0 say 17 documents out of hundreds of thousands recovered have been made public. why? chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge has the story. reporter: this seven-page indictment charged the al-qaeda spokeman and son-in-law of usama bin laden con pyring to kill conspiring to kill american citizens. without discussing details, the chairman of the intelligence committee said this is a significant capture. his history is somebody active and engaugeed in al-qaeda, spent some time in iran. the southern part of iran conducting or planning operations, doing facilitatio facilitation. reporter: the operative was brought to the u.s. several days ago and has been cooperating with authorities and he is expected in the new york city federal court by friday. on capitol hill, leading republicans accuse the administration of failing to notify congress and much more. this guy didn t rob a liquor store. why in the world are we trea treating him as a common criminal? why is he not at
was 14 so the moment i got my green card, the whole world just opened up to me and there were so many possibilities that came my way. i was able to jump on them because they had a green card and i would really love to see this happen through the dreamers, for us to give them that chance to pursue their dreams, and to also get back to society. because, they will pay everything back. the way i have been paying back, through my writing, through all the work that i do so i want to see that happen for them. we have been talking with reyna grande, the distance between us a memoir, a simon & schuster title and and you are watching booktv on c-span two. up next deanne stillman reports on the largest manhunt in cover history after this is just over an hour. [applause] that was a really nice introduction and i want to say a big thank you to debbie, debbie kross and trudy mills and you all have been such great supporters of my work and the literary community. it s really nice an
i recommend to my students they watch book tv every weekend. i d like to thank all of you for coming out tonight. it means a lot to me. it s a beautiful evening, and hot out. not unlike the weather that was in play on the when the incident i write about in my new book, desert wreck conning took place. i want to tell you about how and why i came to write this book. and i i was visiting a man at his home in the antelope valley. it s like the kooky cousin who lives in the closet that nobody wants to talk about. it s mostly desert, and we were visiting, mark and i, and i was in the middle of finishing up my previous book, mustang and also working on another project about the antelope valley, and suddenly it was high noon and baking, and suddenly we heard all these sirens screeching into the desert, and not like one or two or five but dozens and dozens and dozens, and even for that area, where sound where you hear everything because sound travels, you know, very great