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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