Meet The Man Who Kept Our Nation’s Secrets for 50 Years
Season 2023
Episode 5261
About the Episode
A retired CIA officer and former undersecretary of defense for intelligence, Michael Vickers has spent his life guarding America’s secrets. Now, he’s written a memoir going behind the scenes of some of the most significant covert operations of the 20th century. Vickers joins Walter Isaacson to discuss his life in government service.
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