Hello. Look of the politics prose bookstore. My name is alexis. Those of you who have been here before will of heard this already, but bear with me for the new people. Please silage or electronic devices, cell phones and anything that might make noise. We want to avoid awkward interruptions during the event. There will be a q a session. We would appreciate it if you would step up to the microphone to my left so the audience can hear you, the author can hear you and so cspan can hear you as well. I think i speak for everyone who has attended one of our events before when i ask you put your question the form of an actual question and when the event is over we would appreciate it if you could help out our staff by holding up your chair and leaning against something sturdy, are pleased to welcome ali soufan to turdy, so withoute way we are pleased to welcome ali soufan to discuss his new book, anatomy of terror from the death of bin laden to the rise of the islamic state. Hes a former fbi
Brittney shipp. Were already starting to see some improvements out there over the past hour hour and a half or so. Thats right. Were still going to have a chance of passing showers as we head into your late Morning Hours and early afternoon. Keep that in mind as youre making your plans. It should not affect the weekend. Were going to see warmer temperatures and sunshine into the afternoon. By tomorrow even more sunshine, temperatures night and comfortable at 78. Our current at 66 in philadelphia, 65 and 64 degrees in wildwood. Everywhere else nice and dry. We are finally starting to warm things up. Our average, 80 degrees, 84 degrees on monday. Ill also track storms moving back in on monday. If youre planning to head done the shore, if youre at the shore already, todays temperatures at 75 degrees with a few passing showers and then by sunday 70 degrees. Ill have your full forecast coming up. Former delaware attorney general beau biden will be laid to rest today. The funeral caps three
Brittney shipp. Were already starting to see some improvements out there over the past hour hour and a half or so. Thats right. Were still going to have a chance of passing showers as we head into your late Morning Hours and early afternoon. Keep that in mind as youre making your plans. It should not affect the weekend. Were going to see warmer temperatures and sunshine into the afternoon. By tomorrow even more sunshine, temperatures night and comfortable at 78. Our current at 66 in philadelphia, 65 and 64 degrees in wildwood. Everywhere else nice and dry. We are finally starting to warm things up. Our average, 80 degrees, 84 degrees on monday. Ill also track storms moving back in on monday. If youre planning to head done the shore, if youre at the shore already, todays temperatures at 75 degrees with a few passing showers and then by sunday 70 degrees. Ill have your full forecast coming up. Former delaware attorney general beau biden will be laid to rest today. The funeral caps three
Internet opened to public use. It was visionary members of congress that understood there needs to be some regulation but you left it open. Yes. Gps really huge. Pizza hut track delivery with an app. I track fed x packages and ups ship. S all the time . We can do it. We have been doing it. Consumers havent seen it or seen the possibilities. But now theyre going to. Theyre going to. No reason why we cant. These technologies, they do sneak in. Often coming from defense. So its a little worry if were not spending on r d in the same way. Therefore we have to spend directly. I am a i know how much defense spending. Clearly, harvard and others. And i do not know the state of california and add all of the locations, some of the companies we mention. You mentioned google and others. And then out the location of automotive facilities and they were all alone the same track meaning they are moving from the midwest and from the south. It is their technology out or add a sunday or placing it at the
Pulitzer prize winner lawrence wright. He talks about his book thirteen days of september of 1978. [inaudible conversations] [applause] [inaudible conversations] thank you. I appreciate you all coming, so ive been asked to talk about two books, originally i was asked to talk about 13 days in september, the carter summit in 1978 which i will do but since i was invited to this conference, another book of mine has come out thats the collection of my articles on terrorism called the terror years and so i will first talk about peace and then i will talk about terror. [applause] seems like a national progression, right . I guess the best way of beginning this is telling you how i got started 13 days. Gerald who was jimmy carters adviser in the white house called me up and if i was willing to write a play. Pitch was born again christian, or orthodox jew and emerge with the only durable piece in the middle east. Pretty good pitch. And it was affecting because my wife and i had lived in georgia