This announcement by expressing my deep gratitude and apleeshation, and of course our congratulations to our host, secretary of state, john kerry, and to you, the government and people of the United States, for this timely invitation to attend the summit. On an urgent issue focused on our oceans. As the secretary of state has said, it is our shared hope and the only one we have. Ladies and gentlemen, for far too long, human activities in the name of development and our single minded pursuit for shortterm gains and profits have had severe impacts on the health of our environment. Ese include illegal fishing, dumping of waste in the ocean, industrial activity which have caused excessive Carbon Dioxide emissions and of course the list goes on. In combination, these activities have greatly affected the health of our oceans and our planet and of course the ecosystems. These have results in what we see now. Completion of fishery stocks, acidification, Sea Level Rise, increased Ocean Temperat
The ponds skin, put in jail if youre in the private sector. Now bankrupt. Earned income tax credits, fraud written pro grams in history and not saying something. And my favorite, the foodservice, for those of you on the east coast. Its a total monopoly. Trapped on the train. Forgot to get food, you just wait for the announcement. You hope essaying the foodservice cart is open. You can go stand in line for 40 minutes to get a two week old turkey sandwich for 30. Last year amtrak foodservice alone, 72 million. How to use only the government can do that corsica and watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. Now from the internationals by museum here in washington d. C. Retired cia operative look said u. S. Intelligence efforts during the revolutionary war and their role in defeating the british. From George Washingtons interest in the use of counterintelligence practices to the copper ring an Espionage Network operated in new york city, this is just under an hour. Good afternoon
About intelligence. This is one subject that is vastly underrepresented in historical literature, the impact of intelligence on the revolution. Most of us when we went through school and learned about the revolution, even at college level, dont delve into the importance of intelligence operations on the american revolution. And thats quite problematic because if you look at the strategic imbalance of the revolution, the advantages that the british had over the americans, by ignoring the intelligence aspect, you dont get the story about how the United States wins the war. The british had almost every advantage. They had a modern, professional army that had been Battle Tested whereas the colonists did not, they had a small Continental Army reinforced by the militia that could not be counted on when the battle began. The british had the greatest navy in the world. The americans didnt have a navy to speak of. We had pirates, essentially, that we gave the ability to steal and pillage for th
Retired cia operative Kenneth Daigler looks at u. S. Intelligence efforts and revolution were and the war in defeating the british. From George Washingtons interest and use of counterintelligence practices, an Espionage Network operate in your city. This is just under one hour. Good afternoon and welcome to the International Spy museum. My name is vince houghton, oms pod museum the story and curator of like to welcome all of you to another author debriefing. Today subject will be the american revolution, and intelligence. Were joined by an exceptional often will introduce momentarily. Before that i watched a couple words about the revolution itself and history about intelligence. This is one subject that is vastly underrepresented in historical literature, the impact of intelligence on the revolution. Most of us when we went through school, even in College Level dont delve into the importance of intelligence operations on the american revolution. Thats quite problematic because if you
And privilege it is to appear here on behalf of the men and women of the Intelligence Agency and intelligence enterprise. I thank you for your cometting confidence in their work, your support is vital to us as well as our National Security, and i look forward to answering requester questions. Thank you. Thank you very much, general, well have a sevenminute first round. Starting with you, questions about afghanistan. Our isaf joint commander said that in 95 plus of tactical fire fights in which the Afghan Security forces engage they held their ground and defeated the enemy and noted that at no time did the Afghan Security forces in the past summer lose urban area or urban population cementer. Not a Single Center overrun by the taliban. Do you agree with the military commanders in their assessment of the capabilities of the Afghan National Security Forces . Let me start, and the general can chime in. Theres no question that the ana, the Afghan National army, enjoyed tactical success, par