Hayden Center Panel on Intelligence and War in Afghanistan

Intelligence Matters

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🗓️ 6 October 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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In this episode of Intelligence Matters, CBS News Intelligence and National Security Reporter Olivia Gazis interviews three top former intelligence officials about the past, present and future of U.S. engagement in Afghanistan. Panelists Michael Morell, former CIA deputy director and Intelligence Matters host, Michael Vickers, former Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence and CIA operations officer, and Philip Reilly, former Chief of Operations at CIA’s Counterterrorism Center and Kabul station chief, each weigh in on the implications of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the future of the counterterrorism mission in the region. This episode was produced in partnership with the Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy, and International Security at George Mason University's Schar School of Policy and Government

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0:00.0	This is Intelligence Matters with former acting director of the CIA, Michael Morel.
0:06.5	Brought to you by Palantir Technologies, Foundational Software of Tomorrow, delivered today.
0:12.4	Afghanistan has dominated the news for weeks, and many of you are listeners have asked us to do an episode on the issue.
0:20.6	So today we're bringing you a conversation that I was involved in at the Michael V. Hayden Center at George Mason University
0:27.2	with two other former intelligence community officers, Mike Vickers and Phil Riley, both previous guests on our show.
0:34.3	The discussion was moderated by our producer Olivia Gazzis.
0:38.0	We'll be right back with that discussion. I'm Michael Morel, and this is Intelligence Matters.
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1:46.4	Gentlemen, thank you so much for being here and welcome. Let's spend just a few minutes again on the past,
1:54.8	starting at the final stages of the Cold War and Mike Vickers, I will start with you.
2:00.8	As Larry mentioned, you were an integral part of the CIA covert action program that supported the
2:05.6	Mujahideen and the anti-communist resistance movement, which ultimately drove the Soviets from Afghanistan.
2:11.6	At the time, a very meaningful victory, but had some tragic consequences for Afghanistan,
2:17.6	which descended into civil war and for the United States, which ultimately witnessed the horrors of 9-11.
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