a section of wing washed up today on an island off africa and there are indications it may have come from a plane that disappeared last year. reporter: sources tell cbs news boeing investigators believe this debris appears to be from a 777 the same type of aircraft as malaysia airlines 370. this debris was found thousands of miles away on a remote island off the eastern coast of africa. it s been 17 months since the aircraft disappeared with 239 people on board. the flight was en route to beijing when it veered off course ceased communication with ground control and then dropped off radar. there have been false sightings before but never one that turned out to be actual airplane debris. there have been two other planes that crashed in the area where the wreckage was found today but neither was a boeing 777. jane, the boeing investigators have only looked at pictures of this debris, and as of tonight they have not conclude that wreckage is definitely from the missing plane.
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enclave meteorite his book predator the secret origins of the drug revolution is the book wes are discussing today.ere he cut his teeth that us a rallied observer and in moving over to defense. i happen to be a fan of hisitteb earlier book called the dream machine and he had written this book predator both of which i wouldar contend are remarkable biographies. a remarkable book. into mine left the author just recently two weeks ago a received an award of the most outstanding english-language john ford affairs given by foreign policy magazine in university of toronto and global affairs. i remember staffer my time at the naval academy rating for the baltimore sun troyring a number of issues like the breakup of the soviet union in his most recent book is about the assassination so we start with the origins of thears to a technology of the drone warfare in the way andin the lastly that is for thehe drawer where fault warfare that is another tremendous book. a true academic
she co-authored the smartest guys in the room about the fall of enron, but more important than that, she actually foretold it a few years earlier when she started asking questions, is enron overvalued x is it transparent. actually, when she says there may be another issue brewing, we probably ought to sit up and listen. to my left, ben strauss, he s written in depth on college athletics, but he s really dived into the very rich and multidimensional human interest stories behind college athletes and athletes around the world. actually, he s got my son s dream job. frankly, my dream job. so it s really great to have you here, and thank you pote for coming both for coming to this year s annapolis book festival. american dream, american greed, you know, it s a very provocative title. and i think today we re in for a real treat. we re going to try to have a very lively 30-minute discussion, and i m going to try to leave room for about 10, 15 minutes of audience questions befor
c-span2. booktv live coverage of the annapolis book festival continues. starting now a panel on drone warfare. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon, everyone. welcome to the annapolis book festival. we will be getting started in just a minute. this is being broadcast on c-span booktv. we ask that you silence yourself and then remain quiet during the discussion. it is my distinct honor to share the stage with these tremendous authors. i m going to start on my immediate right in introducing them. after my introductions, i m going to let each of them talk for about ten minutes, then i m going to take the power of the chair and ask a few questions and then open up to the audience for questions. on my immediate right is richard whittle. his book, predator: the secret origins of the drone revolution, is the book we ll be discussing today. richard s a career journalist, he cut his teeth at the raleigh news and observer, then on to the dallas morning news where he cover