ABC correspondent Jake Tapper during a prime time news conference in the East Room of the White House on July 22, 2009

Getting Good Intel

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jan 30, 2012

Mitchell Silber, director of Intelligence Analysis for the New York Police Department talks about his new book The Al Qaeda Factor: Plots Against the West and what Al Qaeda's tactics mean for counter-terrorism efforts around the world. Plus: ABC senior White House correspondent Jake Tapper talks politics both in and outside the beltway; art critic and the author of WNYC's Gallerina blog, Carolina Miranda, previews this season's best gallery and museum shows.

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