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WMD Risks in Ukraine: Former Senior CIA Operations Officer Rolf Mowatt-Larssen

Intelligence Matters

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(154991), News, Cbs, Politics, Government

4.63.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell speaks with former senior CIA operations officer and senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center Rolf Mowatt-Larssen about Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, the prospect of Russia using weapons of mass destruction, and the likelihood of a near-term political solution to the crisis. Mowatt-Larssen, who spent a significant part of his career in Moscow and dealt with WMD terror threats after 9/11, outlines some of Putin's most significant miscalculations, his efforts to control domestic narratives within Russia, and the internal fissures that the Ukraine conflict has laid bare. Mowatt-Larssen also offers insights into how the war - and potential political solutions - may proceed from here. 

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0:00.0

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

0:06.4

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0:12.1

I think it's very important that we get the world community united,

0:19.6

including the Chinese, if it's possible, to set a standard that the use of any form of WMD

0:26.3

in this war is simply not acceptable. And that in the event that Vladimir Putin escalates to use

0:33.7

WMD, he would lose all support in the world, even from the very few countries today, such as China,

0:39.9

and India to some extent, who are that are supporting him.

0:46.1

Rothmawart Larsen was a career CIA operations officer who focused on the Soviet Union and Russia.

0:51.6

He was the former head of intelligence and counterintelligence at the Department of Energy,

0:56.7

and the former head of the Intelligence Project at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center.

1:01.5

He joins me today to talk about where the Ukraine crisis might be heading.

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