VIDEO: Big Intel—An Interview with J. Michael Waller

How the CIA and FBI Went from Cold War Heroes to Deep State Villains

National Association of Scholars

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  • February 15, 2024

This event features J. Michael Waller, author of the recently released book Big Intel. How the CIA and FBI Went from Cold War Heroes to Deep State Villains. He is joined in this interview by Mason Goad, a Research Fellow at the National Association of Scholars. Waller outlines how intelligence agencies have strayed from the missions of protecting Americans from enemies, foreign and domestic, to make enemies of the people they are supposed to serve.


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