Out on tuesday. This is about a topic which is relevant and important but as the authors discussed under studied and underemphasized. I dont want to waste too much time with a big long intro but i will have an intro to highlight the work of luna next to me whos been doing really fantastic reporting for the wall street journal and im going to quote from one of her stories this year because it sets us up nicely. A piece coauthored with him, they are increasingly recruiting intelligent officers as a campaign to shake loose government secrets, current and u. S. Officials say china has grown older and more successful in traditional spy cams including targeting less conventional recruits and she quote the infamous statement by crystal ray, the fbi that no country poses a threat than china. They are doing it through chinese Intelligence Services, through extensively private companies, through graduate students and researchers all working on behalf of china and finally, this is one of my favor
I always like to ask this question. How many of you have been here before . Show of hands . All right. Everybody. Great. Welcome back to the museum. Always like to make a shoutout when i see mr. Richard lions in the audience. The reason we are here in this space is because mr. Lyons made an incredible discover in the 90s that saved the building from being torn down. Always like a round of applause for mr. Lyons for his discovery. This Evenings Program is a pay what you please event. Meaning that at the conclusion of the program we encourage you to leave a donation based on what you thought the program and the museum is worth to you. And for an evening of Civil War History the donation bin is at the bom of the stairs at the front of the Visitor Center on the first floor. As you head out this evening if you would just drop something in there, all proceeds go to support the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office museum. The museum is member supported as well. If you are interested in learni
Highlight, promote, discuss this great new book, which just came out on tuesday i believe the third would be official launch date. This is about a topic which is incredibly relevant important but as the authors discuss, understudied and on underemphasized. I dont want to waste too much time at the big long intro. I will only have an intro so i can highlight the work of ab next to me whos been doing really fantastic reporting for the wall street journal on the same topic and im going to quote from one of her stories from this year because it sets us up nicely where in a piece coauthored with her colleague dustin boltz she says, chinese spies are increasingly recruiting Us Intelligence officers as part of a widening sustained campaign to shake loose government secrets. Current and former u. S. Officials say china has also grown bolder and more successful in traditional spy games including targeting less conventional recruits and she quotes the now infamous statement by Christopher Wray t
Greg, the theft was all caught on home surveillance video. Reporter yeah, police tell us they were able to solve this crime because of a quick phone call from the victims as well as some help from ups. And now in this case, they say that the person that was hired to help out, well, they are accused of helping themselves to someone elses stuff. Reporter caught on home surveillance cameras, a ups aid is seen delivering a package tuesday night to a home on st. James place in piedmont. Moments later, she leaves empty handed. But looks can be deceiving. When the homeowner went outside minutes later to retrieve a muchanticipated ipad, what they found was an empty box. They went to look at their home surveillance camera system, which identified that the ups aide, the driver seen on the truck, by all accounts had opened the package, signed for the package and removed the ipad. This was in the package. Reporter this is the torn open box residents found, now in the possession of police. The inte
The centers for Disease Control related to 530 e cigarette related incidents of lung disease in 38 states and the u. S. Virgin islands. First, i want to make clear that we did not plan to have this emergency hearing at the beginning of this congress, let alone this time last month. On august 23rd, officials from illinois reported the first death due to a mysterious vaping related illness. And since then, a total of eight individuals have tragically died in this outbreak. The response to this crisis, cdc is warning the American Public to consider not using e cigarettes of any kind. Because the subcommittee has investigated the youth vaping epidemic and the companies behind it, we feel its our duty to draw attention to recent Government Health warnings about the dangers of e cigarette use. The longterm Health Effects of continued vaping is unknown. What we do know should give us pause. State Health Departments continue to conduct retro active analysis of patient records to better underst