Two other things in his illustrious career. He is the National Security columnist for slate and author of four books, most recently the insurgents, which i think he will tell us has at least more crossover with this new book than some people might necessarily imagine. Fred is a pulitzer prizewinning journalist back from his days in the the boston globe, and im very pleased to be able to host him here today. Just a word on format, shortly im going to ask fred to give a few minutes describing the book and telling us a little bit about whats in it, then im going to take the opportunity to have a conversation, dig into a little bit more of the detail and explore some of the themes and what we might conclude from that, and then i will open it up to the floor to give you the opportunity to ask fred some questions. Well all to wrap up at 1 45. Thatll actually give us plenty of time to get into some quite interesting conversation. So without more ado, fred. Ms. [applause] im just going to spea
Did it start with the discovery of that 12story White Building on the outskirts of shanghai. No, in fact, it goes back all the way to the dawn of the internet itself. And in 1967 when the arpa net was about to go up, that was the precursor to the internet, that was, you know, a network where all the contractors at the Defense Department would be able to, you know, talk with one another in their computer programs. There was a man named willis ware. He was a computer pioneer. He was the head of the Computer Department at the rand corporation, and he was also on the Scientific Advisory board at the nsa. And he wrote a paper, it was secret at the time. Its been declassified, its a fascinating document. You can look it up. He said heres the thing, heres the problem. Once you create a Computer Network, once you have access from multiple, unsecured locations, youre going to create inherent vulnerabilities. Youre not going to be able to keep secrets anymore. And so when i was doing my research
In the alumni we have donald trump slightly leading ted cruz rate again we are not comfortable making a call here. This is more like a winner take more state. It can be winnertakeall for the way the awarding of delegates goes with redistricting and the like but at this point its too close to call. Missouri of course donald trump and ted cruz in what appears to be quite a close contest and this is a state that ted cruz in the last few weeks has placed a great deal more in the last two days reaching into his Campaign Schedule to make good use of what is in a surge in polls there. Now to the democrats in florida we can say no surprise the polls say Hillary Clinton will win there. In illinois is simply too close to call. In missouri we have Bernie Sanders with a slight lead. Now we are shellshocked that we jump the gun and declare anyone a winner at this point. In one poll 30 points losing that state. Bernie sanders surprising efforts he still left that evening with fewer delegates gained
Bay, sports fans. We will have more of the donald dr. Jekyll and mr. Hyde act. John kasich and ted cruz say see you later. After a dozen debates that made him whole, 10 months after leading in his First National triedrivals sought to stop him and 75 Million Dollars in ads can block them. Dozens of contests in which he couldnt be beat in seemingly endless latenight retreats. Last, the billionaire is presumptive. This hour, we are waiting for john kasich to speak in columbus, ohio. We are going to look at what happened. Is this real life or is it fantasy . How did donald trump do this . Mark i have been asking republicans over the last several days of trump could be stopped and i have not heard a single explanation from anybody given the weakness of the field, given how trump match the mood of the party, i havent heard anyone give me a scenario that downs plausible how trump could be stopped. Once you take the field as the nature ofake those individuals and how they would choose to compe
John that joke was ok. Holy trump bay, sports fans. We will have more of the donald dr. Jekyll and mr. Hyde act. ,that is in a few minutes. John kasich and ted cruz say see you later. 11 months after donald trump entered on an escalator. After a dozen debates that made him whole, 10 months after leading in his First National pull. 16 rivals tried to stop him. 75 million in ads can block them. The seemingly endless latenight retreats. After indiana at last, the , billionaire is presumptive. Not bad. At this hour, we are waiting for john kasich to speak in columbus, ohio. Mark, we are going to look at what has happened in the last 24 hours. Let us start with this is this real life, or is it fantasy . How did donald trump do this . Mark i have been asking republicans over the last several days of trump could be stopped and i have not heard a single explanation from anybody given the weakness of the field, given how trump match the mood of the party, given the performance the donald trump