Roots, Rights and Reason with Lee Smith

Spies, Terrorists, and the War for Intelligence

AmericasFuture Season 1 Episode 27

Spies, Terrorists & the War for Intelligence: A Conversation with Peter Theroux

In this candid episode, Roots, Rights & Reason host Lee Smith sits down with Peter Theroux, a highly decorated veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency, for a rare inside look at how American intelligence truly works and what it takes to protect the nation in an increasingly hostile world.

Drawing from his decades of experience in war zones, foreign stations, counterterrorism centers, and the highest levels of analytic work, Theroux explains the real mission of the CIA: running espionage networks, breaking down institutional stovepipes, and combining analysts, case officers, linguists, and operatives into a unified force capable of outthinking and outmaneuvering America’s enemies.

Theroux walks viewers through the CIA’s three foundational lanes: operations, analysis, and covert action; and describes how the Agency evolved after 9/11 to integrate disciplines, modernize tradecraft, and pursue terrorist networks with unprecedented precision. He details his own experience targeting Hezbollah, penetrating terror cells, and supporting missions that would ultimately help lead to historic counterterrorism successes.

“We write with brevity, precision, and absolute clarity,” Theroux notes, describing the unique craft of intelligence writing. “A spy is someone who thinks like the devil and writes like an angel.”

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