Former CIA Station Chief Norman Roule on the attack on Salman Rushdie 08-17-22 S2E20

<p>Former CIA Station Chief Norman Roule on the attack on Salman Rushdie 08-17-22  S2 E20</p> <p>Hosted by the US Arab Radio Network and sponsored by Arab News </p> <p>A glitch at the radio studio caused us to edit the program. The edited radio podcast show includes discussion about attack on Salman Rushdie, a telephone caller discusses the attack, an interview with former CIA Chief of Station Norman Roule, and a replay of the July 7, 2022 interview with Dennis Ross on the Middle East.</p> <p>Topics: On Friday, August 12, a man jumped on the stage hosted by the Chautauqua New York Literary society and attacked speaker Salman Rushdie, the author of the controversial 1988 novel "The Satanic Verses. Months later in 1989, then Ayatollah Ruhola Khomeini issued a death fatwa against Rushdie as Muslims around the world reacted in anger to Rushdie's apparent criticism of Islam in his book. Since the attack, it seems that the Muslim community has been very silent in condemning the attacker, Hadi Matar, 24, who lived in Fairview, New Jersey but whose family is from the Hezbollah dominated Shia region of Southern Lebanon ... we're going to look at this issue with two guests, first</p> <p>Guest Interview: Norman Roule </p> <p>Roule served for 34-years in the Central Intelligence Agency, managing significant programs relating to the Middle East. Mr. Roule’s service in the CIA’s Directorate of Operations included roles as Division Chief, Deputy Division Chief and Chief of Station.</p> <p>He has held multiple senior assignments in Washington as well as during more than 15 years of overseas work. He served as the National Intelligence Manager for Iran (NIM-I) at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence from November 2008 until September 2017. As NIM-I, he was the principal Intelligence Community (IC) official responsible for overseeing national intelligence policy and activities related to Iran and Iran-related issues, to include IC engagement on these topics with senior policymakers in the National Security Council,