The successful counterterrorism strike that killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri removed from the battlefield a dangerous terrorist who declared war on the U.S. decades ago.
The successful counterterrorism strike that killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri removed from the battlefield a dangerous terrorist who declared war on the U.S. decades ago.
On December 30, 2009, in the Afghanistan city of Khowst, Jordanian doctor Humam Khalil Abu Mulal al-Balawi entered a meeting of CIA agents for a briefing
BOOK REVIEW: Clarity in Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the CIA By Marc Polymeropoulos / HarperCollins Reviewed by Ken Dilanian The Reviewer: Ken Dilanian is the intelligence and national security correspondent for NBC News. He previously covered the intelligence community for the Associated Press and the Los Angeles Times. He covered the Iraq war from the … Continue reading "Clarity in Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the CIA"
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 important to interview al-Balawi in person, the mistakes that were made, and what important lessons he still keeps with him. Listen to
HIGHLIGHTS:
Why the CIA had to interview al-Balawi in person: For us, a personal meeting with an asset, that cannot be replicated. You can have communications over a kind of computer, email, other impersonal means, how we call it. But ultimately, with someone of this importance, you need a CIA case officer, an operations officer to really loo