Lights in here, because youre all going to be on tv. Cspan is taping tonight. Im kidding, youre not going to be on cspan, the speaker will be on cspan. When we get to the q a, they usually want to bring a mic down so they can record it. So if you have a question, just try to wait until they bring the mic to you so we dont have to repeat it. The speaker will repeat the questions so you can hear, but this is so they can hear it or however they work it. Our speaker tonight is david robarge, received a phd at columbia university. After teaching at columbia, banker david rockefeller, media studies at columbia, he joined the cia in 1989 and later became a political and leadership analyst on the middle east. Dr. Robarge moved to the cia history staff in 1996 and was appointed chief historian of the cia in 2005. Hes published several classified works as well as unclassified mono graphs on supersonic Reconnaissance Aircraft and intelligence the American Revolution and biography as director of C
Is taping tonight. Im kidding, youre not going to be on tv. When we get to the q a they usually want to bring a microphone down so they can record it. If you have a question try to wait until they bring the microphone to you so we dont have to repeat it the speaker will repeat the question so that you can hear it but this is so they can hear it however they work its. Our speaker received his phd in American History from columbia university. After teaching at columbia and working for David Rockefeller and the good at center from media at columbia he joined the cia in 1989 and later became a political and leadership analyst on the middle east. He moved to the cia history and was appointed chief historian of the cia and 2005. He has published several classified works as well as unclassified monographs on the supersonic Reconnaissance Aircraft and the american revolution. Hes the director of intelligence who was recently declassified. Counterintelligence, covert actions and technical colle
Graciously come back to the festival this year to talk about his latest book, a memoir of his time leading the 19 nineties investigation into whitewater and Monica Lewinsky mattered judge starr needs no introduction with his distinguished career is a graduate of George Washington university and us solicitor general. Dean of Pepperdine Law School and chancellor andnd president of Baylor University and the established private attorney and of course washington dc and also with the independent counsel. Even though we have a very bright crowd because this is the annapolis area if i said the three names i bet nobody knows who they are. You know im talking about a very select group of special prosecutors and independentpe c councils or special councils appointed or have been appointed to look into high level cases part one dash involving the executive branch. But first take us back to 1994. And then you get a call from the judge who calls to ask and those that were heading up the whitewater i
Identity but about teaching employment skills and pushing out what it calls extremism year far surely by ceasing up locational education and Training Centers in accordance with the law we aim to education save those who were influenced by religious extremism and committed to mine it legal to fix it. The letter is not tied to a vote or a resolution but it will be published as an official document of the Uns Human Rights Council activists say its a good sign but chinas government has long stood defiant against foreign criticism katia locus of the young aljazeera and for more on this high cost on and wayne hay is joining us live from beijing has there been any response from the Chinese Government so far weighing. Not yet elizabeth we may well hear something in the next hour or so in a daily ministry of Foreign Affairs briefing that the government holds here and i suspect the message will be similar to what they have said before that these countries that have signed this letter are impingi
A resolution but it will be published as an official document of the Uns Human Rights Council activists say its a good sign but chinas government has long stood defiant against foreign criticism katia locus of the young aljazeera is going to talk on and weigh in hey whos joining us live from beijing so has there been any response from the Chinese Government yet way. Yes well we just a short time ago heard from the ministry of Foreign Affairs in a regular daily Media Briefing the spokesman predictably i guess was dismissive of this letter signed by 22 countries saying it was an attempt to politicize the issue of human rights the spokesman also said that this was a domestic affair and it was not up to anyone outside of china to comment on the situation in genk he also pointed out that there have been no terrorist attacks in the area for the past 2 years evidence he says that this is working remembering that the government in china says these are not the Tension Centers theyre vocational