The Team House cover image

Legacy of Ashes: The Secret History of the CIA | Tim Weiner | Ep. 167

The Team House

00:00

CIA - The Greatest General Who Has Ever Serviced the United States

Kennan became the first person who ran the policy planning division of newly created State Department. He told George Marshall, the Secretary of Defense, Jim Forestall, that the CIA needed to become a paramilitary operation. Kennan supported the idea that not only should there be a CIA, but that the CIA should have a clandestine operations division "to fight fire with fire," he said.

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app