Defense Intelligence in the 21st Century: An Interview with Former DIA Director Michael Flynn

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🗓️ 9 February 2016

⏱️ 64 minutes

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SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with LTG (Ret) Michael Flynn, the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency from 2012-2014. Houghton and Flynn discuss the challenges DIA has faced in the last several decades, including the sharp transitions from the Soviet threat to the asymmetrical threats of the modern day. They also discuss the ways DIA, and the IC as a whole, must adapt to meet the uncertainty of the future. For information about LTG Flynn’s upcoming book, visit http://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250106223.

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1:06.0	That's spycloud.com slash cyberwire and we thank spy cloud for sponsoring our show. Hi and welcome to Spycast. From the Secret Files of the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C.
1:33.3	I'm Dr. Vince Houghton, the Museum's historian and curator.
1:37.0	Every week, the museum brings you interesting conversations with authors, scholars,
1:41.8	and practitioners who live in the world of global espionage.
1:46.6	Join us as we take a closer look at the secret world of intelligence.
1:51.6	We are joined today by Lieutenant General Michael Flynn, who after graduating from college in R2C in 1981 was commissioned a second lieutenant in military intelligence.
2:00.0	His first assignment was as a paratrooper for the 82nd Airborne Division.
2:03.6	Since then he served in a variety of command and staff positions to include the commander of the 313th
2:08.6	military intelligence battalion and G2 the 82nd Airborne Division, also G2 the 18th Airborne Corps, the CJ2 of the combined
2:16.6	Joint Task Force 180 Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, the commander of the
2:20.8	111th Military Intelligence Brigade at the Army's Intelligence Center,
2:24.0	the Director of Intelligence Joint Special Operations Command with Duty in Operation
2:28.0	Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
2:30.0	The Director of Intelligence, the United States Central Command, with duty in OEEF and OIF, the Director of Intelligence, the United States Central Command with Duty in OEEF and OIF,
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