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Adam Schiff wants to "reset" the House Intelligence Committee Updated on: March 3, 2021 / 6:48 AM / CBS News In this episode of Intelligence Matters, in partnership with the Hayden Center, host Michael Morell talks with House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff about the politicization of intelligence and the need to "reset" the committee. Schiff details his support of a thorough review to investigate the Solar Winds hack and urges the intelligence community to address the chall...

Nick Warners life and career in the Australian Secret Intelligence Service Updated on: February 24, 2021 / 7:13 AM / CBS News In this episode of  Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell interviews one of the worlds top intelligence officials from down under, Nick Warner. Warner has held senior positions in Australias diplomatic service, its defense ministry and intelligence services. He also served as the director of Australias equivalent to the CIA, the Australian Secret Intelligenc...

The women who fought against ISIS — an unusual experiment in womens equality Updated on: February 18, 2021 / 4:56 PM / CBS News In this podcast episode of Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell welcomes Gayle Tzemach Lemmon to discuss her new book  The Daughters of Kobani. She tells the story of the Womens Protection Unit (YPJ) and its fight against ISIS alongside American forces. It is, Lemmon says, the most far-reaching experiment in womens equality in the least likely place in ...

Nonproliferation expert warns leaders arent focused on nuclear weapons threat February 3, 2021 / 6:00 AM / CBS News In this episode of  Intelligence Matters, Michael Morell speaks with Lynn Rusten, vice president of the Nuclear Threat Initiative and leader of the Global Nuclear Policy Program, about the state of nuclear proliferation in the world. Rusten warns that experts arent focused on the existential threat of nuclear weapons, weighs in on current nuclear treaties and argues that b...

Trumps national security failures and successes Updated on: January 27, 2021 / 6:51 AM / CBS News In this episode of  Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell interviews Foundation for Defense of Democracies officers John Hannah and David Adesnik. Together, the co-editors have just published a compilation of essays entitled "From Trump to Biden: The Way Forward for U.S. National Security." Hannah and Adesnik point out their concerns about where the nations national security stands tod...

West Point biochemist warns about threat of bioweapons Updated on: January 20, 2021 / 9:11 AM / CBS News In this episode of  Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell speaks with Dr. Ken Wickiser, a biochemist and associate dean of research at U.S. Military Academy West Point, about his piece "Engineered Pathogens and Unnatural Biological Weapons: The Future Threat of Synthetic Biology." Wickiser describes the growing influence of synthetic biology and what can happen if it gets in the ...

Virginia Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger on being in Capitol during rioting Updated on: January 13, 2021 / 7:38 AM / CBS News In this episode of  Intelligence Matters, Michael Morell speaks with Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger, a former CIA operations officer now representing Virginias 7th Congressional District. Spanberger takes us inside the U.S. Capitol on January 6, the day it was stormed by a mob of insurrectionists. Spanberger recounts the incursion into the Capitol by Trump sup...

Biggest factor in U.S.-Middle East relations is perception that U.S. is withdrawing Updated on: January 6, 2021 / 9:15 AM / CBS News In this episode of  Intelligence Matters, Michael Morell speaks with Will Wechsler, the director of Middle East programs at the Atlantic Council, about why the region is still of strategic importance to the U.S. Wechsler discusses the perception in the Middle East that the U.S. is withdrawing, the influx of young men in the region and the potential for mor...

Former senior CIA officer recalls killing of service members by suicide bomber Updated on: December 30, 2020 / 7:15 AM / CBS News In this episode of  Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell interviews Marc Polymeropoulos, a former senior CIA intelligence service officer who had a 26-year career in public service. He looks back to the day that seven service members were killed by suicide bomber Humam al-Balawi, who was working as a double agent. Polymeropoulos talks about why it was i...

Director Bryan Fogel discusses his new film on Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggis killing December 23, 2020 / 6:00 AM / CBS News In this episode of  Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell interviews director Bryan Fogel, who won an Academy Award for his last film "Icarus," and now previews his latest film, "The Dissident: The untold story of the murder that shocked the world." Set to be released on January 8, the movie documents the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Fogel de...