1/ Amb. Hank Crumpton ex CIA (24 years) head of counterterrorism. Among much clandestine activity led the 90 day overthrow of the Taliban after 9/11...
2/ Powerful piece from 60Minutes on Hank Crumpton...
3/ On Hank getting permission to take out Bin Laden when first visually identified...which we did not do.
4/ Hank correctly anticipating the rise of terrorist in Africa. And on heading one of the most secretive units...recruiting assets inside the US.
5/ Hank on
-China spying inside the US
- there being more secret foreign agents operating in the US than during the last Cold War
-the 1 thing every North Korean could be plied with
-the moral dilemmas
-what makes a “good spy”
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