Thank you for having me. When i started it this will be too much information i cannot take it in is based on your knowledge and research over 70 interviews. And billy it is not so much about the cia director but the relationship to the white house and the president. Do you agree . Thank you for your kind words because what i really tried to do above all else is to humanize these directors and with his cast of characters those that were the quintessential cia director is a james bond character cigarette in one hand and the dry martini and another to walk into the oval office to tell lbj the domino theory was god and then Going Forward to me was the corleone of the cia and then you have okc and an amazing cast the characters all the way up to gina haskell the first woman to run the cia. The book focuses a lot on the relationship between the president and the cia director its almost an impossible balancing act for a cia director because he or she have to tell the president a hard truth wi
Hosted by the American Enterprise institute, this is an hour, 20 minutes. Good morning everyone. Im a senior fellow at the American Enterprise institute at would like to welcome you to our final preelection election live panel. We will be back november 5 midday to look at the results thus far. Today, i am joined by my yearagues and by john 14 and henry olson of the ethics and public all the see center. We have a lot of ground to cover, and i am going to start by asking each of the panelists a few questions. They promised concise answers so we can move through a lot of material. Let me summarize the polls. Yesterday, President Trump says he wasnt scared auntie criticized the polls once again. Lets look at the poll numbers. Polls seven major conducted since september 15, bided has been at or above 50 in 133. Trump has been at or above 35 in only 41. His reading has barely moved. Ofn for tier is editor after the people vote, a guide to the electoral college, a slim volume that is all you
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This is a wonderful read. When i started it i was sort of like this is going be too much information. I will be able to take it in. Its fantastic. Its based on an addition to your own knowledge and research its based on over 70 interviews and youve interviewed among those the leading director of the living directors of the caa except for the current one. Its really not going to say it, its not so much about the cia directors as about the cia directors and the relationship to the white house and the president. Would you agree with that . Thanks for the kind words about the book, because one of the things i really tried to do, maybe above all, was to humanize these directors. I was lucky because it is a cast of characters never couldve dreamt up, from dick helms act in the 60s was the quintessential cia director bob gates described to me as a james bond type character. Cigarette in one hand, dry martini in the other who could walk into the oval office and tell lbj that the domino theory