As i tell my history students, i teach at the City University of new york. [applause] thank you. As i tell my history students until they want to choke me, the past as is a foreign country. We can visit their. Try to learn the customs, translate the language, or quail at the fowler, but we are foreigners in this strange land. This is true as much of the recent past as it is of colonial america or 12th century venice. Writing about the recent past is not easy, as i learned at this time around. There are people that you must talk to. [laughter] while i was blessed from beginning to end fascinating people to talk to about joe kennedy, including large numbers of kennedys, i much prefer working from written documents than listening to people talk and trying to figure out what is real or imagined and what they know, what they think they know because someone told them what they dont know what all. The other difficulty about writing about the recent past is that its not always easy to establis
The precise individuals except in the cases where involve u. S. War fighters overseas, im sure he knows its karzai saying to chief of staff, whether he knew it was Angela Merkel talking on her cell phone, i dont know. What weve seen is the nsa is just one of those organizations that if it can do it, it will do it. These are young, technophyles they solve these puzzles for the challenge they got out of control. I like to the sorcerers, all the buckets of water. It just got out of control. Schieffer what it does kind of make you wonder, doesnt it, david, maybe just because were reporters, but im sitting here reading this or getting this intelligence brief, wouldnt you say, how do you know that . In the first year of presidency i could image in a president not knowing it. By year five you have to say, at some point hes likely to of a asked that question. If he didnt, its almost certain that many of his National Security aides would have. Because while the president gets as david indicated
Michael hayden who ran the National Security agency when some of our allies phones were attacked. Well get analysis from David Ignatious of the Washington Post, david sanger of the New York Times. Cbs news chief Legal Correspondent jan crawford and cbs news political director john dickerson. As we approach the 50th anniversary of the kennedy assassination well talk to former life Magazine Editor dick stolen and granddaughter of abe da bra maam zaputa its a lot but thats what we do at face the nation. Schieffer good morning again we welcome to the broadcast the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee California senator diane feinstein. Thank you so much, senator, for coming. You have been a big defender from the beginning of the National Security agency but you were clearly upset with the revelation that we were tapping german chancellor angla merkels cell phone, you said it was a big problem that the empty was unaware. Do you believe that that the president didnt know this was ha
Rachel is the Deputy Managing Editor of political. She said that she be be overseeing coverage of major story like the killing of osama bin laden. Before that you may know her as the managing editor of journalist review. Next to rachel we have our next guest. She has gone over to the mainstream and she is eligible for the panel. So did jim agreed to step in and we really appreciate him being here. He is a White House Reporter for the Huffington Post. Also part of leadership on capitol hill. She has spent 40 years with the legislative and executive branches. Probably a walk in the park for her because she started out with the texas state legislator legislature. Again, we thank you for that. Next to her he is the bureau chief head in washington, he started as a reporters reporter. About how he likes we like to describe. He is a thirdgeneration newsman. Down at the under the table is alex mueller, who gives us a different perspective. He gives us a graphic perspective and he has backgroun
He includes beautiful facts about his life including growing up in the northwest. He worked in senator Eugene Mccarthys office right on the hill and it mustve been the catalyst is a love of investigative reporting. She began her lifelong career as a prolific writer of bestselling books in the uproar that came with them come including subjects like Jackie Kennedy onassis, the royals, elizabeth taylor, opera, and of course, my favorite an unauthorized biography called his weight, of Frank Sinatra. Her most recent book is focused on Iconic Images of the kennedys. Books mean a lot more to me when it is well researched. Never failing to raise a few eyebrows in doing such a wonderful job of reminding us that these characters are very human. Please welcome kitty kelley. [applause] i dont know that my writing is prolific, but thank you so much. [laughter] prolific as a turtle, it takes me four years usually on each book. But this book was a labor of love. Because stanley was were my very best