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Bob Graham on the House of Saud

WNYC, New York's morning news/talk show, The Brian Lehrer Show, has a segment with Bob Graham. The intro says:

"Intel Matters
Bob Graham, former Senator (D-FL), former presidential candidate and author, Intelligence Matters: Intelligence Matters: The CIA, the FBI, Saudi Arabia and the Failure of America's War on Terro (Random House, 2004)
-on uncertainty over the role of the CIA and the new National Intelligence Director and his book about the intelligence failures of the Bush administration"

http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/episodes/03042005

One interesting thing is that he actually says that he doesn't see the current political dispensation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia lasting over, say, the next 25 years...

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