From foreign and domestic sources, those threats are real. They have been a real threat u. S. History. I think they can come from across the political spectrum. But for over a century, in addition to taking action against real threats to the lives of american citizens, bureaus and agencies within the United States government have surveilled those who have expressed what is described as Strong Political views that run counter to the prevailing government political paradigm. Will this challenge is the notion often expressed, by those who support a surveillance state of some sort, that if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear. And i want to come back to that later on in our discussion. Maybe you would hear to that you, maybe you are on the fence about it, maybe you firmly reject it. That is fine, we will have an opportunity to discuss that later. But the history of abuses in domestic surveillance, in this country, necessitates that discussion. Because the same tools that can
Special agent at the l. A. Field office, where she specialized in chinese counterintelligence operations. Tracy lives with her husband and 4 1 2yearold daughter in dallas, texas. This evening tracy will discuss her memory, the unexpected spy, from the cia to the fbi, my secret life taking down some of the worlds most notorious terrorists. Tracy will be interviewed by dr. Vince houghton. After their discussion, they will open the floor to questions and answers. Everyone will have an opportunity to ask questions this evening. Were also going to asked if youre trapped in the middle of a row, put your hand up and well be sure you have a mic to answer your questions, but there will be two mics on each side that you can use to answer your question. If you could get out stay where youre at. If you have a cell phone probably everybody please silence it now. Id lead by example and make sure mine is silenced. Ill kick it over to vincent and tracy. Thank you, chris. The first time we were introdu
He manages the department lesbian gay transsexual and bisexual department. And mr. Trust thought. Were looking forward to learning a lot, and looking back through your eyes and perspectives on where we were 50 years ago. It is kind of hard to believe. I would like to start with you if we can. What was new york like what was america like, for gays and lesbian and transgender citizens before the stonewall riots. What was it like for the Lgbtq Community. It is really counter intuitive, because there is a common tendency in this country, to assume you dont for the we go back in history the worst things are going to be. But in the whole history of the entirety of the u. S. History, the sixties and fifties were probably the very worst time for lgbt people. That is because, there have been a period of liberalization in the 1920s, and you know it was generally a liberal period in the 1920s. With the Great Depression coming along, that seem to begin a clamp down on and i will use the term gay p
The u. S. Military command in vietnam, with his retirement from the cia he went to the Georgetown School foreign service. Hes also founding member, and is the author of a new book the foundations of the cia harry truman, and the origins of a cold war. Rick, come on up. Think you all for coming out when you could be at the Christmas Market across the street. I appreciate that. As vince said ive been with the sea i a for going on 50 years. For the last 20 years ive taught intelligence in georgetown. In teaching their at george town ive discovered from participating with the museum that theres a great interest in the cia and the general subject of National Intelligence. Also considerable misunderstanding, suspicion and outright hostile itty about National Intelligence. So one of the reasons that i wrote this book is as a primer to try to explain not to knowledgeable people like yourself or my colleague, but the general public what it is that the Intelligence Community does, and the kinds
Plunges and a financial panic gripped the world. This land is your land this land is my land from california to the New York Island i have but one desire, and that is to see my country again on the road to prosperity. This land was made for you and me let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. By the time Franklin Roosevelt gives his march 1933 inaugural speech, almost a quarter of the nation is unemployed. More than 5,000 banks have failed and drought is persisting in key agricultural areas of the country. Coming up in the next hour, stories from the Great Depression as we take you around the country to places like toledo. And then in 1931, five of the six largest banks in toledo all failed at the same time, which made it the largest banking failure of the Great Depression. Two successful Infrastructure Projects of the time still impacting us today. And to one ending in tragedy. Well take you to saint paul where depression gangsters and the corrup