The stories theyre covering. That certainly has been judy millers preference as a veteran journalist. But a decade ago judy ended up the subject of not one but two big controversies one involving the question of iraqs alleged possession and pursuit of weapons of mass destruction, and the other involving the disclosure of Valerie Plame as a cia a operative. Judy is here this evening to discuss those experiences and much more all chronicled in her new memoir, the story a reporters journey. The book covers the full span of judys long, accomplished career in journalism nearly three decades of which were with the New York Times. She joined the papers Washington Bureau in 1977 and spent the mid 1980s abroad in cairo and paris returning to washington to serve as an editor and special correspondent. Stories about Osama Bin Laden and alqaeda that she and a small team of others did in 2001 before and immediately after the 9 11 attacks won a Pulitzer Prize for explanatory journalism. During the r
A few words about the genesis of this panel, the idea behind it and some of the issues i hope we are going to be able to address. So this year, 2015, marks the 40th anniversary of one of the most important congressional committees certainly of the 1970s. And i think arguably of the latter half of the 20th century and that was the Church Committee. The Church Committee which was chaired by frank church began its work in the spring of 1975. And for the 16 months between the spring of 1975 and when they delivered a 14 volumes report in 1976 the Church Committee held hearings, performed investigations dug into Background Materials on the american Intelligence Services. And this was really the first mass scale investigation of what had been going on in american intelligence practices in the past 30 years, but arguably back even further than that. The Church Committee held hearings investigating the fbi and the cia, in particular, but also the nsa military intelligence and some of the smalle
Why did you call your new book the girls in the balcony . The balcony is a wise about any of the National Press club. The institution until just 20 years ago. And win in 1955 the men decided that they would let anyone into cover to report on events, they put it in a very narrow, extremely uncomfortable about any at the far end of the ball room. Guest but just 20 years ago i was standing this that balcony. We could not ask questions, we were not allowed. It was, um, it was frustrating. And so one of the three women in the New York Times bureau told Scotty Rustin one day that she would not go there anymore and two other women, myself and Eileen Shanahan who covered finance and high economics, said that we wouldnt cover assignments there. Its very difficult, you know, because the newspaper business used to be kind of like the army. You were given an assignment, and you went on that assignment, and you did not discuss it, and you did not argue against it. And scotty could hardly believe th
Minute. [applause] good evening. Thank you all for being here tonight. It is my pleasure to be here with you on this cold wintry evening in new york city. I got a text message just before i got up here from barack obama who sends his regards, the somehow said something about a species giving somewhere and unable to make it tonight, can never rely on elected officials. It is actually my pleasure to be here back in their city. As did i mention to you, i grew up in work due number of years across the bay of that island. We would always take the Staten Island ferry across the harbor for big events and there is a big moment for us to come into the city. This two s. Always was a city and is still the city and its great to be here in the city and great to be your new york city, the worlds greatest city. Also great to use your i consider the New York Public Library. Im sure we would give some dispute on that from london in the library of congress, but i am sticking with it. Im also sticking wi
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