A page in America’s briefing book: the CIA

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Challenges for the CIA are mounting as terrorism in India and Pakistan becomes the next big international issue to add to the list for in the intelligence community. John McLaughlin is a Senior Research Fellow at the Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, as well as a former deputy CIA Director. He joins The Takeaway to talk about the biggest challenges that the intelligence community is likely to face in the next four years.

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