Aki Peritz: Intelligence Community needs new media strategy

The Intelligence Community wasn't thrilled when The New York Times published the names of three senior undercover CIA officers in an article back in April. The...

The Intelligence Community wasn't thrilled when The New York Times published the names of three senior undercover CIA officers in an article back in April. The Times said it made its decision because the CIA officers hold leadership roles in "a significant paramilitary program." Aki Peritz is vice president of the Center for Intelligence Policy and a former counterterrorism analyst for the CIA. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose, the media and the IC need to communicate and sometimes compromise with each other.

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