Cspan. Org. Washington journal continues. Welcome back in this weeks spotlight on magazine. E are focusing on politico magazine, written by alex finley, who joins us now via skype. Good morning. Finley good morning. Thank you for having me. Did the cia forget the host of spying ms. Finley the cia. Host cia, im sorry. Ms. Finley the idea behind the article is after the attacks of september 11, the cia when about changing the way it did business after the cold war. The way it was a doing its business during the cold war wasnt going to work going after terrorists. As i wrote in the article terrorists do not go to cocktail parties. Itself andrganize retooled itself to be able to take on the war on terror. That of course was a necessary thing, but now of course what we are seeing is our old adversaries have not gone away. Many of those tools and capabilities that we used to have and it used to be very strong and the cia have now left. The Institutional Knowledge is now gone. And the manager
Michael swanson is the founder and editor of the website wall street window. Com where he writes about the financial market. That site, heded commands the hedge fund from 2003 two 2006. He has written works of 20 century American History, including danville virginia and the coming of the moderate south. One of the greatest books that you will ever read, the cold war origins of the militaryindustrial complex in the power elite. He is working on the book covering the u. S. Involvement in the vietnam war from 1945 to 1963. Just a personal anecdote we get a lot of books that people send us to look at and review. When i got to mike swanson, i did not know who he was. I thought it was another one of those books. I was stunned. I start really looking through it and i take it home at night and i was just overwhelmed with the power of this book. I contacted him and we met at a conference on the Jfk Assassination and we have become good friends. I cannot recommend this book to highly. He donated
Good evening, everyone. I am a trustee of the u. S. Capital Historical Society. Welcome to our celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Senate Committee on appropriations. This committee traces its origins to 1816, making it one of the first Standing Committees established by the senate. It is also one of the most powerful committees, and one of the largest. We are so grateful to the generous donors who helped make this evening possible. Bank of america, independent Community Bankers of america, airlines for america, leonardo drs, and mr. Terry lehrman. Thank you all so much for making tonight possible. We will begin the evening with the presentation of the colors by the Capitol Police ceremonial unit and the pledge of allegiance. Please rise. Present. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Please be seated. Several distinguished guests have joined
Metadata. What about you . Into put one together it all began on a dark and stormy night but in 2007 after the director of the cia. So i use that to pay that off of my experience. I and mention i was an american is airforce. With the wonderful bride Cultural Education that is values based from a Catholic High School so i as of bluecollar town with a whitecollar economy. Guy and article and was traveling to the United States that was causing an incline. And he characterized the city masterfully. So that is why i brought to the job that the cia pdf. Host i want to go to a subject that we deal with more than once with intelligence in recent years and it used to be the case of letters of long and and with that male watch be planned we want to keep track and the postscript and the date. And then if they would seek James Woolsey getting a lot of mail from of mafia figures. [laughter] it strikes me to do early in the book. And with respect to Edward Snowden and thinking in view word keeping t
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