
368 | Thom Shanker: Welcome to the Age of Danger - New Superpowers, New Weapons, and New Threats
The Realignment
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The Importance of Stewardship in the War on Terror
The CIA director ahead of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, knows the country as well as anyone. Director Burns is somebody who used intelligence through his long and distinguished State Department career. So I think he has this fingertip sense of how to use intelligence. And I also think that Ukraine and the Russian invasion was a smaller target to keep an eye on than global terrorism. Even before 9 11, it was a surprise. But there were lots of people who had been studying Al Qaeda and knew who bin Laden was. Maybe most Americans didn't but there were people who knew something was coming.
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