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they ve now done. and frank gardner on donald trump and the nuclear codes. barack obama ba rack obama has just barack obama has just finished his last press conference as president. there was plenty to discuss within it. we ll work through the main points with the help of katty kay. here is the president talking about russia. in my first term we negotiated the start two treaty which has substantially reduced our nuclear stockpiles, both russia and the united states. i was prepared to go further, i told president putin i was prepared to go further. they have been unwilling to negotiate. if president elect trump is able to restart those talks in a serious way, there remains a lot of room for oui’ way, there remains a lot of room for our countries to reduce our stockpiles. part of the reason we ve been successful on our nonproliferation agenda and nuclear security agenda is because we were leading by example. i hope that continues. let s bring in katty kay from washingto ....
annie jacobsen live on in depth for the next three hours start now. host: annie jacobsen, let s start with some definitions. what is area 51? guest: area 51 is that secret base out in nevada where all kinds of mysterious things happen, that you and i can talk about and maybe we know what s going on out there, maybe we don t. host: why is it called area 51 ? guest: big debate. i believe it s called area 51 because of the original project that went on out there in 1951. information given to me by some of the sources that i interviewed at length for that book but, of course, everything about area 51 is kind of a puzzle inside of the puzzle. that s even debated. the actual origins, the original date, the original story of area 51 . host: what was going on? guest: the atomic energy commission was doing lots of nuclear testing out there in the middle of the desert, and they wanted to keep what you re doing secret. and the cia was kind of come into existence with i ....
interviewed at length for that book, of course everything about area 51 is a puzzle inside of a puzzle. that is even debated. the actual origins, the originaa story of 51. host: so what was going on in 1951? guest: the nuclear commission was doing testing in the middle of the desert.come they wanted to keep what they re doing secret and the cia was coming into existence with its programs. the two merged in this idea of if you have a secret base inside of a secret place you can do seeker program. so this is not a military operation necessarily? area 51 has every organization you can imagine there over the decades. military intelligence committee, intelligence commission, so everyone has their foot in area 51. host: what was operation paperclip? guest: the idea of my book i get from books i ve written before. when i was finishing up area 51, i learned about some nazi scientists who are here working on programs. i found it fascinating, in particular a fellow by the n ....
start with what is area 51? did meg is secret base in nevada were all kinds of mysterious things happen that we can talk about maybe we know what is going on maybe we don t is a big debate i believe it is called area 51 it is the original project from 1951 the information given to meby from sources that i interviewed at length for the book but everything is a puzzle so even that is debated the actual origins from the area of 1951. the atomic energy commission was doing a lot of testing out there theynt wanted to do with a working secret and the cia was coming into existence. ended to merge with the idea if you have a secret base inside a secret place youog could do a secret program.m. host: of the military operation necessarily? guest: everyy organization you could imagine has been there over the decades military and intelligence atomic energy energy, everybody has their foot in an area 51. host: while was the operation? the idea is from my prior bucks and wen ....
don t. host: why is it called area 51 ? guest: big debate. i believe it s called area 51 because of the original project that went on out there in 1951. information given to me by some of the sources that i interviewed at length for that book but, of course, everything about area 51 is kind of a puzzle inside of the puzzle. that s even debated. the actual origins, the original date, the original story of area 51 . host: what was going on? guest: the atomic energy commission was doing lots of nuclear testing out there in the middle of the desert, and they wanted to keep what you re doing secret. and the cia was kind of come into existence with its programs. the two merged in this idea of if you have a secret base and sight of a secret place you can do secret programs. host: this is not a military operation necessarily? guest: area 51 has every organization you can imagine there over the decades, military, intelligence community, atomic energy commission. so eve ....