Understandable Insights: Information to Intelligence with Sue Gordon
Understandable Insights: Information to Intelligence with Sue Gordon
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Welcome to “Understandable Insights: Information to Intelligence with Sue Gordon” — the national security podcast that provides you an elemental understanding of the world as it is, not how you prefer it to be.Each week, Eric — a former Marine, father, and entrepreneur — sits down with the Honorable Sue Gordon, the nation’s former top career intelligence officer. Together, they break down the headlines shaping our world and ask what they really mean for citizens, leaders, and institutions.From armed conflict to emerging tech, foreign interference to the resilience of democracy — this is where raw information becomes real intelligence. Unfiltered. Candid. Unapologetically clear.New episodes every Tuesday. Subscribe now.
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The podcast covers a variety of national security themes, including armed conflicts, emerging technologies, and the impact of foreign interference, with episodes diving into specific stories like the recent flood in Kerrville, Texas, AI's implications on energy grids, and the strategic dynamics of US-Ukraine relations.
Welcome to “Understandable Insights: Information to Intelligence with Sue Gordon” — the national security podcast that provides you an elemental understanding of the world as it is, not how you prefer it to be.
Each week, Eric — a former Marine, father, and entrepreneur — sits down with the Honorable Sue Gordon, the nation’s former top career intelligence officer. Together, they break down the headlines shaping our world and ask what they really mean for citizens, leaders, and institutions.
From armed conflict to emerging tech, foreign interference to the resilience of democracy — this is where raw information becomes real intelligence. Unfiltered. Candid. Unapologetically clear.
New episodes every Tuesday. Subscribe now.
Election security is about more than voting machines. It is about who has authority, who gets the warning, who is responsible for acting, and whether citizens can trust the information around them.
This week, Sue and Eric break down U.S. Cyber Command’s role in protecting elections from foreign interference, the responsibilities of government, media, technology companies, and citizens in the information environment, and what happens when leaders want intelligence to confirm conclusions they already hold.
They also examine Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s recent leadership message to the military, the importance of preserving honest professional advice, and a larger question running through the episode: what has to exist beneath trust?
Timestamps:
00:00 Welcome to Understandable Insights
01:15 Origin of 10-4
02:32: Ep. 49 Overview
03:16 CYBERCOM’s Role in Elections
07:37 Who Is Responsible
20:19 Split NSA And CYBERCOM?
22:14 Hegseth Speech Reaction
25:37 Leadership Over Policy
31:51 Intelligence Under Pressure
42:00 Evidence And Local Control
43:35 Ep. 49 Summary
44:52 What We’re Watching
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About the show:
Understandable Insights: Information to Intelligence with Sue Gordon is the national security podcast that provides you an elemental understanding of the world as it is, not how you prefer it to be.
Each week, Eric Koepp — a former Marine, father, and entrepreneur — sits down with the Honorable Sue Gordon, the nation’s former top career intelligence officer. Together, they break down the headlines shaping our world and ask what they really mean for citizens, leaders, and institutions.
From armed conflict to emerging tech, foreign interference to the resilience of democracy — this is where raw information becomes real intelligence. Unfiltered. Candid. Unapologetically clear.
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