NYPD's Counterterrorism Chief on Today's Terror Threats

Intelligence Matters

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🗓️ 4 December 2018

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

In this week's episode of Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell speaks with John Miller, Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence and Counterterrorism at the New York Police Department. In a wide-ranging conversation, Miller reflects on his career spanning journalism, public affairs and operations roles at some of the country's top law enforcement and intelligence agencies. Miller discusses his 1998, in-person interview with Osama bin Laden and live reporting after the 2001 September 11th attacks. He also tells Morell about the NYPD's intelligence and analysis efforts and weighs in on the threats posed by extremist groups like Al-Qaeda and ISIS today.

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0:07.4	Hi, I'm Lindsay Graham, the host of Wondries Podcast American Scandal.
0:11.6	Our newest series looks at the Kids for Cash Scandal, a story about two judges who stood
0:16.5	accused of making millions of dollars in a brazen scheme that shattered the lives of countless
0:21.4	children.
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0:27.9	Intelligence is the Intelligence Matters Podcast with former acting director of the CIA,
0:32.5	Michael Morell, sponsored by Raytheon.
0:36.8	The Intelligence Encounter Terrorism Bureau are two separate bureaus that are connected
0:41.3	at the hip.
0:42.3	Intelligence is about just that, intelligence, analysis, and then prevention.
0:48.4	The Counter Terrorism Bureau, they pick up where Intel leaves off, so they start with
0:52.7	intelligence prevention, but then it goes to preparedness and response.
0:59.6	Sometimes the terrorism isn't really about the terrorism.
1:04.0	It's about my life's unraveling.
1:06.3	And ten years ago, twenty years ago, I might have just gone and jumped off a bridge, but
1:10.9	now I can rewrite my story.
1:13.2	I was some kind of martyr, some kind of hero.
1:15.5	I did it for a cause, and by the way, Michael, this transcends Islamic extremism, right-wing
1:21.1	extremism.
1:25.1	The Terrorist threat today to New York City.
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