Graham. The coowner and with my wife and behalf of the entire staff i would like to wem you. A few notes it would be a good time to turn off your cellphone or anything that might go beep. When we get to the q and a part of the session try to make your way to the microphones. We are recording for our Youtube Channel and cspan tv is here. Finally, when we get to the end of the program, before you come up to have your books signed our staff would appreciate it if you fold up the chairs you are sitting in and lean them against something that will not topple over. I am delighted to be detrointroducing evan thomas. He is a wonderfully fluid writer and engaging and someone who has enjoyed two remarkable careers. One living in the presence as an accomplished journalist and the other living in the past as a firstrate historian. In journalism he spent ten years with Time Magazine moving to news week staying for 20 years. He was Washington Bureau chief and assisting managing editor and editor at
Did the cia ever try or contemplate getting into recruit others to spot as well . Imac thank you very well. Didnt see a contemplate having and recruit others speak was no, never. He was such a valuable agent. Ending up these faults and filing cabinets. Hey good morning to kill anyone else. Again i remind you we had these wonderful satellites that could fly over the soviet union and send back realtime images. We now take this for granted in our communications age, but in 1977 it was wonder what to do this. It gave us a great advantage. And about it for a minute. A satellite cannot see into anybodys filing cabinet. Satellite cannot seem to the minds of men pics satellites have a lot of limitations. This one man, adolph tolkachev, provided enormous amount of information that could not be gotten with the satellite. Thats why we still need people like this. It were going to defend our system in a dangerous world, what have you think about the history of the cia or the things youve heard in
Distortions the way the story was told and other public records. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. Were back now with more live original to of thing a annual gaithersburg festival. Melvin goodman will talk about his time with the cia. [inaudible discussion] welcome to the gaithersburg book festival. Im audrey and im washington independent review of books representative here helping at this festival. Its a city that proudly supports the arts and humanity. Were pleased to gripping you this fabulous event thanks to the generous support of sponsors and volunteers. When you see them, please say thanks. A few announcements. Please silence your cell phones. If youre on social media, use the hash tag gbs and i think i see gbs17. Your feedback is valuable to us. Surveys are able. By submitting a century ray you will be entered into a drawing for a 100 series to gift card. Melvin goodman will be signing books after the presentation. Copies of his book right here are on
Jacobson assumption until i decided to work on the book. It was a strange gift for the works. Coming to it with no background and completely clean, meant that i could mime mine own memories and layer in this information that i was learning. It wasnt like one of the things i often said about this work as i was doing it is i didnt come with a story to tell. I didnt come saying i have this whole story i need to impart to you. The look is the attempt to put together the pieces. One of the most important things about the work is when i realized i was reading about it film and with it in mind i might want to write something about it after my father died, i realized that no one really talked about it as a whole movie. It is interesting that you brought that up. People talk about it as evidence, as an artifact that ended up being worth a lot of money, people talk about it as a culture touch stone. People look at it as a lens in which you can look at media, ethics and changing waz. But for our
For a 100 series to gift card. Melvin goodman will be signing books after the presentation. Copies of his book right here are on sale the politic and prose tent. This is a free event but helps the book city of if you buy a book. The more books we sell another our events, the more publishers want to send the authors here to speak with us, and purchasing books from our partner, politic and prose. Benefiting our local economy. So we hope youll buy a book today, or several books. Melvin goodman was a soviet analyst the cia in the department of state for 24 years and a professor of International Relations the National War College for 18 years. He serve the u. S. Army in athens, greece, for three years and was intelligence adviser from 1971 to 72. Is the working for the center for International Policy in washington, dc and adjunct professor of government at Johns Hopkins university. His latest bikes hissing blower the cia an insiders condition to the politics of intelligence and coauthor edi