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Intelligence Matters

Remembering 9/11 Part 3: Winston Wiley

Intelligence Matters

CBS News

(154991), News, Cbs, Politics, Government

4.63.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In the third installment of our special limited series Intelligence Matters Presents: Remembering 9/11, host Michael Morell speaks with Winston Wiley, the CIA's most senior analyst on 9/11, about his experience on that day. Wiley and Morell discuss the CIA's pre-9/11 focus on al Qaeda how the agency immediately surged resources to counterterrorism efforts after the attacks occurred. They also discuss recent developments in Afghanistan, including the Taliban's takeover of Kabul.  

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0:00.0

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

0:06.6

Brought to you by Lockheed Martin.

0:08.7

Your mission is ours.

0:11.0

We'd been worried about Al-Qaeda as a crew back to the middle of the previous decade as

0:19.8

they grew.

0:20.8

While I was still in CTC, the creation of virtual stations to manage the effort against

0:27.0

Al-Qaeda, I think, was the beginning of a large and growing effort.

0:32.2

It was, by far, the largest effort for the center, not as large as the effort that we

0:38.2

devoted to some nation-state issues that changed after 9-11.

0:42.1

It was a big effort, but not the most substantial one.

0:45.0

Perhaps 9-11 that changed.

0:50.8

This is the third in a series of episodes we are producing to commemorate the 20th anniversary

0:55.8

of 9-11.

0:57.5

In this series, we are interviewing a number of people about where they were, what they

1:01.0

did, and what they saw on 9-11.

1:04.0

Our guest today is Winston Weile.

1:05.8

A career CIA officer who on 9-11 was CIA's deputy director of intelligence, the person

1:11.7

in charge of all the agency's analysis.

1:14.9

We'll be right back with that discussion after a word from our sponsor.

1:18.9

I'm Michael Morrell, and this is an episode in a special series of intelligence matters

1:23.6

remembering 9-11.

1:26.3

If anything has got a chance of solving the world's problems, it's science and technology,

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