Out of this is al capone and it is so wonderful to have a to have a new book that really delves into and as something more than the stereotypes and cartoon figures that you see on tv. So enough for me other than a little housekeeping. If anything horrible happens, emergency exit are here and here. If you have anything that will make noise during the talk, cell phones, beepers, small children coming days for new jersey, please turn them off now. Also, please do not take any film or recordings of the talk in progress. Very important. Without further ado, it is my great joy, deirdre bair. Thank you. [applause] there will be a question and answers afterwards. It will be an orderly fashion to ask your questions. Well, thank you for coming. It delightful to see everyone here in so many good friends. That makes me especially happy. I am going to begin tonight by reading a few pages from the book that is going to give you a brief introduction to al capone, starting with the man himself and the
Surely this is an old case, old at least by newspaper standards. The condition had occurred in 2003 and i thought surely people have written about this but when i dug deeper, i saw that it hadnt been covered at all and the reason was that brian regan was arrested two weeks before 9 11 and he was convicted one month after the us invaded iraq so it was almost this story was kind of book ended bythese two major events. And it was sort of lowhanging fruit for me to go after. To rewind a little bit, your interest in going to this cryptology us, do you have a background in science writing so you were comfortable solving into it. As you get to the cryptology section, i think everyone except that hardcore cryptology us are going to say, let me get a cup of coffee, this is serious. Can you talk about what was your interest in cryptology before that . Were you working on something . I didnt really have a specific interest in cryptology. Im a science writer, i worked at Science Magazine for many
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Rollins. I am pleased to have them at this table. What do we think . Whats happening . What happened in the last 4 1 2 minutes . Seconds would be a better way to put it. Since we enter the studio weve had one adviser to the president go on television and say his National Security adviser is safe, and ive heard from others saying that might not be so. I am pleased to have them at this table. You can take that instance of uncertainty and apply it to almost anything in this presidency, because you have a divided cap constantly. That is how trump manages straight you see this play out, and its almost any matter, staffing choices big and small, matters of National Security, matters of how they are going to lay out there week on policy. Its very, very hard to keep up with. I feel like he runs the country like he ran the apprentice. The premise of the apprentice was two teams, then he would have his cue two kids follow around the Team Straight he would say, evocative, how did meatloaf do . No
Rollins. I am pleased to have them at this table. What do we think . Whats happening . What happened in the last 4 1 2 minutes . Seconds would be a better way to put it. Since we enter the studio weve had one adviser to the president go on television and say his National Security adviser is safe, and ive heard from others saying that might not be so. I am pleased to have them at this table. You can take that instance of uncertainty and apply it to almost anything in this presidency, because you have a divided cap constantly. That is how trump manages straight you see this play out, and its almost any matter, staffing choices big and small, matters of National Security, matters of how they are going to lay out there week on policy. Its very, very hard to keep up with. I feel like he runs the country like he ran the apprentice. The premise of the apprentice was two teams, then he would have his cue two kids follow around the Team Straight he would say, evocative, how did meatloaf do . No