Good afternoon everybody. Everybody who was looking at us fruitfully and in line in the security line to going to get in, and everybody who will be watching us sometime soon on a cable network. I am jane harman, president and ceo of the boston center. Today we are prepping a very complicated issue that is, you might be doubling of policymakers, in washington and all over the world. At least three parts of that problem are, the u. S. , china, and the five g supply chain. The Wilson Center has just produced, leaving my prop. This is the prop. A spectacular policy brief by Melissa Griffith who is in the front right here. You will see her ill obit. Which is entitled, there is more to worry about than what way. I say you get the gist of this. She will explain in detail but run, dont walk. During this to get this and read it. Meanwhile, what captures the attention around 5g is the china based weight has led the way in developing the superfast networks which will power some carving car Virtua
Men whosts and the supported them as part of a series of events related to our Current Special exhibit, rightfully hers, american women and the vote. Partners are here tonight and we thank them for their support. Our special exhibit, rightfully hers, tells the story of the woman struggle for Voting Rights. Women activists had to win allies among men in influential positions. It was men who sat in state legislatures that would ratify or reject the 19 amendment, whose centennial we celebrate. Opened,htfully hers guests were offered a yellow rose pin when they entered. That was won by members of the mens league for womens suffrage. Not to theests, this role that men played came as a surprise. Tonight we will take a look at theirffragists and contributions to the voting right struggle. Its my pleasure to welcome nancy tate, she has served as womens votef the Centennial Initiative and is also on the board of the turning point suffragists memorial. She served as the executive director of the
[inaudible background conversations]. I will give a quex introduction then ask a few questions and use the last ten or 15 minutes for audience questions we will have a microphone set up here in the back. And another in the please silence your cell phones for echo even before she finished studying at oxford before 9 11 before her writing mentor daniel pearl was already invested in International Affairs taking a great risk out of burma when just one year out of high school she got a masters in terrorism where she developed an algorithm that could predict terrorist attacks based on 200 years of data at 21 she was recruited to the cia to analyze classified cables from foreign governments and was selected for advanced operation training to infiltrate terrorist Networks Working undercover as an art dealer. Its not a huge surprise to hear the novel come to life she and her husband who is alsoll a spy had to talk in code all the time the housekeeper was spying and the people in the street were
Before we get to the meeting. Please make sure your cell phones are turned off or at least in silent mode and that places smart phones and any other Electronic Device that might make an annoying noise while having our discussion. We will have a q a portion as we get close to the end and when that goes down ill ask folks to wait to be called upon and wait for the microphone so everyone has an opportunity to hear you and ill ask you to not to name and affiliation. Our topic today is this particular absolutely fascinating and terrifying book, eyes in the sky, i have to point out, the little digital version of what im calling the eye from lord of the rings which i think its apt in what were going to be discussing today. Six years ago this month it in a say contractor whistleblower named edward burst upon the world scene with his absolutely amazing resolutions about mass surveillance taking place during the socalled war on terror. And of course there was literally dozens if not hundreds of
Wouldve liked to tell you about two upcoming programs taking place in the theater. This friday augus august 16 at , william g. Hyland junior will tell us about a forgotten founding father, george mason, the founding father who gave us the bill of rights and then on tuesday september 10 at noon, said a blumenthal will tell us about this recently released a young three of his biography of Abraham Lincoln, all powers of earth, the political life of Abraham Lincoln 1856 to 1863. To find out more about these programs and our exhibits, please visit our website at archives. Gov calendar and youll also find some printed materials held in the lobby about Upcoming Events as well as the signup sheet so you can receive an electronic version of the monthly calendar. Phillip joins the Central Intelligence agency in 1985 as an analyst specializing in south asia and then the middle east. As the september 11 attacks he was the cia member of the small Diplomatic Team that helped piece together a new gov