Margaret Henoch, a former CIA intelligence officer with over two decades of service, shares her firsthand experience challenging faulty WMD intelligence before the Iraq War. Her story reveals how institutional pressure, confirmation bias, and a lack of critical analysis contributed to one of America's most consequential intelligence failures. • Assigned to review reports from "Curveball," a source claiming Iraq had mobile biological weapons labs • Discovered alarming gaps in basic biographic...
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Margaret Henoch, a former CIA intelligence officer with over two decades of service, shares her firsthand experience challenging faulty WMD intelligence before the Iraq War. Her story reveals how institutional pressure, confirmation bias, and a lack of critical analysis contributed to one of America's most consequential intelligence failures. • Assigned to review reports from "Curveball," a source claiming Iraq had mobile biological weapons labs • Discovered alarming gaps in basic biographic...
From Spy to Whistleblower: John Kiriakou's Journey Inside the CIA's Torture Program
The Jack Hopkins Show Podcast
59 minutes
8 months ago
From Spy to Whistleblower: John Kiriakou's Journey Inside the CIA's Torture Program
John Kiriakou, former CIA intelligence officer turned whistleblower, takes us deep inside the world of American intelligence operations and the moral dilemmas faced by those tasked with protecting national security. His decision to expose the CIA's torture program highlights the personal and professional consequences when conscience collides with classified operations. • Early passion for Middle Eastern affairs sparked by the 1979 Iran hostage crisis • Natural talent for intelligence recruit...
The Jack Hopkins Show Podcast
Margaret Henoch, a former CIA intelligence officer with over two decades of service, shares her firsthand experience challenging faulty WMD intelligence before the Iraq War. Her story reveals how institutional pressure, confirmation bias, and a lack of critical analysis contributed to one of America's most consequential intelligence failures. • Assigned to review reports from "Curveball," a source claiming Iraq had mobile biological weapons labs • Discovered alarming gaps in basic biographic...
