Agreed on measures to bring order to the chaos. Up,ols will be stepped refugees registered, and deportation procedures accelerated. That raises the question, will your build new walls to keep the refugees out . Coming to you from berlin, quadriga. Will the latest plan to manage the crisis work . Hollowdoes, will it out Core Principles . Thats what we want to find out today. Judy dempsey is a columnist for the International Herald tribune and works at carnegie europe. She says the walls are being built, physical and mental. Alan posener with us again. German commentator for die welt, and says that if we want to keep the Free Movement of people, we have to keep those we dont want out. Either new walls without or within. A pleasure to welcome janosch delcker, a Political Correspondent for politico europe in berlin. He says holding walls wont help. Europe needs to address the reasons that makes refugees leave their home countries in the first place. Judy dempsey, a new plan joins the pile.
Good evening. Im so glad to be here at politics and prose with my wife this evening. Thank you so much to the entire staff for coming out on this damp august evening. Now is the time to turn off your cell phones or anything else that might be during the presentation. When we get to the q a in the program, there is a microphone over there and we would appreciate it if you would make your way to it if you would like to ask a question, especially with the cameras going here this evening. Finally, at the end, please help our staff by enfolding of the chairs and placing them in something solid. Thank you for joining us. Hampton sides has several bestselling works to his name and among them are those soldiers about the daring world war ii games to rescue more than 2000 pows. That has sold more than a million copies since its release in 2002 and another of his book, blood and thunder, the life and times of kit carson made the best book list in 2006 when it came out very and then four years ag
Good evening. On behalf of the entire staff thank you very much coming out on this wet evening. Please turn off your cell phones and as they get to question and answer there is the microphone over there really appreciate it if you would make your way to it if you would like to ask a question we have the cameras here going. Finally at the end please help our staff by folding up the chairs. We are delighted to have with us a very prolific writer of narrative history Hampton Sides has several bestselling works among them ghost soldiers of the prison camp in the philippines and more than 500 pows it sold more than 1 million copies since its release in 2002 another of his made some best vocalist in 2006 when it came out. Four years ago we tackled the murder of Martin Luther king, jr. And now with the release of the kingdom in the kingdom of ice s. The subtitle says the grand and terrible polar voyage of the uss jeanette which started 1879. His background is in magazine journalism and has al
But we are delighted to have jonna. Jonna began her career overseas in germany where she was working and was recruited by cia. In 1966. At that time they brought air into she became a technical operations officer. Tech ops, technical operations officers, often are crosstrained in a variety of things. In jonnas case she was trained in disguise, identity transformation, and clandestine imaging. I will let her explain that if any of you are interested in that. But her really top specialties were photography and disguise. She was assigned in the mid1980s, 1986 to what in the agency call denied area operations. They were called that because of the absolutely pervasive surveillance we had to deal with in russia, our principal adversary, and east europe. It was so persistently so pervasive we had to develop special techniques. We became very good at communicating with our agents or secret sources even under surveillance. And tony and jonna helped facilitate that. Jonna herself was made chief
Her photography work, which she now does every variety of places. It is on exhibit and at their home in maryland. She and tony have lectured in a variety of places, World Affair Councils colleges, and so forth. She is a regular appearer here on either a panel or as a single lecture. I will mention one book. I think this was your first book. Spy dust. It is about their years in moscow. Denied area operations. This is where you first hear the term moscow rules. It is used, this book, in, often with new intelligence personnel coming into the agency. Its that good, and it covers that many operations. So i have said enough. Jonna, it is delightful to have you here. Please help me welcome jonna mendez. [applause] good morning. There is no better way to start the day than to be introduced by peter. It is inspiring. In another life, in another time , i lived in d. C. And i was the smithsonian resident associate. I did so many programs with the smithsonian once we moved out of washington, d. C.