Did the cia ever try or contemplate getting into recruit others to spot as well . Imac thank you very well. Didnt see a contemplate having and recruit others speak was no, never. He was such a valuable agent. Ending up these faults and filing cabinets. Hey good morning to kill anyone else. Again i remind you we had these wonderful satellites that could fly over the soviet union and send back realtime images. We now take this for granted in our communications age, but in 1977 it was wonder what to do this. It gave us a great advantage. And about it for a minute. A satellite cannot see into anybodys filing cabinet. Satellite cannot seem to the minds of men pics satellites have a lot of limitations. This one man, adolph tolkachev, provided enormous amount of information that could not be gotten with the satellite. Thats why we still need people like this. It were going to defend our system in a dangerous world, what have you think about the history of the cia or the things youve heard in
Grandmother its my Great Fortune to welcome you to this panel, this wonderful discussion well have about the presidency of Richard Nixon and the lessons thin, and im also happy to invite you to a conversation. Well be able to have on that same theme and that same question. Before we get started in ernest, though, it is fitting that we take a moment to remember the space that were in, and who founds it. Tonight we are gathered in at the First Amendment center here at vanderbilt yard which is founded by john seigenthaler. You may not be aware of his legacy, he served for 43 years as an awardwinning journalist for the tennessean, and his retirement he was editor, publisher, and ceo. And in 1982 he became the founding editorial director of usa today and served in that position for a decade. Seigenthaler left journalism to serve in the u. S. Justice department as Administrative Assistant to attorney general robert f. Kennedy. His work in the field of civil rights let to center field as chie
Im really most interested in this but it gives you have managed to do in a readable length what many other authors have tried to fit in many many pages and im just curious about your interests and eisenhower. How familiar with were you with his record when he developed an interest in the subject . Guest so i covered the pentagon for six years. Obviously i had a healthy appreciation of general eisenhower. But i didnt really have an appreciation of the eisenhower presidency. Im a college golfer, former college golfers still a golfer and i got the holy grail of golfer down to it Augusta National and i was on cloud nine and went down there and was driving down meg elia lane. Its just such a spectacular place and for golfers as you know its the place to be. So i went in and they told me you are staying in the eisenhower cabin and i couldnt believe it. I couldnt go to sleep then i poured myself a glass of wine and walked around the eisenhower cabin which is just the tech aware. Its a little
Host it is great to be with you thanks for the opportunity to talk about your book. Guest it is an honor to be sitting with your after spending the last 3 amperes steadying your grandfather. Kelso those children who were well behaved . I am most interested what you do many other authors i am curious of your interest and eisenhower how familiar where you with his record . I covered the pentagon six years i had a general impression of general eisenhower but not really Hovey Eisenhower presence and the l. Holy grail and i was on cloud nine. In his riding down magnolia it was a spectacular place then is the place to be saying state in the Eisenhower Cavan i could not go to sleep and then to walk around the eisenhower cabin it was like the white house but then i was overcome and then idealized to cover politics the presidency of eisenhower weekends is seen to the focus started with kennedy but to share that experience with younger people so then i travel to abilene kansas and they said this
Host it is great to be with you thanks for the opportunity to talk about your book. Guest it is an honor to be sitting with your after spending the last 3 amperes steadying your grandfather. Kelso those children who were well behaved . I am most interested what you do many other authors i am curious of your interest and eisenhower how familiar where you with his record . I covered the pentagon six years i had a general impression of general eisenhower but not really Hovey Eisenhower presence and the l. Holy grail and i was on cloud nine. In his riding down magnolia it was a spectacular place then is the place to be saying state in the Eisenhower Cavan i could not go to sleep and then to walk around the eisenhower cabin it was like the white house but then i was overcome and then idealized to cover politics the presidency of eisenhower weekends is seen to the focus started with kennedy but to share that experience with younger people so then i travel to abilene kansas and they said this