Authorities might be. Because they are often developed and kept in secret. Goitin said what little we do know about it, comes from references to them in other do you wants. Some of which are now declassified. They originated in the eisenhower administration, as an effort to plan for a potential soviet nuclear attack. Since then they have expanded to address other types of emergencies as well. No president ial Emergency Action document has ever been released or even leaked. Not Even Congress has access to them. Which is really pretty extraordinary when you consider had that even the most highly classified Covert Military and intelligence operations have to be reported to at least eight members of the gang of you are they ulting witress wha is in these documents and from public be sources, we know that at least in the past, these documents have pro ported to do things that are not permitted by the constitution. Things like, martial law andthe suspension of habiuos corp us and the round u
Congress where i played a role in the founding of the Homeland Security department. I call myself one of its grand mothers. One of its grandfathers that would be thad allen, or i think hes one of the grandfathers, im not sure, is on the call with me and the rest of you children are the successors and i think that it is really wonderful today that we are having i guess hes been phone now, a lot of zoom issues, with chris and a panel organized by meg king who heads our science, technology and Innovation Program and a number of a rest of you on the phone. The topic is whats critical, evolving the security playbook for managing ones, zeros and everything in between. While its not as much fun to see you all or some of you on line, chris is on the phone, its not as much fun to see you in person. If any group could make a conversation interesting its our science, technology and information program. Today were joined by the nations chief risk officer chris krebs, director of the department of
At this is that book expo which the publishing industrys annual convention and here is president bill clinton. [background sounds]. Good evening everyone. My name is greg and i meant the Vice President shoaf manager for book expo america. A manageable familiar tonight. To this very special occasion. He would not be here this evening if it were not for the support and loyalty the bookselling and Publishing Community spring to us each and every year. For the for an eye for that i think you. [applause]. The fabric of our convention lies in the connections we all make with the authors that appear here. Its been over 100 years of memorable moments since the very First Convention but has two guest of honor. Mark twain in 19 oh one. And since in the book industry has continued to come together to house authors have provided us with thoughtprovoking discussion to say nothing of stimulating entertainment. But all i think i can safely say that nothing has approached the magnitude of this evening
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