Restructuring the CIA in a Time of Peril

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With Jack Devine, Charlotte Florance, William Tobey, Andy McCarthy

JACK DEVINE, former Acting Director and Associate Director of the CIA’s operations outside the U.S. and author of “Good Hunting! An American Spymaster’s Story”:

• Actionable intelligence: the lifeblood of national security and counterterrorism
• Thoughts on the restructuring of the CIA and the perils of groupthink
• Advantages of “the American Dream” in intelligence matters
• Why the invasion of Ukraine reminded America of perils outside of the Middle East

CHARLOTTE FLORANCE, Research Associate for Economic Freedom in Africa and the Middle East at the Heritage Foundation:

• The losing race to contain the Boko Haram threat within Nigeria
• AFRICOM’s strained relationship with the Nigerian government
• U.S. State Department support for General Buhari in the Nigerian presidential race
• Al-Shabaab’s use of Somali-Americans to wage jihad against the West

WILLIAM TOBEY, former Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation at the National Nuclear Security Administration:

• The problem with negotiations focusing solely on Iran’s overt nuclear program
• The vital role played by the IAEA and the Iranian opposition in disclosing Iran’s covert nuclear sites and progress in developing nuclear weapons technology
• Why America’s nuclear deterrent matters, particularly amidst the potential nuclear arms race in the Middle East
• Pros and cons of the U.S. Senate’s letter to Iran

ANDY McCARTHY, former federal prosecutor:

• National security implications of “email-gate”
• Potential ties of Hillary Clinton’s former State Department Deputy Chief of Staff Huma Abedin to the controversial private email use story
• The bipartisan, lackluster approach to the Benghazi investigation
• A need for a potential Iran deal to face scrutiny from both chambers of Congress