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Guest: Jennifer Sims
Jennifer Sims is a consultant on intelligence and homeland security for private corporations and the U.S. government, a member of the Senior Advisory Group to the Director of National Intelligence, as well as Senior Fellow with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Sims explored the complex world of U.S. cyber security, intelligence issues that will continue to affect U.S. foreign policy, and the threat of cyber attacks against the U.S. carried out abroad.
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