National press club the place where news happens im Eileen O Reilly the 2023 president of the National Press club and managing editor of standards and training and good evening. The 2023 president of the National Press club and and and editor of lips as thank you for joining us here at the National Press club and on c span for the headliner event. I want to think the National Press club. For helping put this event together, including the headliners teams cochairs, and lori and the closed membership event coordinator. We have a very Exciting Program tonight with our esteemed Panel Focused on the book just out called, the last honest man, the cia, fbi, mafia and the kennedys. One senators fight to save democracy. Lets get started. Quote. If a dictator ever took charge in this country, the technological capacity that the Intelligence Community has the given the government, could enable it to impose total tyranny. There would be no way to fight back. That may sound like a statement from to
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And thanks for joining us for congress investigates and American History tv series looking back at significant congressional investigations. This week the topic is waste, fraud and inefficiency in defense production. During World War Two. Well, it was in the 1940s that thensenator harry truman led a committee that traveled the country examining military sites and how the publics money was being spent. It became known as the Truman Committee and was said to have saved many dollars and lives and may even have shortened the war. Joining us is Steve Drummond. Hes with National Public radio and hes the author of this book, the watchdog how the Truman Committee battled corruption and helped win World War Two. Mr. Drummond, thanks for being with us. Whats the genesis of the Truman Committee . Hi, peter. Thanks. Happy to be here. Harry truman in 1940 was a virtually unknown senator in november of that year. He barely scraped by. As for reelection to the second term in the senate from missouri.
Looking back at significant congressional investigations. This week the topic is waste, fraud and inefficiency in defense production. During World War Two. Well, it was in the 1940s that thensenator harry truman led a committee that traveled the country examining military sites and how the publics money was being spent. It became known as the Truman Committee and was said to have saved many dollars and lives and may even have shortened the war. Joining us is Steve Drummond. Hes with National Public radio and hes the author of this book, the watchdog how the Truman Committee battled corruption and helped win World War Two. Mr. Drummond, thanks for being with us. Whats the genesis of the Truman Committee . Hi, peter. Thanks. Happy to be here. Harry truman in 1940 was a virtually unknown senator in november of that year. He barely scraped by. As for reelection to the second term in the senate from missouri. And when he came back to washington in january that year, truman was getting lette