Project. Mr. Malcolmday is byrnes. Extremely pleased to have malcolm here today. Only is he a great scholar, hes also a great friend. Official title is Deputy Director and Research Director of the National Security archive. Or n. S. A. Its not that n. S. A. That he works for. The n. S. A. He works for is one washingtons greatest gems. Classify place where america meets its maker and hopefully declassified allowing transparency into government. It seeks to sign a light on what on behind the scenes inside of washington. Of thelso the coauthor coming enemies. About american diplomacy war. G the iran iraq which is best book available on american diplomacy. New book, based ontra, which is extraordinary come out of andarch and documents diaries and interviews with with a mountain of material and documents i dont else has ever seriously looked at. Prosecutor. E a in the end, as your book shows, at them as look look well as they should have. The picture that emerges out of this book actually i
Now, more than a year into the campaigns rollback and destroy isis, it is impossible to assert that isis is losing or that we are winning. To be sure, sure, there has been some tactical progress in putting a recent rick capture of romani. This is a testament to our leaders, but serious challenges remain. Isis has lost some territory but has consolidated power in its core territories in both iraq and syria. It maintains control of key iraq cities and art military commanders estimate that this key terrain will not be retaken this year. The un reports that since isis invasion of iraq in 2014, nearly 20000 iraq civilians have been killed, nearly 3500 people, predominantly women and children are estimated to be isis slaves in iraq. The secretary division in iraq is no surprise that the training of Iraq Security forces has been slow and the building of support for sunni tribal forces is even slower. In syria, there is no plausible strategy to achieve the timeline that wont result in the trag
His official title is Deputy Director and Research Director of the National Security archive now, of course, it is not that in and say. The nsa that he works for is one of washingtons greatest gems, the place where classified american meets its maker and as hopefully declassified allowing transparency in government that seeks to shine a light on what goes on behind the scenes inside of washington. He is also the coauthor of becoming enemies, a book on american diplomacy during the iraniraq war which i think is safe to say is the best book on american diplomacy during that war. He now has a new book, irancontra, which is based on an extraordinary amount of research and documents and diaries and interviews with individuals. It is literally a mountain of material and documents that i dont think anyone else has ever systematically and seriously looked at, unless you are a prosecutor. But in the end, as your book shows, they did not look as well as they should have. The picture that emerges
He carries these views into irancontra. He is a member of the House Republican investigating committee. He feels a little bit insulted by the way because senator inouye on the senate side has seen fit to name rudman as vice chairman of the committee. Lee hamilton by all accounts refus to name cheney as vice chair. It sets off a kind of a running conflict. Throughout the hearing, cheney asked the point repeatedly that the problem is not the president , the problem is congress. Congress overstepped its bounds in the 1970s, tried to take over president ial power. It was unconscionable, unconstitutional. And it is the cause of a whole lot of Serious Problems for the american way of doing politics. He repeats this in the minority report at the end of the congressional hearings, and that report gains new life years later when cheney reminds people who are this is i think 2005 so hes been in office as Vice President at this point for four years, and people in the media and public are still tr
Because im on the fence as to whether theres doctrinally an issue. There might be an issue. So, i think thats why. I think a ban is necessary for normative reasons. However, however, the examples we give as to the harm that derives from bulk collection, especially 215 bulk collection, is a result of the use of the data. Again, i think thats i distinguish collection and use. Can we saw recently the Obama Administration had considered ending bulk collection before the snowden revelations. Would a ban on bulk collection harm Law Enforcement and be a bad idea . Why arent you answering that one . Yeah, why . Why arent you . Really subtle moderation here. Look im not sure those accounts about how it was considered whether or not to end the bulk metaData Collection under 215. Im not surprised it was being considered. I think those programs should always be subject to a cause benefit analysis. But ill be interested to hear the followon reports as people reaction to that initial report about ho