Declassified how torture derails the war on terror after 9 11. You probably know him from events weve done together. Hes a visiting special agent with the fbi and hes investigated highprofile terrorism cases after the 9 11 attacks. He has investigated skills to the private sector and these ceo of the Stephan Group and author of the Fordham Center and his specialty is global security, everything from governance culture and state actors, nonstate actors and im going to try to cover as much of that today as we can. One thing i want to point out is each day the center publishes the Stephan Group intel brief which is something you should really, you should read every day. Its a wonderful insight into a timely issue that goes to the heart of what we should be thinking about even if its not in the headlines, everything from White Supremacy to whats happening with al qaeda and isis geopolitics in Washington State and i encourage you to read it every day. Id also encourage you to read the Steph
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Influencer culture. She has written about motherhood and feminism for the new york times, harpers bazaar, the Washington Post and elsewhere, she also writes the newsletter in pursuit clean countertops, where she explores the cult of ideal motherhood. She lives in new hampshire, Adrienne Gunn is a humorist and podcaster obsessed with pop culture. Visit her newsletter, the f is my happy ending on substack and find her podcast, dont ruin this for me on your fave podcast app, adrian received an mfa in creative writing from the university of oregon, and her first novel is forthcoming from Grand Central publishing in summer 2025. You can also purchase sarahs book right outside the bookseller, and we will be doing a brief signing after the event. So take it away. Hello. Now dont. Theyre ready. Theyre live. Hi. Hi hi. Yeah, youre alive. Your life. Welcome to chicago. Thank you. Im so excited. Im so excited to talk to you. Ive spent a lot of time with your book. And by the way, youre everywhere
Influencer culture. She has written about motherhood and feminism for the new york times, harpers bazaar, the Washington Post and elsewhere, she also writes the newsletter in pursuit clean countertops, where she explores the cult of ideal motherhood. She lives in new hampshire, Adrienne Gunn is a humorist and podcaster obsessed with pop culture. Visit her newsletter, the f is my happy ending on substack and find her podcast, dont ruin this for me on your fave podcast app, adrian received an mfa in creative writing from the university of oregon, and her first novel is forthcoming from Grand Central publishing in summer 2025. You can also purchase sarahs book right outside the bookseller, and we will be doing a brief signing after the event. So take it away. Hello. Now dont. Theyre ready. Theyre live. Hi. Hi hi. Yeah, youre alive. Your life. Welcome to chicago. Thank you. Im so excited. Im so excited to talk to you. Ive spent a lot of time with your book. And by the way, youre everywhere