Kristen Wood, former chief of the Iraq Terrorism Branch at the CIA, Emil Knockely, a CIA analyst with expertise in political Islam, and Luis Rueta, former chief of the Iraq operations group at the CIA, delve into the intricacies of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. They discuss intelligence failures and confirmation bias that misled pre-invasion assessments. The trio also highlights the manipulation of data used in public discourse and the chaotic aftermath of the invasion, emphasizing the urgent need for lessons learned in intelligence and policy-making.
