Gina Bennett, former CIA Analyst, joins us.

We welcome Gina Bennett, member of the Sisterhood who helped track down Osama bin Laden, to the podcast.

 

Gina shares lessons from her father and her thoughts on parenting and responsibility while she tells us about her favorite Mother’s Day.

 

Gina explains the difference between safety and security and elucidates the Hunter Gatherer approach to national security. She tells about Girl Security and why she encourages women into this type of national service.

 

Gina reveals her ideal plan for bin Laden and what she did after learning the raid was successful.

 

Gina shares her hero Kevin Shaeffer who was gravely injured in the Pentagon attack and returned to duty to help capture bin Laden.

 

Referred to in this podcast:

Girl Security

Hunter Gatherer National Security Concept

CIA Officers Memorial Foundation

 

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