That begins at 8 00 pm eastern. Enjoy booktv every weekend on cspan2. Good afternoon. I am director of the center on National Security, i am delighted to be joined by ali soufan, author of the black banners declassified how torture derailed the war on terror after 9 11. You probably know ali soufan from some of the events weve done together, a special agent with the fbi, investigated highprofile terrorism cases before, during and after the 9 11 attacks. Is in recent years brought his investigative skills to the private sector, ceo of the founder of the center, his specialty is Global Security affairs from governance culture to state actors to nonstate actors and i will explore as much of that today as we can. I want to deck out each day, we publish the intel brief which is something you should read every day. It is a wonderful deep dive into timely issues that go to the heart of what we are thinking about even if it is not in the headlines. From white to premises him to what is happeni
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
A cease fire deal in geneva the biggest step yet towards peace there after nearly a decade of war. I appealed to all stakeholders and regional actors to respect the provisions of the ceasefire agreement and ensured its implementation we dont delay. Foreign ministers from the media and azerbaijan meet separately with u. S. Secretary of state might. Try to defuse tensions over not going to cut about. In the past our u. S. President donald trump has announced that israel and sudan have agreed to normalize relations sudan becomes the 3rd to arab nation this year to do such a deal earlier donald trump also told congress he was removing sudan from the list of state sponsors of terrorism removal from bat list has been a top priority for sudans Transitional Government as it tries to revive a struggling economy. In sudan they wanted to do a deal and that was in particular nice because they essentially better war with israel for. A long time i dont know if it was fighting i dont know that but pr
Why is it appropriate now to not let the Voters Decide . Sen. Romney at this stage it is appropriate to look at the constitution and precedent since the beginning of our countrys history. In a circumstance where a nominee is from a Different Party than the senate, more often than not the senate does not confirm. So the garland decision was consistent with that. When there is a nominee of the party in the same party as the senate, typically they do confirm. So the garland decision was consistent with that. The decision to proceed with president trumps nominee is consistent with history. I came down on the side of the constitution as i studied it and make the decision on that basis. Reporter you said in your release you would look at a nominees qualifications. What would make you not consider someone . Sen. Romney it is straightforward in terms of qualifications, someone who is an expert in the law, a record of fairness and judgment consistent with the law. I prefer choosing those folks
A call from the creamy i am an ideal candidate here look this is your vaccine theres not much in there looks like a couple of drops ok im ready. For broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our G International and john thomas certainly glad to have you with us right now there has been another turn out of hundreds on the streets for a protest against the belorussian president situation flared up right after Alexander Lukashenko was sworn in for a 6th term. There was a heavy Police Presence earlier in the day and some clashes in the capital several demonstrators were injured and dozens were arrested the unrest has been simmering for almost 7 weeks now since the disputed election with people calling on lucas sankoh to resign now there have also been other counter rallies in support of the president rival groups past each other on the streets look at those opponents carrying the red and white flag and government supporters with the official red and green flag arties corr