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What is the CIA For? (Tim Weiner)

Conflict of Interest by Kevin Ellis

Mar 21, 202644:15Society & Culture

The Pulitzer Prize winner discusses his new book about the role of the CIA since 9-11. What should they be doing? What are they getting wrong? It turns out that CIA is really bad at some things - torture and running pris...

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What is the CIA For? (Tim Weiner) is an episode from Conflict of Interest by Kevin Ellis. The Pulitzer Prize winner discusses his new book about the role of the CIA since 9-11. What should they be doing? What are they getting wrong? It turn...

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Published Mar 21, 2026, 44:15 long, audio available.

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The Pulitzer Prize winner discusses his new book about the role of the CIA since 9-11. What should they be doing? What are they getting wrong? It turns out that CIA is really bad at some things - torture and running prisons around the world. They are fairly good at other things - namely espionage and intelligence. And Weiner ends with a straight-up warning about the perils of making the CIA a play toy for Donald Trump.

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Published Mar 21, 2026 and 44:15 long