Today on Frank Gaffney’s Secure Freedom Radio, Richard L. Holm, former station chief for the CIA, joins Frank to discuss his new book, The Craft We Chose: My Life in the CIA, an account of his work within the agency beginning in 1961, at the height of the Cold War. Holm explains why intelligence gathering is infinitely more difficult today than in the past. “You simply don’t meet these guys at a cocktail party,” he says, about our enemies in the War of Terror, as Jihadists transcend national borders and identities. The recipient of the Distinguished Intelligence Medal, the highest award the agency can bestow, Holm also details his courageous story working in Laos and the Congo, where a plane crash left him stranded for 10 days. Suffering from severe burns covering 30 percent of his body, only a balm made from snake fat provided by Natives saved his life. His remarkable story magnifies the importance of human intelligence in warfare, and is demonstrable of the valor of our clandestine services.
Listen here: [audio:http://www.securefreedomradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/08222011_Seg3_Holm_11min13.mp3]
Plus: Ken Jenkins, U.S. Secret Service Deputy Special Agent in Charge, Criminal Investigation Division, heads the counterfeiting branch, a task that poses new challenges in the digital age. Jenkins breaks down the distinctions between foreign and domestic counterfeiting and tells of the work he is doing to combat it.
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