Master and alter our responses, our solutions and our actions. Watch the rest of this Program Visit our website booktv. Org. Search for Aaron Brockovich and the title of her book supermans not coming using the box at the top of the page. My name is karen greenberg, thank you for joining us at the center of National Security, we are delighted to bring you this afternoons conversation, joining me is awardwinning author, journalist, documentary maker his new book is the spy ministers, can you see . How the cia directors shape history in the future. We are going to talk a lot about this book today. Welcome, thank you for joining us. Thank you so much for having me. This is a wonderful read. When i started i was like oh no, this is going to be too much information. I wont be able to take it in. It is fantastic. In addition to your own knowledge and research it is based on 70 interviews and you interviewed among those the directors of the cia, living directors of the cia accept the current o
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A couple of quick things first, if you could please put away your cell phones, turn them off, silence them, any electronic devices, we would appreciate it. If youre wondering why theres bright lights here, youre all going to be on tv. Cspan is taping tonight. Im kidding. Youre not going to be on tv. The speaker is going to be on cspan. But when we get to the q a, they usually want to bring a mic down so they can record it. If you have a question, try to wait until they bring the mic to you so we dont have to repeat it. The speaker will repeat the question so that you can hear it. But this is so they can hear it or however they work it. Our speaker tonight is David Robarge who received his ph. D. At columbia university. After teaching at columbia and working at the gannett center, he joined the cia i p7nn÷ and later became a political and leadership analyst on the middle east. Dr. Robarge moved to the cia history staff and was appointed chief historian of the cia in 2005. Hes published
Program. Good evening everyone. Its a pleasure to welcome you for our program. If you could put away our cell phones, we would appreciate it. If you are wondering why there are bright lights in here, you are going to be on tv. Im kidding, the speaker is going to be on cspan. When we get to the q a, wait until we bring the mic to you. The speaker will repeat the question so you can hear it. Our speaker is teaching at columbia and working for David Rockefeller he joined the cia in 1980 nine and became a Political Leadership analyst on the middle east. He moved to the history staff in 1996 and was appointed chief historian of the cia in 2005. And his biography as director of Central Intelligence was recently declassified. His articles and book reviews and technical collections have appeared on studies in intelligence and intelligence in National Security and the oxford handbook of intelligent security. He has taught intelligence history at George Mason University and georgetown university
One cia director, george h. W. Bush, later became president himself. The Smithsonian Associates hosted this program. Good evening, everyone. My name is ruth robbins. Its a pleasure to welcome you here tonight for our program. A couple of quick things first. One is, if you could, please put away your cell phones, turn them off, silence them, any electronic devices, we would appreciate it. If youre wondering why bright lights in here, because youre all going to be on tv. Cspan is taping tonight. Im kidding, youre not going to be on cspan, the speaker will be on cspan. When we get to the q a, they usually want to bring a mic down so they can record it. So if you have a question, just try to wait until they bring the mic to you so we dont have to repeat it. The speaker will repeat the questions so you can hear, but this is so they can hear it or however they work it. Our speaker tonight is david robarge, received a phd at columbia university. After teaching at columbia, working for banker