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
Because they want to make a name for themselves. You know foster care and the group homes and foster homes are gold mines for our nation. Ifill all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by fathom travel. Carnival corporations small ship line. Offering seven day cruises to three cities in cuba. Exploring the culture, cuisine and Historic Sites through its people. More at fathom. Org. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill a crucial endorsement, a criminal charge, a critical contest. It was all the stuff of another long and sometimes strange day in the president ial campaign of 2016. All five major president ial candidates descended on wisconsin today, the site of the primary seasons next
These kids will be driven because they want to make a name for themselves. You know foster care and the group homes and foster homes are gold mines for our nation. Ifill all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by fathom travel. Carnival corporations small ship line. Offering seven day cruises to three cities in cuba. Exploring the culture, cuisine and Historic Sites through its people. More at fathom. Org. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill a crucial endorsement, a criminal charge, a critical contest. It was all the stuff of another long and sometimes strange day in the president ial campaign of 2016. All five major president ial candidates descended on wisconsin today, the site of
Put that down. We were talking about people who talk to you on the phone and talk to their kids in the background. You know how jim mocks our fitness session . I was eating an apple and he he said he said, how are you going to burn off that apple. Here she is, the current news center. Good morning, everybody, the battles to restrict abortion continue in texas and former senator and former president ial candidate Rick Santorum is jumping into the fray. Santorum will go to texas and hold a press conference in austin. His spokesman said hes joining those giving a voice to the unborn seriously and backing a bill that would ban abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Remember this is a state bill and Rick Santorum is from pennsylvania. Anyway thousands of activists both antiabortion and prochoice have been swarming the capitol to weigh in on the bill. The state committee has determined to vote today. The bill is requesting that doctors have admitting privileges to hospitals and would effectiv