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Intelligence Matters

Former CIA Deputy Directors on Life Inside the Agency

Intelligence Matters

CBS News

Politics, News, Government

4.73.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2019

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell speaks with David Cohen and Avril Haines, who both served as deputy directors of the CIA during the Obama administration. They discuss with Morell, who was also a deputy director, the demands of the role - including preparing for the Presidential Daily Brief and how it compared to their previous experiences in the U.S. government. They also assess the responsibility of CIA directors to appear and speak publicly, contrasting current director Gina Haspel's relatively low profile with former director John Brennan's choice to be outspoken.

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0:07.4

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0:11.6

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0:21.4

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0:22.4

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0:27.9

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

0:32.8

Morel, sponsored by Raytheon.

0:37.0

The thing that I found sort of exhilarating was the sort of honest dedication.

0:42.8

I wish people could see what was going on in this meeting or they could see how these

0:47.4

people are going about, you know, mapping out this operation that going to undertake.

0:52.8

You know, you can't talk to a lot of people about your job.

0:56.7

You end up feeling as if you can share really only to people who understand it within the

1:01.6

agency and that that's a strength and a weakness in some respects.

1:05.2

Yes.

1:06.2

Every special question for you, you were the first female deputy director, Gina's the

1:13.0

first female director.

1:15.0

Tell people why that's important and why that matters.

1:17.6

I undervalue the degree to which seeing women and a variety of different styles and approaches

1:24.6

to leadership meant to younger women who are coming up through the ranks and who can

1:29.8

say to themselves, you know, that somebody I could be that, you know, I can be the director.

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