Every day in every state across the country, our political system is bankrolled by an army of fundraisers, pulling in millions of dollars a race. Sometimes it looks like you might imagine knocking on doors, calling every name in the phone book, and emailsso many emails. But for all those little fish throwing 100 to their local race, its the whales those Campaign Fundraisers really need powerful, rich individuals and companies. And when they donate 25,000, 100,000, a million dollars, they want a favor. Or 10. It should be obvious thats corrupt, but with a wink and a nod, political deals toe the bribery line every single day. And we may never have noticed that if a certain illinois governor hadnt flung back the curtain with an unrepentant ego, a political corruption crime spree, and a set of unprecedented Audio Recordings that shined a bright light on the inner workings of american political power. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Rod Blagojevich. It was early morning, cause i used to get up e
Good evening. I am tony clark. I am really glad you are all here. I think this will be a fascinating evening because it kind ofpo tells why we are in politics the way we are right now. When i was growing up, folk music was a really big deal. There was a group called the chad mitchell trio that had a song called the dont John Birch Society with lyrics like if mommy is a connie, youve got to turn her in. Just really a funny, funny song. They would sing things Like Fighting for the right to fight the right fight for the right. Should google the trio and the John Birch Society. The billboards at the time along the highways would say things like Impeach Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren or get the u. S. Out of the un. They were very well known back in the 60s. By the end of the vietnam war you did not really hear much about them. Their influence carried much further. Their influence did not disappear. Fe a professor at the graduate school of political management at George Washington univers
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Are monvar i and overfell beveled rummel in africa. Said kim this man was an nco with rummel in the africa corps. They still had that much pride in rumble as a man. And serving with him and under him. And the nazis poof but in. Good evening, everyone. I believe we have a very nice, very, very nice audience tonight. I think perhaps the largest audience weve had since precovid. So welcome to tonights program. Only truly iconic figures of the 20th century american history. The long time fbi director j. Edgar hoover, a special. I suppose its not surprising that in a series titled great lives, the term iconic often comes up to the point of being somewhat trite, perhaps. But in this case, particularly, i think its appropriate because there are few figures to whom that description applies more properly. I agree that the j. Edgar hoover, for people of a certain generation, the man and i believe many of yours as well known, i dont mean to insult you, but yeah, no name in our earlier years was m
Next a discussion on the impact and legacy of u. S. Surveillance programs put in place after 9 11, focusing on constitutional concern, threats to privacy and individual freedom and intelligence sharing between federal, state and local entities. Hosted by the cato institute. Hello and welcome. Today were going to look at the legacy of 9 11 and domestic surveillance and International Surveillance. Just a quick administrative note here before we actually dive in and i do the introductions of our very distinguished panel today. You can submit your questions online via our webpage, facebook and youtube, as well as on twitter. If youre on twitter use the hashtag, centuryofsurveillance. If you put in century of surveillance and google that, itll put in the timeline weve built from the early 20th century to the present. A whole series of events, some of which are still under way. Please do use that hashtag as we go forward. I want to turn now and get an introduction to each of our panelists he