Facility with the los angeles review of books. One of its Board Members one of its Board Members john is going to be an interlock for this evening. I thought i would tell you just a little bit about who ourest goes guests are tonight. John who i know is famous for many things hes a professor at uci river side, irvine, he he owes a book on the 1960s it a publisher i think thats true. Thanks for bringing that up. Hes most famous if anybody this evening needs to know anything about john lennon or the fbi hes your goto person he spends a decade litigating to get access to this information. Hes a writer commentator and man about town. And a friend of mine. And hes going to be talking to a friend of his stephen ross who is a professor at usc not ucla a usc and i would say of the two of them that these are serious historians who are not serious about themselves. The work that steven will be reading or talking about tonight and perhaps reading from is a really amazings captivating story that y
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In jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a setback for peace colombia pulled out of talks with the countrys second largest rebel group. Its sandal a get Freight Train coming down the hill survivors recall moments of horror as mudslides tale of a dozen people in california and unable to afford a home the poorest people in brazils largest city take matters into their own hands. Me a military has admitted its soldiers killed ten ranger muslims captured by buddhist villages their remains were found in a mass grave in Rakhine State last month the armys commander in chief as valid to take action against the soldiers is thought to be the militarys first public admission of wrongdoing since it launched a crackdown in rakhine in august the Aid Group Doctors Without Borders says at least six thousand seven hundred have been killed since then but if to cause a senior fellow at Georgetown University he says the International Community needs to maintain the pressure on me and. Obv
But unfortunately, two of our panelists will not be able to attend tonight. Nonetheless, we are excited with todays discussion and excited with the panelists that will join us for the conversation. With that, we are glad to be joined by our panelists. We have greg, a Community Outreach coordinator in the office of u. S. Senator dick durbin. He serves as dick durbins liaison to elected officials and other constituencies throughout the chicago and metro region. We also have richard driggers, the Deputy Assistant of the office of Cyber Security communications at the department of Homeland Security. In his role, he supports the implementation of operational programs designed to strengthen the security of the nations Critical Infrastructure. We have ambassador doug lute, the senior fellow in the future of democracy project at the Harvard Kennedy school. A Senior Adviser at cambridge global advisors, and a former career army officer and former u. S. Permanent representative to nato. Our mode
Excited with todays discussion. We are glad to be joined by our parents. He serves as the liaison to elected officials. And other constituencies throughout the chicago and metro region. He supports the development. We also have the ambassador investor who is a senior fellow. The cambridge global advisors. Our motto in there today is jake burns. The ceo of cambridge global advisors. He teaches Cyber Security policy. For the Cyber Security. Please join me in welcoming the panel. [applause]. Welcome. As i was mentioned. The cyber policy at the university of chicago. I want to thank the council for having us here today. Just to put in a plug for the organization. Is definitely worth every penny. Its fitting that we have this event here in january. The first event i did on Election Security last year was in january on the stage. Whats going on with tech in the elections. In that panel which i think was one of the first in the country was really the first one saint saying what the heck does