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at CS.JhU. edu slash MSSI. Hello and welcome to Spycaste from the Secret Files of the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C.

I'm Peter Ernest, the Executive Director of the Museum. I served for some 36 years in the Central

Intelligence Agency largely as what is called an operations officer or case officer.

Every month we'll be bringing you interesting talks with visitors, with authors, with others who have something to do with the world of intelligence and espionage.

My guest today is Mel Goodman.

Mel is a person of considerable experience in this town as a seasoned analyst.

For many, many years, he was one of the most senior analysts on the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

He served many years in the Central Intelligence Agency and the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence

and Research and in the Department of Defense.

He was also a professor at the National War College for almost 20 years.

So Mel, we're absolutely delighted to have you here and very much look forward to hearing your views on some of the issues confronting us today.

Thank you, Peter. It's good to be here.

Mel, I think, and I'm going to pick up right away with your most recent book, which is failure of intelligence,

which is the decline and fall of the CIA.

And this is an issue I know you felt strongly about for some time.

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