We remember Bob Graham, and get a glimpse into our nation's history, through the lens of a conversation that happened on this show on Thursday, Oct. 14, 2004. Governor Graham had just published a book titled \“Intelligence Matters: The CIA, the FBI, Saudi Arabia, and the Failure of America's War on Terror.\” This show launched in the Spring of 2004 as a live, hour long call-in show. Our founding host was Ryan Warner. Today we listen back to excerpts from that show with Ryan behind the mic.
The global war against terrorism will be a long, protracted conflict. The federal government needs to be properly structured and to have the tools that it needs to protect Americans today,tomorrow, and 10 and 20 years from now, and Congress should beappropriately organized to support this effort. A balanced,forward-looking, and nonpartisan final report from the 9/11Commission would be a significant step in the right direction.
The report of the Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001 does not identify a smoking gun or lay blame on anyindividual, agency or administration, but instead describes asystematic failure to respond to the then emerging terrorist threatby the United States intelligence community. The report's mainvalue is as a reminder of what the intelligence community stillneeds to do to maximize its effectiveness in combating terrorism.
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