Most recently published the spymasters which is a book about how the cia directors shape history. Its a really pathbreaking work at her book. Its the first book that looks at the modern directors of Central Intelligence and evaluates [inaudible] and how they have interpreted their jobs. Well have time later in the program to talk about all of those issues. There is a link available to brookings in order to purchase a copy of the book at a think youll find [inaudible] its really something quite [inaudible] were going to focus today at least initially on the pandemic. The Intelligence Community appears actually did a fairly good job warning and anticipating that the pandemic was coming. And ask you to give us some of the data that point in the direction . Yeah, bruce, first of all before i do can i just say that thank you for the kind words for the spymasters. I was lucky enough in doing this book to talk to almost every living cia director and i was even luckier to be able to talk to yo
The coronavirus, author chris recentlypoke about his released book the spy masters the c. I. A. Director in the future. By the brookings institution, this is about an hour. Hello, im director the intelligence of the project for institution and today were having a program on covid19, how well he Intelligence Community anticipates the worldwide pandemic which is now covering world. Ire im very happy to say that my chris whipple, he is the author and published a a few years ago called most recently publish spy masters which is a book about how policy directors shape history for the future. Its the first book that looks modern directors of. Entral intelligence they have s how interpreted their jobs. In the ve time Later Program to talk about all of and to purchase well be e book, [indiscernible]. Were going to focus today, at least initially on the pandemic. The Intelligence Community it ppears actually did a fairly good job of warning and pandemic was coming. Should i ask you, chris, to g
A few days ago brazil the worst a country in the region has over 5000000 people infected with the coronavirus 157000 people there have died. Across the world theres been Something Like 42000000 people infected 10000000 of those are in latin america so its got around about a quarter of all the cases in the world and the number of deaths approaching the 400000 marks a grim picture right across the region very few bright spots to be had anywhere the numbers only seem to be going up every everywhere you look a year or so ago the world bank predicted that the whole region economies in the region would grow by 1. 8 percent theyve now revised that talking about a 7. 2 percent drop across the region and were already seeing the consequences of businesses closing tens of thousands of people losing their jobs and many many people moving having to move out onto the streets. U. S. President donald trump has cast an early ballot near his private resort in florida he went to a polling station in West
Thank you for having me. When i started it this will be too much information i cannot take it in is based on your knowledge and research over 70 interviews. And billy it is not so much about the cia director but the relationship to the white house and the president. Do you agree . Thank you for your kind words because what i really tried to do above all else is to humanize these directors and with his cast of characters those that were the quintessential cia director is a james bond character cigarette in one hand and the dry martini and another to walk into the oval office to tell lbj the domino theory was god and then Going Forward to me was the corleone of the cia and then you have okc and an amazing cast the characters all the way up to gina haskell the first woman to run the cia. The book focuses a lot on the relationship between the president and the cia director its almost an impossible balancing act for a cia director because he or she have to tell the president a hard truth wi
This agreement and if that happens then we will begin the steps towards normalization. If you have some of the u. S. Ambassador after President Trump suggested that egypt might blow up ethiopias grand really. The projects been a source of tension since construction began in 2011 if the o. P. s sudan and egypt a failed to reach an agreement after nearly a decade of negotiations hammad vaal has more i want to just congratulate words of pride after brokering going to agree ment to between sudan and israel to normalize ties but president Donald Trumps next remarks suggested a new conflict in the media africa region its a very dangerous situation because egypt is not going to be able to live that way and theyll end up blowing up to them and i said and they said loud and clear dont blow up that dam and they have to do something because they could have stopped it they should or started long before we started i said how do you let it get built and then you say. Trump preceded those words with