Journalist and Former Marine Elliot Ackerman
Intelligence Matters
CBS News
4.6 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 September 2022
⏱️ 39 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
In this episode of Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell speaks with Journalist and Former Marine Elliot Ackerman about his new book The Fifth Act: America's End in Afghanistan. Ackerman reflects on the impact of the war in Afghanistan for a generation of veterans. He discusses the constructs the United States built in order to sustain the war on terror and how he believes the veterans of the war should be memorialized.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | This is Intelligence Matters with former acting director of the CIA, Michael Morel, |
| 0:06.0 | brought to you by Palantir Technologies, Foundational Software of Tomorrow, delivered today. |
| 0:13.0 | In the legislation that would authorize this war memorial, I would have a provision to that at its bottom, |
| 0:19.0 | wherever that last name was, there would be a desk and a pen. |
| 0:25.0 | And by law, that pen would be the only pen by which the President of the United States could sign a deployment order for troops. |
| 0:34.0 | And so he or she would have to come down or they wanted to send troops to a new country that would have to sign it right there at that desk after having walked by all the names of America's war dead. |
| 0:44.0 | And that would be our single American war memorial. |
| 0:47.0 | Elliot Ackerman is a former United States Marine, a former CIA paramilitary officer, a journalist, a novelist, and the author of an amazing new book, the Fifth Act, America's End in Afghanistan. |
| 1:06.0 | He joins us today to talk about that book and we'll be right back with that discussion after a word from our sponsor. |
| 1:12.0 | I'm Michael Morel and this is Intelligence Matters. |
| 1:16.0 | I'm CBS News Business Analyst, Jill Slesinger. |
| 1:19.0 | If you want your money to go further and work harder for you, you probably need to talk to an expert at FASTAWELT. |
| 1:27.0 | Every advisor at FASTAWT is a certified financial planner and a fiduciary. |
| 1:33.0 | And that means they have the best training and more importantly, these folks are legally bound to do what's in your best interest. |
| 1:41.0 | They go beyond just the retirement savings investment strategies that you can probably get for free anywhere online. |
| 1:47.0 | Professionals of FASTAWT provide impartial advice around everything that your money touches. |
| 1:52.0 | New benefits, new home, tax strategies, and they do it all for a clear fixed fee. |
| 1:58.0 | Call 888-598-3966 for two months free off your first year financial planning. |
| 2:03.0 | That's 888-598-3966. |
| 2:06.0 | FASTAWELT is an SEC registered investment advisor. This is not investment legal or tax advice. |
| 2:12.0 | Two months free offer is only valid for an annual fee paid at the time of signing. |
| 2:17.0 | So Elliot, thanks for joining us and congratulations on your new book, the fifth act, America's End in Afghanistan. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from CBS News, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of CBS News and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.