Good morning and welcome to the Cato Institute. My name is julian sanchez, im a senior fellow here and im grateful to everyone has come out bright and early to the auditorium at cato for our 2019 surveillance conference. Weve been doing this for some five years now. When we launched this in the aftermath of disclosures about both a fake election by former contractor snowden, the nsa itself was a fairly obscure agency unfan with most americans and as we kick off our 2019 conference, we find that now even intelligence oversight is itself very much in public headlines. We have an impeachment proceeding kicked off in significant part by reports from the from the Intelligence Communitys Inspector General. We have forth coming next week a breathlessly awaited report on allegations of misuse of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act during the 2016 president ial campaign. We have proceedings aired, going to be from the house Intelligence Committee. So even intelligence overseers now are at
As director of Public Programs i get this privilege on a regular basis. Thank you so much for being here with us today. We hope you will return on other occasions. Is this your first visit . Raise your hand. Thank you. Our presenter must have a fan club in the interest of qualities of the rest of you can exercise your arm if you are a regular please raise your hand. If you raised your hand the first time around ask anyone else around you whose hand went up a second time why they support this institution and come here on a regular basis and why i know many of them by their first name and i havent learned your name i will do my best. Also i will suggest to pick up a quarterly calendar of events this will let you know i will tell you we have a program on thursday evening a brandnew exhibition we just mounted thats on this thursday the next sunday we have another program that is tangentially related with memories of the iceman trial to interviewed survivors and others that were witnesses o
Federal prosecutors in the us are investigating six pharmaceutical companies for potential criminal charges in connection with shipping big quantities of opioid painkillers that contributed to a healthcare crisis, according to official documents. Its being reported that five of the companies have received subpoenas from the Us Attorneys Office in the Eastern District of new york as part of the investigation. Vivienne nunis has more from new york. According more from new york. To reports, federal prosecutors according to reports, federal prosecutors are trying to find out whether pharmaceutical companies here violated the controlled su bsta nces here violated the controlled substances act. This law requires the pharmaceutical industry to closely monitor commonly abused drugs and report suspicious audits. Drug manufacturers, distributors and pharmacies have all been widely criticised for fuelling the Opioid Crisis by turning a blind eye to suspiciously large orders. The epidemic has kill
Tv. Org and click on the in depth tab near the top of the page. I didnt have to say anything. You are a welltrained bunch. It afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. That afternoon and welcome to the Illinois Holocaust Museum and education center. My name is lillian gerstner, and as director of Public Programs i get this privilege on a regular basis. We thank you so much for being here with us today. We hope you will return on other occasions. Usually i play a game with her audience and i will do it very quickly. Is this your first visit . Please raise your hand. Rate it higher so i can see. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Over here. Over there. Our presenter must thank you. In the interest of equality so that the rest of you can exercise one of your arms, if you are a regular, if you attend programs all the time, if you are one of our members please raise your hand. Thank you sos much. Thank you. The folks who raised your hand the first time around please dont take my word for it alone. Ask
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