I'm Jason Kander.

This is Majority 54, a podcast that helps the 54% of us who didn't vote for Trump, talk

to those who did about the most divisive issues in our country, all by having conversations

with real people experiencing these issues in their everyday lives and sharing their story.

I want to thank everyone who has subscribed and rated the show.

I've read every single comment on Facebook and Twitter and in the iTunes store and I appreciate

all of them.

And thanks to all of you, this is so cool.

Majority 54 debuted at number one on the National Podcast charts.

Yo, we beat Oprah.

Not that it matters, but she did not call the conceit.

Today I'm introducing you to former CIA officer AJ Twomboy for insight on the Trump

Administration's campaign against the American intelligence community.

So the president does a lot of talking about them, about the intelligence community, and

they don't get to answer back.

And as a former Army intelligence officer myself, I know how his rhetoric makes me feel.

And I thought it would be interesting if we talk to a non-military individual in intelligence

to see how they view the current environment.

So AJ and I sat down at O'Hara's Restaurant in Pub.

It's a bar across from the World Trade Center in New York City.

I picked O'Hara's because on the first anniversary of 9-11, after all the ceremonies, firefighters

and police officers from all over the country gathered at O'Hara's to reminisce.

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