Graham. The coowner and with my wife and behalf of the entire staff i would like to wem you. A few notes it would be a good time to turn off your cellphone or anything that might go beep. When we get to the q and a part of the session try to make your way to the microphones. We are recording for our Youtube Channel and cspan tv is here. Finally, when we get to the end of the program, before you come up to have your books signed our staff would appreciate it if you fold up the chairs you are sitting in and lean them against something that will not topple over. I am delighted to be detrointroducing evan thomas. He is a wonderfully fluid writer and engaging and someone who has enjoyed two remarkable careers. One living in the presence as an accomplished journalist and the other living in the past as a firstrate historian. In journalism he spent ten years with Time Magazine moving to news week staying for 20 years. He was Washington Bureau chief and assisting managing editor and editor at
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
It was an order they did not have to obey. I made my way to the back of the room like a good staffer does and they came up to me and said excuse me maam are you the press secretary . They even know who i am, thats amazing. They wanted to get their picture with me so i asked a questions in the first i said what made you want to become a navy s. E. A. L. , sense of adventure Family Tradition chance to see the world, physical challenge, what was it in the first s. E. A. L. Says oh no man they get it. Even with a beard and a said yeah they get it. The second s. E. A. L. I said when youre going, preparing to go wherever it is you may be going do you have to take a lot of language classes and he said oh no man we are not there to talk. [applause] thats great. And i tell that story because as we get on the chopper to head back its my last flight in marine one of the prison he said that was cool. E that was great and i tell him the story and he threw back his head and he laughed and he said go
It was an order they did not have to obey. I made my way to the back of the room like a good staffer does and they came up to me and said excuse me maam are you the press secretary . They even know who i am, thats amazing. They wanted to get their picture with me so i asked a questions in the first i said what made you want to become a navy s. E. A. L. , sense of adventure Family Tradition chance to see the world, physical challenge, what was it in the first s. E. A. L. Says oh no man they get it. Even with a beard and a said yeah they get it. The second s. E. A. L. I said when youre going, preparing to go wherever it is you may be going do you have to take a lot of language classes and he said oh no man we are not there to talk. [applause] thats great. And i tell that story because as we get on the chopper to head back its my last flight in marine one of the prison he said that was cool. E that was great and i tell him the story and he threw back his head and he laughed and he said go
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