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The DSR Network

Panetta’s Regret

The DSR Network

Chris Cotnoir

Government

4.51.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Former CIA Director and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta was praised in a multitude of articles and broadcasts marking the 10th anniversary of the elimination of Osama Bin Laden earlier this month. But in an hour long interview with Jeff Stein, he described a major failing of US intelligence during his watch. Listen to it here.  Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/deepstateradio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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SpyTalk, a podcast at the intersection of intelligence,

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foreign policy, national security, and military operations

0:24.0

with Jeff Stein and Jean Miserve.

0:28.0

Hi, I'm Jeff Stein.

0:31.0

And I'm Jean Miserve.

0:33.0

We're devoting the entire SpyTalk podcast this week

0:36.0

to my interview with Leon Peneva.

0:39.0

He's had an extraordinarily broad and deep career in Washington,

0:43.0

first as a congressman,

0:45.0

later as a budget director in the White House,

0:48.0

chief of staff to President Clinton,

0:51.0

and of course CIA director and secretary of defense.

0:56.0

And you guys cover the globe in this conversation

0:59.0

from Afghanistan to Iran, China, Russia, cyber,

1:03.0

election interference, you talked about it all.

1:06.0

Yeah, there was a lot of stuff in that 55 minutes.

1:10.0

Of course, the pinnacle of his career

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