Marc Polymeropoulos on the CIA

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Marc Polymeropoulos on the CIA

Postby Farmdog » Sat Sep 11, 2021 1:51 am

Interesting view from someone long in the fight.

https://www.lawfareblog.com/lawfare-pod ... a-syndrome


Marc Polymeropoulos served for 26 years in the CIA. He joined the agency working on Afghanistan in the 1990s and moved on to operational roles across the Middle East, recruiting spies and hunting terrorists. Later, he became a senior officer responsible for operations in Russia, which as you'll hear, led to a fateful trip to Moscow that altered the course of his career and his life. Marc has chronicled all of this and more in a new book, “Clarity in Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the CIA.” It's part memoir, part management handbook. Shane Harris sat down with Marc to talk about his career and to look back at the past 20 years since the 9/11 attacks. Marc talked about what the CIA got right, what it did wrong and how he has come to peace with an unexpected sense of betrayal after he developed symptoms of Havana Syndrome, a mysterious and debilitating brain injury.

Offensive to all parties, enjoy the listen.
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Re: Marc Polymeropoulos on the CIA

Postby Kurt » Sat Sep 11, 2021 2:27 am

Gonna set some time for this. Good to see you around here again.
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Re: Marc Polymeropoulos on the CIA

Postby Farmdog » Sun Sep 12, 2021 1:07 am

Thanks man, it's been a lot of miles. I joined this board in 2006, no deployments. That mile marker is so far in the past, it seems almost unrecognizable. This dog is tired.
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