Former senior CIA officer Marc Polymeropoulos highlights Jordan’s crucial role as a US ally, saving hundreds of American lives through its intelligence support.
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00:00This is really anathema to the Jordanian security services,
00:03certainly not in the interest of Jordan, a key US ally.
00:07And I will also mention that for the United States,
00:10Jordan is what we call a lily pad for US interests there.
00:14We work on counter-terrorism issues,
00:17counter-proliferation issues.
00:19And I'll say very clearly from US intelligence,
00:21hundreds of Americans have been saved by the Jordanians
00:25and they're a very capable security apparatus.
00:27So altogether, really kind of a migraine-inducing headache
00:33for intelligence personnel,
00:34US intelligence personnel in the region.