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I know you have great energy we saw you coming in. Group. A highenergy good evening. [applause] and the Program Director here at the commonwealth. Thank you for coming tonight with the program with Charles Schwab in conversation with adam lish and ski. How many of you are members . Thank you very much if not this is a great time to join there are terrific programs coming up when there is a gentle man named billy we will bel happy to answer any questions please take a moment to turn offta your devices that could make noise and i will tell you about upcoming programs. On halloween fox news anchor brett baer will be with us. On november 12th rich lowry. Jerry rice will be with us and november 15 at noon Mary Lou Henner will talk about why she has a unique condition that allows her to remember everything in her life. Also great travel programs ask our staff about those this february take an expedition to new zealand. A lot of good stuff coming up there are question cards in your seats plea
We know you have. My name is george, im Program Director at the Commonwealth Club , on behalf of all of us i want towelcome you , thank you for coming down to tonights terrific program with Charles Schwab in conversation with adam listen ski. How many of you are members of the Commonwealth Club. If youre not a member, this is a great time to join. There are all kinds of terrific programs, there is buildings like with a great roof deck and a gentleman named billyat the back of the room. He will be happy to answer any questions you have about joining the club so see himon your way out. These take a moment and turn off all your cell phones. Any devices that might make noise and while youre doing that tell you about upcoming problems of the Commonwealth Club. On october 31 halloween, fair will be with us. On november 12, theres not a comment in that area just so you all know. November 12 rich lowery will be our guest. November 12 in the eveningin Silicon Valley legendary 49er jerry rice wi
Okay. Welcome to the Commonwealth Club. Im the former executive director for the investigative reporting and the current board member and moderator for tonights program. This program is part of the clubs series by the Bernard Foundation and it is my pleasure to introduce todays distinguished speaker senior fellow at the institute at Brown University brothers overthrow hes also an awardwinning correspondent for the boston globe. His new book tells the astonishing story of the man who oversaw the cias seat medical experiments of the 1950s and 60s. On the original interviewer int, survivors testimonies and documentary research, the book brings to light the massive hunt for the secret of mind control that spans several countries including the work of nazi scientists and led experimentations on Government Employees willing and unwilling, foreign politicians and the children, prisoners, sex workers and anyone else they deem threatening or expendable. Youre about to hear a tale of the most po