Tim Weiner: Setting the Record Straight on the CIA

Tim Weiner: Setting the Record Straight on the CIA
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Tim Weiner of the New York Times has covered intelligence and national security issues for two decades and has won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting. Weiner's latest book, "Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA," draws on hundreds of interviews and archival documents, revealing decades of blunders that have compromised the country's national security. During a recent speech at the Minneapolis Public Library, Tim Weiner discussed how the CIA evolved over the past six decades, and where it went wrong.

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