July 2, 2010

The Death and Life of Intelligence Analysis

Magical thinking drives the Neocons' perpetual efforts to start a war with Iran. Politicians, by and large, fail to apprehend the danger. If it weren't for analysts like Dr. Thomas Fingar — and many others — who have held the line on explaining the real costs of war, we would by now be well and truly screwed. Here, Tom and I talk about Iran, North Korea, and the reorganization of the intelligence community. The latter seemingly esoteric except that in certain ways it's our first (and maybe best) line of defense. Total runtime an hour and seventeen minutes. Audi alteram partem.