A highly decorated former c i a officer in his 18 years and the agency. He won 8 exceptional performance awards for his work in the middle east, afghanistan and then the office of Inspector General working, ironically, one whistle blower issues. Pedro, thanks so much for being with us. Thank you so much john for having a show today. The pleasure of mine, pedro, your story is different from the stories of most other c i, a whistle blowers and snowden, jeffrey sterling. And i spoke to the media about human rights and civil rights issues. That was hard certainly. But i think that you did something that was even more difficult you took on a political issue and you did it from inside the c i a. So lets start at the beginning. This is actually quite a complicated case. Can you walk us through it and tell us how this thing developed . There were multiple episodes of instances where i basically spoke truth to power was doing my job in disclosing what i recently believe evidence to waste fraud,
So i say the government was negligent because if they acted fast, they could unblock the tunnel. And all those debts would not have happened as a victim who is lost relatives and seeing children swept away by water. I strongly believe, negligence. Why some people cost us dearly. The asking a bleak can be in such areas. Because for cause is that really is going to continue in that unlikely. Driving people losing lights easily and therefore we must take pre empties action the so many things. So your company this wednesday, the 1st of may, we will be back with more of todays top stories in about 30 minutes. The, i often say that the c, i a, is a big, slow, lumbering bureaucracy. Its not the kind of quick moving on munitions, super agency like it is in the movies. Sure. Its had its share of success as even a broken clock is right. Twice a day is the old saying goes, and its the same time the c i a can be a means plateful and vengeful organization, especially for whistle blowers. And when w
In a society that expects them to be her children this is a burden many married childless women in niger suffer from. A wife is only fully accepted upon motherhood. A very personal film about the suffering of childless women in niger. Fruitless tree starting january fourteenth on t w. Men still rule the roost in corporate germany and you study shows a quota system is getting more women into executive positions at companies but nowhere near enough. Kodak becomes the latest cryptocurrency com version launching its own blog chain technology. Plastic micro be a money spinners for the cosmetics industry but the brits banning them. Ive been physical in lets do business its been nearly three years since germany introduced a quota for women on corporate boards it calls for thirty percent of new executives to be women a study by consultancy why shows there are indeed more women on german boards than ever before there is plenty of room for improvement. Its still a mans world in germanys boardroo
Flat. The dax in germany up by. 30 . The moves would undermine opecs effort to try and control supply and raise prices. The wti is still sitting 50. 64. 22 are dead and Dozens Injured in manchester england. In this case, police say a suicide bomber likely detonated an improvised explosive device on monday night as people were leaving an Arianna Grande concert. Officials say that they believe they have, in fact, identified the bomber. The singer, Ariana Grande was not hurt. And several hours after the bombing she tweeted, in her words, broken, from the bottom of my heart. Im so sorry, i dont have words. Britains Political Parties have agreed to suspend campaigning until further notice. And donald trump made a joint statement with the palestinian president in bethlehem. So many young, beautiful, innocent people, living and enjoying their lives, murdered by evil losers in life. I wont call them monsters. Because they would like that term. They would think thats a great name. I will call t
House Armed Services Committee Chair mac thorn perry sat down to talk about military ready did iness and defense spending. Interviewed by the Brookings Institution Michael Ohanlon. This is an hour. Good morning, everyone and welcome to brookings. Im Michael Ohanlon in the Foreign Policy program. As you know i have the privilege and honor welcoming back to brookings, congressman mac thornberry, from texas to does defense policy, matters, many subjects up the sun. The chairman of the Armed Services committee. First texan have that role. His family goes back to ranching in the 13th district to 18811. Wonder what he is doing in rain any washington dealing with federal budget when he could be back home dealing with texas springtime. Were grateful for your service. Were grateful for you being here today. It is a momentous time in american Foreign Policy and defense policy well get quickly to matters of the Defense Budget, defense spending where the entire debate may go with tomorrows release