Scandal was bigger than previously believed. This was reported at the workings institution in 2014. It is about 90 minutes. Good morning. Welcome to the brookings institution. This is an event sponsored by the brookings intelligence project. Our guest today is mr. Malcolm byrne. Im extremely pleased to have him here today. Not only is he a great scholar put a great friend. His official title is Deputy Director of the National Security archive. Nsa. Of course it is not that an that nsa he works for. The nsa york store is one of washingtons greatest gems. It is a place where classified America Needs this maker and is hopefully declassified. It seeks to shine a light on what goes on behind the scenes inside of washington. He is the coauthor of the becoming enemies. He now has a new book, irancontra, which is based on an extraordinary amounts of research and documents and diaries and interviews with individuals with a truly a mountain of material and documents the tunnel think anyone else
America, the taliban and the war throughout and i feared nigel hamilton, the mental of command. Fbi award in 1940 to 1942. Walter isakson, the innovators. How group of inventors, hackers and eakes created the digital revolution. I wanted to look at how we people invented the computer and the internet and how innovation really happened in the digital age. In was something that came out of steve jobs and before that lj to say who made that type of person, how did they have not been successful . The book is not about singular people, but about the team. About collaboration. One of the things i discovered in doing this book is real innovation comes from great teams, not just great leaders. In the 2014 long list for nonfiction also include john mark, tennessee williams, not pilgrimage of the flash, age of ambition, chasing fortune commensurate than faith in the new china and matthew stewart, nation scott, the radical origins of the american republic. By the lame card sat on the table here.
Has a new book, irancontra, which is based on an extraordinary amounts of research and documents and diaries and interviews with individuals with a truly a mountain of material and documents the tunnel think anyone else has ever systematically and seriously looked at a lesser prosecutor. In the end user butchers would not look as well as they should have permitted the picture that emerges out of changes are damaged artery in. I think it changes in a somewhat disturbing point too often the president and his aides to a correction first and worried whether it was proper later. Proper and legal later. At the heart of the scandal were to secret intelligence operations which is what the intelligence wants to focus on the spirit to one in Central America and one in the run. Shes to intelligence operations were never properly notified to the congress of the United States. Theyre for almost by definition they were in the door from the start, particularly the operations in nicaragua. The irancon
Schuster, scrivener, touchstone, gallery. Theres all different art directors for those, but i solely do the Simon Schuster imprint. Host so you do the covers of books. Guest yeah. Host what goes into a cover of a book . Guest well, the first thing that when we hear about this project, usually from the editor, we find out what the book is about. Theres a manuscript or sometimes there isnt, sometimes theres just a little bit to read, and you get a flavor of what the voice of the author is. And from that we kind of have a discussion with the editor, the publisher and the author to find out do they have any preconceived notions of what theyre looking for, and its always good to hear that up front. You get even if they dont, you get a sense of their aesthetics, and you can do some research at the bookstores, see what the competition is like, what the what books theyre going to be facing in that limited book shelf space. Host well, i want to start with this one, and this is former senator ja
His official title is Deputy Director and Research Director of the National Security archive now, of course, it is not that in and say. The nsa that he works for is one of washingtons greatest gems, the place where classified american meets its maker and as hopefully declassified allowing transparency in government that seeks to shine a light on what goes on behind the scenes inside of washington. He is also the coauthor of becoming enemies, a book on american diplomacy during the iraniraq war which i think is safe to say is the best book on american diplomacy during that war. He now has a new book, irancontra, which is based on an extraordinary amount of research and documents and diaries and interviews with individuals. It is literally a mountain of material and documents that i dont think anyone else has ever systematically and seriously looked at, unless you are a prosecutor. But in the end, as your book shows, they did not look as well as they should have. The picture that emerges