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Intelligence Matters

Bonus Pod: The Global National Security Implications of COVID-19

Intelligence Matters

CBS News

(154991), News, Cbs, Politics, Government

4.63.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In this bonus episode of Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell offers an in-depth analysis of seven potential national security consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. He describes, among other factors, the possible effects of a prolonged financial crisis, of growing political instability, of escalating conflict in global hotspots, of the threat of a reconstitution of ISIS, and of the consequences of sustained tension in the US-China relationship. He also discusses the role of the United States in navigating an expected period of global turbulence. 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:05.6

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0:08.8

This is Intelligence Matters with former acting director of the CIA, Michael Morel.

0:13.9

Brought to you by Lockheed Martin.

0:16.1

Your mission is ours.

0:18.1

The COVID-19 outbreak is of course killing people in large numbers and ravaging our economy,

0:24.3

but it is also bringing with it the potential for significant national security challenges.

0:29.3

We've talked to former deputy director and acting director of CIA John McLaughlin about

0:33.3

those challenges on a podcast just two weeks ago, but today I wanted to share my own thoughts

0:38.0

with you on that question.

0:39.8

I'm Michael Morel, and this is a bonus episode of Intelligence Matters.

0:43.6

We'll be right back in a moment.

0:50.1

On a cold night in 2010, a boy is stopped by the police while walking home from a party

0:54.9

in the Bronx.

0:55.9

He's only 16.

0:57.6

He's been stopped by the police before, but this time is different.

1:01.7

In a special four-part series, the Generation Y podcast unravels the story of Khalif

1:06.6

Browder, a young boy who was falsely accused of stealing a backpack and held without bail

1:11.6

at Reikers Island for three years.

1:14.2

He endured regular abuse by prison staff and inmates and was held in solitary confinement

1:19.4

for more than 700 consecutive days.

1:22.5

Three years later, Khalif was released, never having stood trial.

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