United Security: Interview with Jim Clapper
United Security: Interview with Jim Clapper  
Podcast: Stay Tuned with Preet
Published On: Fri Jan 08 2021
Description: In this sample from the United Security podcast, Jim Clapper, former Director of National Intelligence, speaks with host Ken Wainstein about his experiences as a top intelligence official in South Korea during the 1970s and 1980s.  In the full episode, Director Clapper takes Ken on a panorama of American intelligence successes and failures, touching on the Vietnam War, the Soviet Union, the Gulf War, and the Iraq War. Along the way, Clapper offers novel observations on the state of geopolitics and American institutions. To listen to the full episode and get access to the full archive of CAFE Insider content, try the membership free for two weeks: www.cafe.com/insider Sign up to receive the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter, featuring analysis by Elie Honig: wwww.cafe.com/brief This podcast is produced by CAFE Studios.  Tamara Sepper – Executive Producer; Adam Waller – Senior Editorial Producer; Nat Weiner — Audio Producer; David Kurlander — Editorial Producer, Sam Ozer-Staton — Editorial Producer.  REFERENCES:  Luis Martinez, “How Clapper's Secret Mission to North Korea Came About,” ABC News, 11/9/2014 Jim Clapper, “Ending the Dead End in North Korea,” New York Times, 5/19/2018 Kelsey Davenport, “Chronology of Libya's Disarmament and Relations with the United States,” Arms Control Association, 1/2018 Connor O’Brien, “Clapper: North Korean leader 'may have met his match' in Trump,” Politico, 5/27/2018 Jim Clapper, “James Clapper: Kim Jong Un Is a God in North Korea,” The Daily Beast, 6/1/2018 Uri Friedman, “The ‘God Damn’ Tree That Nearly Brought America and North Korea to War,” The Atlantic, 6/10/2018 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices