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Remembering 9/11: Author Garrett Graff on New Oral History Book

Remembering 9/11: Author Garrett Graff on New Oral History Book

FromIntelligence Matters


Remembering 9/11: Author Garrett Graff on New Oral History Book

FromIntelligence Matters

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Length:
38 minutes
Released:
Sep 10, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this episode of Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell speaks with journalist and author Garrett Graff about his new book, "The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11." Graff and Morell discuss a number of the little-known details contained in the book, which were offered by hundreds of people who lived through the events of September 11, 2001. On the eighteenth anniversary of the attacks, as the day slips "from memory to history," Graff discusses the importance of collecting first-hand accounts that reveal more than just the day"s facts. Morell also offers details from his own experience as the CIA"s daily briefer to President Bush on the morning of the attacks.

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Released:
Sep 10, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

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In Intelligence Matters, former acting Director of the CIA Michael Morell, speaks with top leaders of the U.S. intelligence community as they reflect on their life, career and the critical roles they play in shaping national security policies. (154991) As a central figure in the most significant U.S. counter-terror efforts of the past two decades and a former CIA intelligence analyst, Morell is uniquely skilled at taking industry leading knowledge to make connections that provide deep insight into complex security events – helping decode intelligence officials’ key priorities and providing perspectives on how to achieve national security objectives. Morell is the author of “The Great War of Our Time” and a vivid account of the Central Intelligence Agency, a life in secrets, and a war in the shadows.