Lectures in history on cspan3 every saturday at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on American History tv and lectures in history available as a podcast, find it where you listen to podcasts. Tracy walder is coauthor of the unexpected spy. From the cia to the fbi my secret life taking down some of the most notorious terrorists. Next, she sits down as a special Operations Officer in the immediate aftermath of the 9 11 attacks, and focusing on chinese counterintelligence. The International Spy museum recorded this event in february. Good evening, everyone and thank you for coming out on this gloomy, washington, d. C. , evening to the International Spy museum. Im chris costa. Im the executive director of the International Spy museum. Im really excited to introduce this program with former cia Operations Officer, fbi special agent now author tracy walder. Tracy joined the cia straight out of college and served as a staff Operations Officer at the Counter Terrorism center where she was responsible for trac
Down terrorists and weapons of mass destruction. She went on to become an fbi special agent at the l. A. Field office where she specialized in chinese counterintelligence operations. Tracy lives with her husband and four and a halfyearold daughter in dallas, texas. This evening tracy will discuss her memoire, the unexpected spy, from the cia to the fbi. My secret life taking down some of the worlds most notorious terrorists. Tracy will be interviewed by our very own historian and curator, dr. Vince houghton. After their discussion they will open the floor to audience questions and answers. Everyone will have an opportunity to ask their questions this evening. We are also going to ask that if youre trapped in the middle of a row, please put your hand up and we will ensure that you have a mic to answer your questions, but there will be two mics on each side of the auditorium that you can use to answer your question. Again, if you cant get out, just stay where you are at, raise your hand
A former senate colleague. And Jerusalems Al Aqsa mosque compound islams 3rd holiest site remains closed during ramadan because of coronavirus restrictions. The dramatic drop in oil prices over the past few weeks has contributed to the economic fallout from the Global Pandemic and agreements decided among the worlds Top Producers to cut output has now come into effect and it appears that that deal came to be only after President Donald Trump reportedly pressured saudi arabia threatening to withdraw u. S. Military support for riyadh i was there as a solid and judge it has our report. Oil and water do not mix but politics in oil bond very well there is no official transcript of the conversation between the u. S. President and the Saudi Crown Prince which resulted in saudi arabias latest Oil Production cuts. Reports suggest president all trump told muhammad bin sole man that u. S. Forces stationed in the kingdom could be withdrawn if saudi arabia did not stop flooding the market with chea
Were resuming warfare those are the words of colombias largest army who after a month long cease fire the National Liberation army says the government is willing to talk so what does that mean for peace in colombia this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im. Were talking colombia today the National Liberation army better known as the e l n says its resuming its 5 decades long armed activity after declaring a ceasefire exactly one month ago the countrys Largest Rebel Group says it agreed to a truce to alleviate the humanitarian crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic and as a gesture of peace more than 6500 people have tested positive for the virus there and nearly 300 have died but the rebels are now accusing the government of showing little or no enthusiasm for revamping the long stalled peace talks or for combating the virus the government has condemned the decision to resume its attacks colombias high commissioner for peace miguel said bio says the government demand
Than thoughts prayers. The canadian Prime Minister just in food bans 1500 types of assault weapons in response to the countrys worst mass shooting. Also ahead filling up fast with more on the way to report on the crude storage crisis from a place known as the worlds oil crossroads. An experimental antiviral drug has been approved for emergency use in freezing coronavirus patients in the United States 1500000 vials of the drug disappear will be distributed to hospitals from monday the regulator gave its approval after a government sponsored study showed the medication shortened patients Recovery Time by about 30 percent and slightly improved mortality rates the boss of sciences the company that makes room disappear says they are now increasing production. And were also fully committed to continuing to expand the supply of this medicine and we started investing in this back in january as soon as we became aware of the krona virus this is a long time to manufacture it used to be 12 months