Why Russia "Hacks" Elections: A Spy's-Eye View
The U.S. is in the grips of spy-mania in the aftermath of Russia's interference in the 2016 election that has made President Trump's 2016 el...
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Intelligence Matters
In Intelligence Matters, former acting Director of the CIA Michael Morell, speaks with top leaders of the U.S. intelligence community as they reflect on their life, career and the critical r...
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The Tom Cotton You Don't Know
Republican U.S. Senator and Army veteran Tom Cotton is often described as a hawkish conservative for taking a hardline stance on issues like...
"We the People": On the Constitution's Relevance Today
In this episode of Intelligence Matters, Michael Morell talks to constitutional scholar Geoff Stone on constitutional interpretation and its...
A Family's Fight to Reverse America's Opioid Crisis
In this special episode of Intelligence Matters, Michael Morell speaks with retired U.S. Navy Admiral James "Sandy" Winnefeld about a non-tr...
Secret Artifacts: A journey through the world's most secretive museum
For two decades, Toni Hiley has curated artifacts for the world's most secretive agency. In a rare public interview, Hiley takes us on a jou...
PDDNI on Intelligence, Leadership, and Fallen Officers
The U.S. intelligence community's second-in-command, Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Sue Gordon talks to Michael Morell a...
Chris Johnson on the U.S.-China relationship
The U.S. relationship with China is arguably one of the most strategically important, as highlighted by the Trump administration calling Chi...
Terry Roberts on cyber-crime: evolution, variant nature and countering the threat
Cybercrime is one the fastest-growing and most lucrative areas of crime. Former Deputy Director of U.S. Naval Intelligence Terry Roberts, is...
Congressman Adam Schiff on the Russia Probe
The House Intelligence Committee's top Democratic member, Congressman Adam Schiff talks to Michael about the investigation of Russia's alleg...
Philip Gordon on the brewing crisis in the Middle East
Leading international relations expert Philip Gordon, helps decipher the complexities in the Middle East: the actions and motives of major p...
Spy vs. Spy: Mark Kelton on Cold War intrigue and treason
Former CIA Counterintelligence Chief Mark Kelton talks to Michael Morell about his years working in Cold War outposts, how the U.S.-Russia a...
Robert Cardillo on the NGA's role in the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound
In this week's episode of Intelligence Matter's Michael speaks with Robert Cardillo, the Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Ag...
Pedro Burelli on what's behind the crisis in Venezuela
On this episode of Intelligence Matters, Michael Morell talks with Pedro Burelli, a former member of the Executive Board of Petróleos de Ven...
Michèle Flournoy on Major U.S. Foreign Policy Crises
In this special episode of Intelligence Matters, Michael Morell speaks with former U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Michèle Flour...
Laura Rosenberger on Rising within the National Security Ranks
In this week's episode of Intelligence Matters, former Acting Director of the CIA Michael Morell speaks to Laura Rosenberger, a name that ma...
Former DNI Iran Mission Manager Norman Roule on the Iran Nuclear Deal
The DNI's former Iran Mission Manager, Norman Roule was the leading specialist responsible for integrating collection and analysis on Iran a...
Executive Editor Kim Dozier talks about dedicating her life to journalism
On this week's episode of Intelligence Matters, former acting CIA Director Michael Morell talks with Kimberly Dozier. Dozier was a CBS corre...
President Obama's Chief of Staff Denis McDonough reflects on Family, Values, Lessons learned and a Life in Public Service
In this week's episode of Intelligence Matters, former White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough talks about his view of American exception...
Former National Security Advisor Tom Donilon looks back on his Career
In this week's episode of Intelligence Matters, former acting Director of the CIA Michael Morell speaks with former National Security Adviso...
Ambassador Joseph DeTrani talks about the Escalating Crisis with North Korea
This week we have a special episode of Intelligence Matters with Michael Morell , in which, The Cipher Brief expert Ambassador Joseph DeTran...