[no audio] good afternoon. Welcome to fdd, the foundation for defense of democracies. Im the founder and president. Im pleased to welcome you today to our conversation, understanding al qaeda through a massive trove of Osama Bin Ladens files. In may of 2011 committee Navy Seal Team went to pakistan and killed Osama Bin Laden. They had a second mission. To take as much information as they could from his compound. We should learn a huge amount of information we didnt because it was under lock and key. Lobbyists and pressures to weease information are given an advance look by who said this information should be available to scholars and journalists and others. With that, im pleased to hand the conversation over to our moderator, kimberly dozier, whos had a distinguished career reporting on intelligence and National Security issues. She covered the war in iraq in 2003 and was wounded in a car bombing in 2006. Todays event will be live streamed. I encourage guests here and online to join in
You will get the chance to see all of this, because cspan is here. So straighten your colors, you may be on tv very soon. Sally quinn is a longtime Washington Post journalists, television commentator, and one of the renowned social hostesses. She is the founder of the religious website from the Washington Post. She authored several books including that guide to adventurous entertaining, happy endings, and we will make you a star as the first female anchor in the midwest. She also has several friends. The author of divided lives, public and private struggles of three women. She has been a staff writer at the new yorker and reporter for the Washington Post. Bob woodward is an associate editor where he works. First 1973, coverage of the heergate scandal, then 2002, he has authored or coauthored announcer 1 road to the white house 2020 kicks [applause] good evening, everyone. My name my name is ruth robbins. I want to go over very quick housekeeping details. Please silence your cell phones
But i think that theres no other art form so readily accessible other than perhaps film, which we work with, too. But it is something there is something in literature that just captures the human spirit. This weekend, we look behind the scenes at the history and literary life of new yorks capital city, albany. Saturday at noon eastern on booktv own cspan2, and sunday at 5 00 p. M. On American History tv on cspan3. Now, a former iranian political prisoner talks about the abuse she suffered. She is joined bay former Obama Administration at visor on iran who discusses irans program. The foundation for the defense of democracies held this event. Good morning. Its a very interesting panel so i want to get quickly into questions. Very quickly set the stage. I dont need to tell anyone who is in this room about the depth of the problem of human rights abuses in iran. I would just read very briefly from the report that the u. P. Report filed for the u. N. Gen assembly when it was highlight, quo
Big headwinds facing the market, and the Obama Administration saying it is ready to act in syria if needed. Secretary jack lew on squawk saying moments ago the president will not negotiate over the debt ceiling. Good news for tiffany, and luxury, in that it was boosted by sales in china. And the end of the era, bill ackman is bailing on jcpenney, and they are looki in ing to ses shares. And we will look at the new home sales to be released. Treasury secretary jack lew telling our own john harwood that the president will not e negotiate over the debt limit which could be reached in midoctob midoctober. Take a listen. We wont be negotiating over the debt ceiling and congress has authorized funding and committed to expenditures and now the question is do we pay the bills that the United States has incurred. It is the only way for that to do is for congress the act and act quickly. What we need in the economy is certainlity, and we dont need a selfinflicted wound or crisis at the last minu