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FORCE" DANGERS IN NATIONAL SECURITY BUT BEFORE WE START TALKING ABOUT YOUR BOOK. GIVE US YOUR BACKYARD. >> I GREW UP AROUND BOSTON. GOT A PH.D. IN GOVERNMENT....
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THE SENATE'S FIRST INVESTIGATION INTO THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY AND DID RESEARCH AT THE BROOKINGS SUBSTITUTE BEFORE COMING TO COLUMBIA. I'VE BEEN A...
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IT? >> THE MID 1970s. IT WAS RESULT OF SCANDALS ABOUT ABUSES IN THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY AND IT LEAD TO MAJOR INVESTIGATIONS IN BOTH
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THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE. AND THE SENATE COMMITTEE WAS UNDER SENATOR FRANK CHURCH AND INVESTIGATED VIRTUALLY ALL THE INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES AND ALL...
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WELL, I FOUND THAT A LOT OF WHAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT INTELLIGENCE IS MYTH THOLINGS, I LEARNED AN AWFUL LOT
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ABOUT PARTICULAR ACTIVITIES. AND IT DIDN'T REALLY CHANGE MY WORLD VIEW. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN IN FAVOR OF STRONG POSITION IN NATIONAL SECURITY FOR THE UNITED...
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DOES IT MEAN? >> DURING THE COLD WAR, I THOUGHT THAT THERE REALLY WAS A THREAT FROM MARXISM
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ABOUT THE LOYALTY OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. A QUESTION ABOUT WHICH FORM OF POLITICAL ORGANIZATION WAS EVENTUALLY GOING TO DOMINATE THE WORLD. AND...
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BLACK AND WHITE SIMPLE QUESTION OF DEVILS AND ANGELS,
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OF COURSE, THE LIFE IS MORE COMPLICATED OUR MORAL PASSIONS. BUT I THINK IT'S HARD NOW TBENT YEARS AFTER THE WORLD CAR FOR PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY YOUNG...
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A DANGEROUS FOR OUR NATIONAL SECURITY? >> IT'S UNNECESSARY, AND IT'S COSTLY AND VERY IRONIC THAT IN OVER FORT YEARS OF THE OLD
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WAR, WE FOUGHT TWO WARS IN VIETNAM AND KOREA AND A NUMBER OF SMALLER INTERVENTIONS IN OTHER PLACES. SINCE THE COLD WAR SINCE COMMUNISM HAS GONE AWAY,...
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STARTED AS A WAR OF SELF-DEFENSE AFTER 9/11, ATTACK LAUNCHES FROM AFGHANISTAN. BUT IT'S HARD TO SEE A STRATEGY THAT IS PRACTICAL AT THIS POINT THAT...
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THE MUCH HARDER PRICE THAN ANTICIPATED. IT WAS A
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VERY CLOSE THING. I THINK TWO, IT WAS A CASE WHERE IF THAT WARP WAR WAS NECESSARY, IT'S HARD TO SEE WHERE A LOT OF INTERVENTIONS WERE NOT NECESSARY....
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BY GRETION FROM
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| 00:08:09 |
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NORTH KOREA. THE RESULTS OF NOT HAVING STOPPED CONQUEST OF SOUTH KOREA IS SOMETHING WE CAN'T KNOW FOR SURE. PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS...
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GULF WAR? IN 1991. IS THERE GOING TO BE A LASTING RESULT FROM THE IRAQ WAR IN YOUR VIEW? >> I SUSPECT SO. PROBABLY NOT AS STRONG OF A REACTION. FOR...
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AS NASTY AS IT TURNED OUT TO BE A SMALLER WAR AND LESS COSTLY THAN THE VIETNAM WAR. AND SECONDLY, MOST AMERICANS HAVE NOT HAD TO PAY ANYTHING FOR IT....
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TO RELY ON MORE OR LESS THE POLICIES THAT WERE EFFECTIVE IN THE COLD WAR AGAINST THE SOVIET UNION IN CHINA. THAT'S THE TEE DISTURBANCE AND CONTAINMENT....
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IRAN AND HAVE VERY LITTLE TO SAY ABOUT NORTH KOREA. IT IS A WILDER AND CRAZY REGIME THAN THE IRAN. THEY'VE ALREADY TESTED A NUCLEAR WEAPON EVEN THOUGH...
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NORTH KOREA DOES HAVE AN ALLY IN
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CHINA, WHICH IS FRUSTRATED AN UNHAPPY WITH NORTH KOREA. WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL. WE ONCE FOUGHT A WAR WITH CHINA AND KOREA WE HADN'T ANTICIPATED. WE WANT...
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WORLD? >> UNTIL VERY RECENTLY, I THINK THEIR VIEW WAS VERY UPBEAT, VERY ACTIVIST, VERY MAJOR IN
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FAVOR OF USING AMERICAN POWER TO LEAD THE WORLD TO THE RIGHT PLACE TO USE AN OLD PHRASE, TO MAKE THE WORLD SAFE FROM DEMOCRACY. THIS VIEW IS POPLAR...
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ON THE LEFT, AND WAS MAYBE A
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MINORITY OF STUDENT OPINION AT THAT TIME. I WAS ALWAYS A DEMOCRAT, BUT OF COURSE, BACK IN THE '60s BEING A MODERATE DEMOCRAT WAS BEING ON THE EXTREME...
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| 00:14:08 |
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ROLE UNTIL SYRIA. >> PROBABLY NOT UNLESS IN THE VERY UNLIKELY SITUATION THERE WAS SERIOUS ORGANIZED CONCERN IN MULTILATERAL EFFORT BLESS BID THE UNITED...
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ON. THE PROBLEM IS THAT SYRIA IS NOT LIKE LIBYA, WHICH WAS AN INTERVENTION LAST YEAR THAT WORKED OUT REASONABLY WELL. SYRIA IS MUCH MORE CHALLENGING...
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| 00:15:13 |
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HISTORIC STANDARDS, AT LEAST SINCE THE MIDDLE AND 20th CENTURY, THERE'S NO BIG THREAT
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TODAY. THE BIGGEST THREAT WE FACE IS FROM TERRORIST, AND SO LONG AS WE'RE FACING TYPICAL TERRORISM OR EVEN THE POSSIBILITY OF AN EVENT ON THE SCALE...
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NOT BE SURPRISING BY HISTORIC STANDARDS. IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT STORY. THERE YOU CAN SEE A NEW COLD WAR, A NEW THREAT ON A VERY SUBSTANTIAL SCALE....
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THEATER? >> I HALFWAY SPORT IT. I THINK IT WAS A MISTAKE TO TALK ABOUT IT. SINCE IT GETS THE CHINESE EXCITED
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| 00:17:04 |
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ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING. WHAT WE'RE DOING IS. NOT VERY MUCH IN MATERIAL TERMS. SENDING THE MACHINES TO THE AUSTRALIA IS A SYMBOLIC GESTURE. I'M NOT...
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UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR RICHARD WITH HIS BOOK "AMERICAN FORCE." YOU'RE WATCHING bookTV ON C-SPAN2.
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