Homeland Security Show | Episode 17

President Obama’s Relentless Release of Classified Information, and What it Means to National Security

Today’s show is dedicated and in memory of the victims of 9/11 and their families, and all those that have served to maintain our freedom and defeat terrorism since 9/11. I honor all of you in my heart, for the sacrifices that so many others have made because of 9/11. May America’s flag wave free and strong, like her people.

One of the key lessons learned from the 9/11 tragedy, an issue made front and center by the 9/11 Commission on which I served, is t he failure of the US intelligence community to even get a whistle on the wind of an idea of the breadth, intent, or timing of the 9/11 conspiracy. After 9/11, and upon recommendation of the 9/11 Commission, recruiting human intelligence and US special operations increased manifold. Yet since the killing of bin Ladin, this President has not only revealed the most sensitive methods and operations, but invited Hollywood in so they could create an icon of the President’s success– all while human assets in the field were put at risk.

Joining us to discuss this issue was Mac McLaughlin, president of Siroal International who for 17 years was exactly one of those people Obama could have put at risk, running undercover operations in Afghanistan for seven years. Mac has a 26 year association within the intelligence community including both public and private sector responsibilities. Mac specialized in operational intelligence and troubleshooting including undercover operations serving three bosses: Senior Advisor and Operations Lead for Special Project to US Ambassador, Commanding General US Forces, and NATO Commander in Afghanistan. Today Mac maintains a network and assets in nearly 60 countries around the globe. He is the founder and President of SIROAL International, LLC – a full scope corporate and financial intelligence solution implementation firm.

We discussed at length the intricacies of some of Mac’s operations where lives were on the line, and sometimes lost, when there was a compromise of sensitive information; the implementation of 9/11 Commission recommendations pertaining to the intelligence community and special operations in the military; and the film Dishonorable Disclosures created by a joint effort of special operations/intelligence community where the film tells the country why President Obama’s tactics of revealing classified information for political gain must stop.

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