minutes. good evening and welcome. i am pleased to welcome howard blum, an investigative journalist and author of the new york city times best seller dark invasion as well as many other great books. he is currently a contributing editor at vanity fair. while at the new york times he was twice nominated for a pulitzer prize for investigative reporting. several of his books were non-fiction best sellers including, among others i pledge allegiance, the true story of the walkers, an american spy family that was turned into a great mini series on cbs, perhaps some of you watched it in the past. gang land how the fbi broke the mob in 1993. the eve of destruction. the untold story of the yam kiper war in 2003. american lightning terror of mystery and the birth of hollywood and the crime of the centuryó 2008. a floor of heaven, a true tale of the last frontier and the uconn gold rush in 2011. i should also mention that warner brothers is preparing ax film of da
the eve of destruction. the untold story of the yam kiper war in 2003. american lightning terror of mystery and the birth of hollywood and the crime of the centuryó 2008. a floor of heaven, a true tale of the last frontier and the uconn gold rush in 2011. i should also mention that warner brothers is preparing ax film of dark invasion starring bradley cooper as tom, the hero of the book. please welcome, howard blum. [ applause ]. pick up a newspaper and just glance at the headline. check out the internet and read almost any post. there s news about terrorism anywhere and it s all very frightening. it will keep you up at night. one day they re saying new york city is a target. the next day is chicago. then las vegas, even the air force academy. the president tells us that we don t have to worry. isis is not going to attack the homeland yet. then a republican presidential candidate comes out and says, well, maybe we do have to worry. our borders are very pourus, but
scenario. a terrorist cell well;p finance covertly enters america. they set up their headkwauters and they become bombing munition factories and depots. a bomb rocks the u.s. capitol building. the nation s richest man is targeted in a bold assassination attempt. from a covert bio warfare lab just six miles from the white house, a bio warfare attack is launched on three american cities. the president is told by his chief adviser this is a time of fear. we have to worry that bridges and subways and buildings all around the country are going to be attacked. and the government in response puts forms a task force to look for these terrorists. it s headed by a new york city policemen and he goes off. with just 12 men, he tries to bring these terrorists to justice. now, this scenario that i ve outlined sounds like it s a movie and it would makeb a prety good movie or it would be a game, play at the pentagon as they try to figure out what s the next terrorist attack going to be mad
through this entrance, every knew agent so i officer takes their oath of office here in this lobby in front of 107 of our fallen officers commemorated on the wall of honor, they have walked across the agency, sealed out morning to take their place in the lobby and the father of central intelligence is watching over their shoulder as they begin their career for the central intelligence agency in our nation. we re standing close to a sculpture of wild bill donovan, the father of central intelligence, donovan was tapped by president roosevelt in 1942 to head the office of strategic services. established by president roosevelt to coordinate information intelligence with the war growing overseas. the single star behind us commemorates the loss of 116 ossers who the cia seal is something everyone sees as they come into the office, some people don t want to cross it, some want to walk around it. but you have seen movies filmed here in the lobby. it was designed by the crew that de
our fallen officers commemorated on the wall of honor, they have walked across the agency, sealed out morning to take their place in the lobby and the father of central intelligence is watching over their shoulder as they begin their career for the central intelligence agency in our nation. we re standing close to a sculpture of wild bill donovan, the father of central intelligence, donovan was tapped by president roosevelt in 1942 to head the office of strategic services. established by president roosevelt to coordinate information intelligence with the war growing overseas. the single star behind us commemorates the loss of 116 ossers who the cia seal is something everyone sees as they come into the office, some people don t want to cross it, some want to walk around it. but you have seen movies filmed here in the lobby. it was designed by the crew that designed the tomb of the unknown soldiers. it s our nation s symbol of vij lengs, the eagle. everybody here at the cia w