Our fallen officers commemorated on the wall of honor, they have walked across the agency, sealed out morning to take their place in the lobby and the father of Central Intelligence is watching over their shoulder as they begin their career for the Central Intelligence agency in our nation. Were standing close to a sculpture of wild bill donovan, the father of Central Intelligence, donovan was tapped by president roosevelt in 1942 to head the office of Strategic Services. Established by president roosevelt to coordinate information intelligence with the war growing overseas. The single star behind us commemorates the loss of 116 ossers who the cia seal is something everyone sees as they come into the office, some people dont want to cross it, some want to walk around it. But you have seen movies filmed here in the lobby. It was designed by the crew that designed the tomb of the unknown soldiers. Its our nations symbol of vij lengs, the eagle. Everybody here at the cia works for the pre
Information intelligence with the war growing overseas. The single star behind us commemorates the loss of 116 ossers who the cia seal is something everyone sees as they come into the office, some people dont want to cross it, some want to walk around it. But you have seen movies filmed here in the lobby. It was designed by the crew that designed the tomb of the unknown soldiers. Its our nations symbol of vij lengs, the eagle. Everybody here at the cia works for the president of the United States, were an executive agency and we all carry on our badges the great seal of the United States, if you look at the great seal, youll see a different kind of eagle, an eagle with its wings spread, and the eagle in its right taleons old the olive branch of peace. During world war 2, our country us played what was called a war eagle. After the war it was president truman who decided we would no longer project a bellicose image and had the eagle flipped. Our eagle looks to the right, in the advancin
You are watching American History tv on cspan3. Next, author corey recko discusses the life and death of Timothy Webster. A former policeman turned unions by during the civil war. He was renowned as the unions top spy until he was betrayed in he was the first spy executed 1862. During the war. The museum of the confederacy hosted the event. It is about 45 minutes. We would like to welcome everybody to our book talk. I am kelly hancock, the manager of programs here at the museum of the confederacy. We do a number of different talks throughout the year. We have a Brown Bag Lunch series that takes place on the third friday of the month. Keep those options in mind. I am here to introduce to you corey recko. His first book, murder on the white sands, was published in 2007 and won an award for the double s the Wild West History Association for the best book on wild west history. In 2007. While working on the book, he began to research pinkertons National Detective agency. This led to the dis
I am kelly hancock, the manager of programs here at the museum of the confederacy. We do a number of different talks throughout the year. We have a Brown Bag Lunch series that takes place on the third friday of the month. Keep those options in mind. I am here to introduce to you corey recko. His first book, murder on the white sands, was published in 2007 and won an award for the best book on wild west history. While working on the book, he began to research pinkertons National Detective agency. This led to the discovery of Timothy Webster. Timothy webster is the subject of the new book a spy for the union the life and execution of Timothy Webster. Without further ado, i will welcome corey recko. [applause] thank you, everyone. I would like to thank everyone here at the museum for setting this up. And allowing me to speak here. I am author of a spy for the union the life and execution of Timothy Webster. I would like to read the introduction to you which gives you an overview of his li
Particularly violent week in america. First, two officerinvolved shootings, then 12 Police Officers came under attack in texas. Five of them losing their lives. Patrolling what started out as a peaceful protest. Correspondent rich edison has the latest tonight from dallas. Good evening, rich. Reporter good evening, bret. And beyond that, believe there is one shooter responsible for all of this. Police also believe that the Dallas Police department are speaking with three separate people, interviewing them for any prior knowledge of the shooting or any connection they have to the shooter. That work continues. A gunmen murders five Police Officers, injures seven more, and two civilians. They were watching over a peaceful demonstration in dallas, as many marched to protest two plaque men killed by police in louisiana and minnesota. Then a gunmen turned his rifle on them. Police say he was angry about those shootings and wanted to kill as many white people, especially Police Officers, as p