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Scott Garrett: I just want to reiterate a point that you made at the end, and that is to take a brief look at history to see where our…

On the recordJune 12, 2007
I just want to reiterate a point that you made at the end, and that is to take a brief look at history to see where our intelligence apparatus, if you will, has been in this country. [...] we do not need an intelligence apparatus in this country anymore. I remember one of my colleagues from the other side of the aisle said that we can even get rid of the CIA because we no longer need such an apparatus in a world free of the Soviet Union and the like.
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Scott Garrett
New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the historical context of the U.S. intelligence apparatus post-Cold War.

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