Today we are joined with Jim Horacek. Jim is a former CIA counterterrorism manager and analyst. Initially joining the CIA as a Soviet-focused political analyst, after the September 11th, 2001 attacks, Jim volunteered to join the new Office of Terrorism Analysis in the Counterterrorism Center where he spent the bulk of his career. Jim is a personal friend of Mike Croissant (#203), and primarily spent his time in the CIA focused on the Iraq War, writing sections of Secretary of State Colin Powell's address to the UN. We discussed the state of Iraq's weaponry and disposition before the war kicked off, as well as Jordanian Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's association in both Iraq and with Al-Qaeda. Jim has a tremendous amount of first-hand experiences during a very emotional, fast-paced time in American foreign policy. Support the show and become a War Stories patron: https://www.patreon.com/warstoriespodcast Website: https://www.warstories.co

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