He is a historian with the Central Intelligence agency. He joined the u. S. Government in 1986 as a staff historian at the army center of military history, where he served for 14 years before he joined the cia. During his time with the agency he also served in rotational assignments as deputy and chief historian at the National Reconnaissance office and at the office of director of National Intelligence. Dr. Laurie has taught at the American University and university of maryland at baltimore county. He specializes at the history of intelligence. He is the author of 40 articles on both military and intelligence history from the 19th century to the present. Please join me give you a warm welcome to dr. Clayton laurie. [applause] dr. Laurie i would like to thank you all for coming here tonight and i would like to thank the smithsonian associates. Can you hear me in the back there . I wanted to point out as part of the introduction i am born and raised in iowa, so i come from a northern st
Sundays at 8 00 eastern on American History tv on cspan 3. Coming up next, on American History tv, Harvard University lertcandidate luke wil talks about 19thcentury detective work in the west. He talks about why they were needed in the west, and why they worked undercover. This is about 20 minutes. Luke, when did you first decide to focus your studies on the law in the west . Graduatestarted school in colonial america, but then i was in laramie, detective papers. They were completely fascinating. I did not expect to see them. At that point, i decided to switch into detectives and wyoming, and the mountain west. Host what did you find out about these detectives that really intrigued you . Have been justes about everywhere in the 19th century west. The first one i ever saw was in a saloon, trying to talk to everyone he could. Drinks. Uying everybody they are all undercover private detective. They were salesmen, travelers, posed asse, one woman a doctor. Host why would detectives be in th
I found these detective papers sitting around in an archive and never completely fascinating. I was not expected to see them or know they were even there. At that point i kind of decided. O switch to detectives host what if you find out about these detectives that really intrigued you . Mr. Lillert protectives seem to be everywhere in the 19 century west. The first one i saw was just in a saloon trying to talk to everyone because he was buying everybody drinks and they were salesmen. They were all undercover private detectives. Somewhere salesman in travelers and posting is of the outlaws. They were posing as prospectors. One posed as a doctor and practiced in wyoming for 12 months to try to extract information from some people. Detectives be in the west . And who hired them . Mr. Lillert its usually the railroads, the mines and the ranches. They are enormous corporations from new york and boston. Millions of dollars passing hands. They had a bunch of workers at a bunch of rural small
Be found, just that it was probably true that very dangerous files might exist. Why the media . One question is way the media and the second question is over five years, did the fbi ever get close to any of them . Downtown philadelphia, that was a great big building. There were other outlying i dont really know. [laughter] when he tells the story he describes going downtown one day for another purpose but check out where the fbi is. Its a Tall Building and its impossible, 24hour security and then he describes sometime later looking in a suburban phonebook on the campus oh a fbi office in media. He decided this might be doable. Yes, back here. I want to add. [laughter] there is a documentary that you will have a chance to see in late may as i announced that the Constitution Center and there are some people who have expressed interest in making a movie. You will have a chance to see the real thing. Yes, sir. First of all, excuse me i have a cold. Everything else that is so inspirational
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