our Harlem studio, he's back again. |
| 0:29.8 | Mike German, a former FBI agent who has become a sort of regular on the show, because, well, we couldn't |
| 0:36.0 | think of anyone better to help shed light on everything that's happening in the Federal Bureau |
| 0:39.7 | Investigations because, oh my God! |
| 0:42.4 | So we're going to talk all about the inner workings of the FBI later on in the episode. |
| 0:46.0 | But before we get into the conversation, a quick check-in with one of our favorite contributors. |
| 0:51.0 | My co-host Julio called up our friend Wajahat Ali. |
| 0:57.2 | Hey Waj! |
| 0:58.1 | Julio! Where are you at? Where are you going from? I'm calling you from my bedroom in Virginia and trying to hide my two babies so we |
| 1:06.0 | can avoid that CNN incident where the economist was embarrassed but it was endearing. |
| 1:10.6 | The BBC one? No BBC one yes, so this is literally me in my |
| 1:14.9 | pyjamas because it took a shower holding the door closed with my elbow, praying to |
| 1:19.9 | God that the kids don't burst in, but doing it for you. |
| 1:22.6 | So listen, I wanted to call you up this morning to get your thoughts on Trump's Middle East |
| 1:27.0 | trip, but that was before Monday night's attack on in Manchester, England, right? |
| 1:31.6 | So there's already a report that ISIS has claimed responsibility, |
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