Thank you very much. This is a great turnout. Im really flattered. If there was Something Else important in washington d. C. Going on tonight, i think you know what im talking about. Thank you for coming. Im mark loiselle, at George Mason University and we author the intelligence policy and National Security that has put on a number of these wonderful programs in the last few years. I would very at much forward to this event. For those of you who dont know George Mason University has a short School Policy government that provides academic programs in fairfax and arlington , virginia and we have a number of her fashion of degree programs primarily taught in arlington and Public Policy Public Administration interNational Security studies which has been ranked number two by u. S. News and world report nationally that we are very proud of and i think the Michael Hayden sent her center for Security Policy studies a number of other entities at the school are a very important component of the
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
On behalf the day that i would like to welcome you all to the theater located in the National Archives building in washington, d. C. And id also like to give a special shout out to our friends from cspan who are also joining us today. Before we hear from philip mudd about his new book black cite the cia and post9 11 world i 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 w
Around, both in the audience here and throughout the exhibit hall, are some of the most Innovative Cybersecurity Companies and organizations in the world facing some of the toughest adversaries. We thank you for your dedication to this mission. My wonderful wife, susan, founded billington cybersecurity nearly ten years ago. Besides this annual summit we host the leadership council, a membership council. We aim to be top experts in the serious and deep dialogue about cybersecurity in our nations capital. I deeply thank the superb speakers who will share their insights. Please lets give them a round of applause. [ applause ] for the media, including cspan thats filming the event today, this conference is on the record unless specified and unclassified. And we welcome those members of the media today. You can follow us on twitter at billington cyber. And use billingt billingtonsum. We have a packed day and a half ahead. It has been expanded by a half day this year. Q a will be available f
Our good friends from cspan are joining us today. Before we talk to philip mudd about black site the cia in the post 9 11 world, i would like to tell you about what is taking place in the theater. On august 16th at noon, William Holland junior will tell us about a forgotten founding father, george mason who gave us the bill of rights. On tuesday, september 10th, Sidney Blumenthal will tell us about his recently released volume, his biography of abraham lincoln, all the powers of earth, 18561863. To find out more about these programs and our exhibits please visit our website, www. Archives. Com calendar and you will find some pretty theater in the lobby, and sign up sheet so you can receive an electronic version of our monthly calendar. He joined as an analyst specializing in south asia and the middle east. After the september 11th attacks he was a ci a member of a small Diplomatic Team that helped piece together a new government for afghanistan. After returning to the cia he became Dep