Lights in here, because youre all going to be on tv. Cspan is taping tonight. Im kidding, youre not going to be on cspan, the speaker will be on cspan. When we get to the q a, they usually want to bring a mic down so they can record it. So if you have a question, just try to wait until they bring the mic to you so we dont have to repeat it. The speaker will repeat the questions so you can hear, but this is so they can hear it or however they work it. Our speaker tonight is david robarge, received a phd at columbia university. After teaching at columbia, banker david rockefeller, media studies at columbia, he joined the cia in 1989 and later became a political and leadership analyst on the middle east. Dr. Robarge moved to the cia history staff in 1996 and was appointed chief historian of the cia in 2005. Hes published several classified works as well as unclassified mono graphs on supersonic Reconnaissance Aircraft and intelligence the American Revolution and biography as director of C
Up and wondering who these people are. We would play directors jeopardy. I have not done this before. It may fall flat. Or i may spend the rest of the night doing that. Lets start with this. Longestserving director of Central Intelligence. And you can shout out the name. Allen dulles, correct. And there is right there. Conversely, im the shortest serving director. Pompeo was in for the better part of the year. So was george bush. Schlesinger, almost. He was in for about a year and a half. We have to go way back. The first one. He was a crony of harry truman. He made it very clear when he took the job that he only wanted to serve a few months. He was not experienced. Truman wanted a figurehead who could get the Intelligence Group up and running. I am the only convicted felon richard hounds. Regrettably. He was caught in a pretty nasty gotcha episode. He was testifying before the Senate Foreign relations during his hearings before he went out to iran and was asked by senator stewart and
documents that were released today. but even that gives us more information about where things are headed, and that s why i think, no matter how redacted the release of this affidavit is gonna be, take the first thing on their. the espionage act. the 18 usc seven 93, we will all were wondering, i rode along piece, what angle are they taking? well, they ve just stated their theory of the case, one, that they might or might not argue to the jury. he retained government documents. well, don, if i go to the white house and help myself to property that s in the oval office, and i take it with me, i m retaining government property. that s a crime. and these are boxes and boxes and boxes. so, we re already learning more. okay, he says he wants this information out there. do you think this is going to be helpful to him? i do not. i think it s going to tell the story of why the government, they had to put the details to convince a judge that there was probable cause of crime. is
norm, i want to look at these terms. this is what we learned today from the mar-a-lago national defense information removal of government record and obstruction of a federal investigation. does this tell you anything about where the investigation is focused on right now? it does. it gives us some additional information, and of course these are the very basic additional documents that were released today. even that gives us more information about where things are headed. that s why i think no matter how redacted, the release of this affidavit is going to be so explosive. take the first thing on there. the espionage act. we all were wondering, i wrote a long piece. would angle are they taking? they ve just stated their theory of the case. one that they might or might not argue to the jury. he retained government documents. well, don, if i go to the white house and help myself to a property that is in the oval office and i take it with me, i m retaining government proper
Terrorist on the attack. From abc news, this week with George Stephanopoulos begins now. Good morning. What some called a summer fling still going strong, donald trump drawing record crowds. Hes going to join us live in a moment. But we begin with that brewing intrigue on the democratic side. Vice President Biden calling populist star Elizabeth Warren to washington for a secret meeting. Jonathan karl tracking the latest. Jon, this is the strongest sign that biden is taking a serious look at this race. Reporter it sure is, george. This is a meeting between the two democrats who could potentially pose the greatest threat to Hillary Clinton if either one of them decided to one. Now, warren, of course, has emphatically ruled out running. Biden is seriously considering it. Its hard to imagine anything that would give him a bigger initial boost among base democratic voters than support from warren. Warren, by the way, has been decidedly cool about Hillary Clintons campaign. Just listen to th