168. Trump's New Director of National Intelligence and the CIA's Missing Gold Bars
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Who is Trump's new Director of National Intelligence? Is the US Intelligence Community becoming increasingly politicised? And what's the story behind the CIA officer who has allegedly stolen millions of dollars in gold bars?
Listen as David and Gordon head inside some of the latest news stories coming out of the world of intelligence in the US.
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