International affairs are at the top of the news around the world with hot conflicts and ukraine, gaza, and this a hell and wouldnt be confrontations in the taiwan straits, the red sea and elsewhere. Theres a lot of reporting about various visits of the us secretaries of state and defense and sensitive negotiations with this country or that. But whats the role of the c i a and all of this . Is that little different now that the c i is led by a professional diplomat. And how different is it now that the c i a is less and intelligence Collection Agency and more of paramilitary body will get the answers to those questions and more with a bona fide experts. Im john kerry onto welcome to the whistle blowers the. 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 the c i a is, are constantly changing and if solving organization in many ways thats a good thing. Gone. For example, are the days of illegally experimenting on human beings in a program known as m. K. Ultra also gone are the days when the stated operational directiv
The International Affairs are at the top of the news around the world with hot conflicts and ukraine, gaza, and this a hell and wouldnt be confrontations in the taiwan straits, the red sea and elsewhere. Theres a lot of reporting about various visits of the us secretaries of state and defense and have sensitive negotiations with this country or that. But whats the role of the c i a and all this is that little different now that the c i is led by a professional diplomat. And how different is it now that the c i a is less and intelligence Collection Agency and more a paramilitary body will get the answers to those questions and more with a bona fide expert. Im john kerry, onto welcome to the whistle blowers the. 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 the c i a is, are constantly changing and evolving organization in many ways. Thats a good thing. Gone, for example, are the days of illegally experimenting on human beings in a program known as m. K. Ultra also gone are the days when the stated operational direct
International affairs are at the top of the news around the world with hot conflicts and ukraine, gaza, and this a hell and wouldnt be confrontations in the taiwan straits, the red sea and elsewhere, theres a lot of reporting about various visits of the us secretaries of state and defense and sensitive negotiations with this country or that. But whats the role of the c i a and all this is that little different now that the c i is led by a professional and diplomat. And how different is it now that the c i a is less and intelligence Collection Agency and more of paramilitary body will get the answers to those questions and more with a bona fide experts. Im john kerry onto welcome to the whistle blowers the the. 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 the c i a is, are constantly changing and evolving organization in many ways. Thats a good thing. Gone, for example, are the days of illegally experimenting on human beings in a program known as m. K. Ultra also gone are the days when the stated operational direct
I a is had more than its fair share failures over the decades. But it has always been an integral part of the National Security and Foreign Policy establishment. Many of us opened in early 2021. That investment or bill burns was an inspired choice to take over the agency. He could be the adult in the room, someone with the institutional respect to be able to tell the president when an idea was a bad one, someone to carry out sensitive negotiations. But is the c i a too far gone to be saved or rehabilitated . And is the National Debt stacked against would be National Security whistle blowers who call out evidence of waste, fraud abuse illegality, and threats to the Public Health and public safety. Our guest today is melvin goodman. Hes a whistleblower and former senior c. I a analyst and is currently a senior fellow at the center for International Policy and a professor of government at Johns Hopkins university. He spent 42 years in National Security at the c. I a, the state department
Okay, im going to have to say goodbye now, were going to wrap up this segment of the program, journalists and activists political analysts, john bosnich joining us from belgrade, and also thanks to journalist, author and activist, frag huws joining us from belfast, we are going to keep a close eye on all the latest developments with regards to the war on gaza, were going to go for a short break, but our coverage will resume shortly, stick around. Hi, im shawn murray and this is the conversation where we take an alternative look at political events and Current Affairs through annaries lens. In this show we hope to pick, probe, investigate and uncover the stories that you want to hear. We go, were mainstream one. This week we look at the topic of our fragile peace process, how does peace now look 25 years on from the sending of the good fredy agreement . Has Common Ground been made by former enemies or are we as polarized as ever . My next guest served under the royal ulster constablary.