SpyTalk Intelligence Tricks, from Covert to Overt Covert Ops
Feb 25, 2023
Loch Johnson, intelligence expert and former aide to the Church Committee, discusses oversight of intel agencies, political weaponization of intel, lack of oversight in the CIA's torture program, impact of polarization on intelligence oversight, existence of the 'deep state', flawed intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and CIA satellites' role in environmental monitoring.
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
Covert Action: The Hidden Side of American Foreign Policy
01:31 • 19min
The CIA's Torture Program: Lack of Oversight and Misguided Measures
20:12 • 3min
The Impact of Polarization on Intelligence Oversight
23:23 • 2min
The Concept of the Deep State and its Reality
25:28 • 2min
The Flawed Intelligence on Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction
27:41 • 10min
Insights into CIA Satellites and Environmental Monitoring
37:29 • 2min