Author jeff quinn. You open your most recent book, waco, with this author jeff guinn you open your most recent book we go f with ts from rick perlstein. A far crosscutting motive that defies storybooks simplicity, that is usually the way history happens. I think that quote is the most cogent ive ever heard. Rick does a tremendous job himself and its true no historic event happens in a vacuum. Thats the fascination in researching the narrative nonfiction history. I want to read that quote inu u. S. Well and this is from 2021 and in the plea burn times radio. A lot of people no longer want to find nonfiction to learn things. They want nonfiction books to reflect what they already belie. They want books to reinforce their opinion. They want books that tell them everything they believe is absolutely right and that the other side is worse than i thought. If you take a look at the bestseller list for nonfiction for the last several years there are three categories generally representative. T
Back i could only respond through that email. But what i meant to say is we couldnt find out who was sending it. It was obvious that they were english speaking, however, because, you know, of the commander language. Was there specifics about a ransom number or conditions . When they initially reached out to us, yes. It was ridiculous. Like they wanted 100 million euro or all muslim prisoners kind of thing. And you know, fbi, you know, of course we right away sent tight the fbi and they just said keep them talking, keep them talking. But within a few emails when they realized they were just talking to the family, they had absolutely no interest. And so they cut off discussions until the only other time, sir, was when the french came out in march of 2014, they came out with another very specific offer to negotiate for all americans and all of the british. And your primary source of contact in the United States was the fbi . We had no primary source. I did have one we had one fbi agent wh
The Justice Department statistics show that nationally only 16 of state prisoners are in for drug crimes and less than 4 are there for drug possession. And yet, our very president is going around stating an untruth. That is because this is an administration i think that is ruled by an ideology that claims that Law Enforcement is somehow racist. And that, as you say, is a disservice to officers of all colors who are there to help the good people in the community. Mr. Mccarthy, you rightly observed that the title this hearing, the war on police, is directed more broadly than just the department of justice. But it is rather what i see as a pervasive, to use a term of art, pattern and practice across the federal government and this administration, and indeed, i think no one bears more direct responsibility than the president. As ms. Macdonald just noted, president obama has directly tried to attack his own fbi director for observing that Violent Crime and homicides are increasing. We saw a
Well speak with Philip Balboni president and ceo of globalpost, where james foley was a freelance reporter when he was taken hostage in 2012, and who u. S. Threatened his family with prosecution if they attempted to pay ransom. Foley was beheaded. We will also speak with the former chief of the fbis crisis negotiation unit, gary noesner and with sarah shourd held prisoner by iran for or 10 days and released through negotiation with a third country which facilitated half 1 million each for her and her two friends josh for tall and shane bauer. And we will be joined by new York Attorney Stanley Cohen directly involved in secret talks with the freedom of u. S. Aid worker peter kassig held by isis in syria when u. S. Ally the talks collapsed and kassig was beheaded soon after. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Indonesian rescuers have found dozens of bodies and debris from a passenger plane that was carrying
At least 15 others were captured that walked free because her governments, all but one european, have negotiated and paid millions of dollars to win the release. Today, the unique roundtable. Well speak with Philip Balboni president and ceo of globalpost, where james foley was a freelance reporter when he was taken hostage in 2012, and who u. S. Threatened his family with prosecution if they attempted to pay ransom. Foley was beheaded. We will also speak with the former chief of the fbis crisis negotiation unit, gary noesner and with sarah shourd held prisoner by iran for or 10 days and released through negotiation with a third country which facilitated half 1 million each for her and her two friends josh for tall and shane bauer. And we will be joined by new York Attorney Stanley Cohen directly involved in secret talks with the freedom of u. S. Aid worker peter kassig held by isis in syria when u. S. Ally the talks collapsed and kassig was beheaded soon after. All that and more, comin