Not bad for a beginner. Was worseing business than learning to play golf. Get a comfortable stance, line your sight. Aim at 6 00. Squeeze the trigger, dont pull it. Practice, they said, and youll be as expert as the coast guard instructor. That guy could put ten shots of agh a hole the size quarter. Well, if he could do it, maybe i could learn. Learning a lot of other things. A month before after my appointment to the United States secret service, i reported to the Treasury Building in washington. I had butterflies in my stomach. Walter holt took me through the exhibit room in the Treasury Building. There i had a quick look at the work of the other treasury enforcement agencies. I knew that the treasurys unit investigated tax frauds and i discovered that the treasury also fights crime fronts. Like the bureau of narcotics, with a captured opium pipes and marijuana cigarettes and heroin and other drugs. Dirtiest racket in the world, bar none. The alcohol tax unit like most of the others
Watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. Each week, reel america brings archival films that tell the story of the 20th century. This is a 1953 Treasury Department film which shows a new recruit learning to protect the president , added to the duties of the secret service after the assassination of William Mckinley in 1901. The secret Service Director retired after a security breach. In one, a man made it into the east room of the white house before being stopped. [gunshot] not bad for a beginner. , take aoting business comfortable stance, line up your sites, aim at 6 00, lisa trigger, practice squeeze the trigger. If he could do it, maybe i could learn. I was certainly learning a lot of other things. A month before, after my appointment, i reported to the treasurer building in washington. I had butterflies in my stomach. My instructor took me through the exhibit room in the treasury it, maybe i could learn. I was certainly learning a lot of other things. A monthbu
Questionsy get some focusing on the current russia. Ties with he has taught extensively, including at the university of of then history u. S. Intelligence, diplomatic oftory, cold war, history science. U. S. Army veteran. Balkans where he assisted in both civilian and military intelligence activities. So were just delighted to have you as our speaker, as the first speaker. Please help me welcome vince houghton. [applause] thank you, peter. Thank all of you for coming here today. To get to talk about the atomic spies and nuclear intelligence, this is my field. This is also my passion. I try to do everything i can to talk about this to anyone who wants to listen. So it is nice to have people to listen. I really fell in love, probably a weird word when you talk about the Nuclear Annihilation of the United States. But i fell in but i fell in love with the intricacies of the weapons system that is the worst the world has ever seen but the same time might be primarily responsible for us not
Lot have been looking at a of the treaties over the last five years and i found quite a few inequities on the part of the federal government to live up to treaties. I guess all of us are aware that this. Are days in here, roald burley was talking about a treaty made by the u. S. Government with his greatgrandfather. I believe you mentioned that the lands in oklahoma are actually in over ship of the tribes with certain restrictions. But i have a question that i would like to ask all of you and i would like to give the spec to you too. If individual families on these lands and have deeds to these lands, and over the years there have been Oil Companies drilling on these lands and they never received one penny of revenue from all of this drilling, then what is the next step to get this rectified. If they are on their land and they just took the land without considering the familys what is it that can be done . What do you recommend . For a quickime response. Get a lawyer. [laughter] i grad
Deliver west point to the british offers insights. He talks about british and american participants after the plot was uncovered. This was hosted by colonial williamsburg. Its about an hour. Thanks so much for that warm welcome. Im really pleased to see as many people in the audience tonight when i was driving down from Northern Virginia through heavy rain it might be a biblical quote but fortunately thats not the case. You have to keep checking your assumptions. If your assumptions are incorrect it can lead you to some very wrong conclusions. I would like to illustrate that by the following story which i hope you will find somewhat humorous, although somewhat ribald as well. Heres the story. The smiths were unable to conceive children and decided to use a surrogate father to start their family. On the day the proxy father was to arrive, mr. Smith kissed his wife goodbye, said, well, im off nowment the man will be here soon. Half an hour later, just by chance, a baby photographer happe